Func sequence

[c4mpi]

Is it anyway I can make a sequence for a code

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Button1
        If GuiCTRLRead ($Checkbox1) = $GUI_CHECKED Then Run("Notepad.exe")
        If GuiCTRLRead ($Checkbox2) = $GUI_CHECKED Then Run("Notepad.exe")
        If GuiCTRLRead ($Checkbox3) = $GUI_CHECKED Then Run("Notepad.exe")
        If GuiCTRLRead ($Checkbox4) = $GUI_CHECKED Then Run("Notepad.exe")
        GUIDelete()
WEnd

without stopping the script using sleep ex?

I need it to execute notepad.exe

then wait till its done and move on to the next notepad.exe

[Fulano]

To clarify: you want to:

1: Run Notepad

2: Have the user do something or do something by script

3: Have the user/script close notepad

4: Run the next instance of notepad

Do I have that right?

Edit: You don't want to use sleep to wait until steps 1-4 are done, right?

Edited March 22, 2010 by Fulano

[c4mpi]

Okey

1. The user checks the checkboxes

2. The script picks out the ($CheckboxX) = $GUI_CHECKED Then Run("thiscanbeeverything.exe")(may be more then one) that the user has choosed.

3. It loops it in order or in a sequence, WITHOUT using sleep because in the Run("thiscanbeeverything.exe") it may be big bunshes of codes

Like this if I checked checkbox 1 and 2 I want it to do run notepad and make an ie in this order

1. notepad

send("randomtext")

2. _IEcreate

_IEnavigate("randomsite")

Do("randomstuffs")

Edited March 22, 2010 by c4mpi

[Fulano]

To clarify:

thiscanbeeverything.exe, etc are external programs, not AutoIt functions.

Does it matter if one step is going on in the background while another starts?

[c4mpi]

To clarify:

thiscanbeeverything.exe, etc are external programs, not AutoIt functions.

Does it matter if one step is going on in the background while another starts?

Thiscanbeeverything.exe can be all scripts in the world, doesnt matter at all...

Yes it matters because it runs on the same _IEcreateembedd

[Fulano]

Ok, so this is how I understand it:

GUI <- This has an IE Object Imbedded in it, and 4 checkboxes

Each checkbox calls an external program, which automates the IE Object Imbedded in the GUI.

Total programs: 5, all of which interact with the IE Object embedded in the GUI

Is this correct?

[c4mpi]

Ok, so this is how I understand it:

GUI <- This has an IE Object Imbedded in it, and 4 checkboxes

Each checkbox calls an external program, which automates the IE Object Imbedded in the GUI.

Total programs: 5, all of which interact with the IE Object embedded in the GUI

Is this correct?

It doesnt have to be a external program, but in this case yes

[Fulano]

Ok, so for an external program you're going to need to look at the Process* functions, particularly ProcessWaitClose().

It'll probably look something like this:

WARNING: RAW, UNDEBUGGED CODE: PROBABLY WILL NOT COMPILE


Local $pid = Run ("Notepad.exe") ;Call process


If not $ProcessWait($pid, 120) Then <do failure handling for Notepad not opening> ;Make sure it opens


$ProcessWaitClose ($pid) ;Wait, possibly forever, for it to no longer exist

In the case where scripts are called, I'd personally use #include <scriptName> and call the functions directly, which sidesteps the need for any sort of wait.

[martin]

You could do something like this if I understood your request correctly.

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Global $Apps[4] = ["Notepad.exe","Notepad.exe", "Notepad.exe","Notepad.exe"]; or whatever the apps are

Global $iPID = 0, $NumApps = 4, $sequence = 0, $runlist

Global $chkBox[$NumApps]
For $n = 0 To $NumApps - 1
    $chkBox[$n] = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("app1", 20, 50 + $n * 30);position as required
Next

AdlibRegister("nextRun", 2000)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
    Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
    Exit
    Case $Button1
            if $iPID = 0 or Not ProcessExists($iPID) then
    $list = ''
    For $n = 0 To $NumApps - 1
    If GUICtrlRead($chkBox[$n]) = $GUI_CHECKED Then $list &= $App[$n] & '|'
    Next
    $runlist = StringSplit(StringTrimRight($runlist, 1))
    $sequence = 1; start with th efirst app
        Else
            msgbox(262144,"ERROR", "Cannot start the sequence until" & @CRLF & " the last sequence has finished")
        EndIf
        
    EndSwitch


WEnd

GUIDelete()


Func NextRun()
    If $sequence = 0 Then Return
    If $iPID <> 0 Then
    If ProcessExists($iPID) Then Return
    EndIf
    $iPID = Run($runlist[$sequence])
    $sequence += 1
    If $sequence > $NumApps Then $sequence = 0

EndFunc ;==>NextRun

Not tested, just a suggestion.

[JohnOne]

Most functions have a return value after they are complete (not all)

This can also work for any function you create yourself

If I understand you correctly, you just need to create functions for each different application, and have it return something when its operations are complete.

Having your main code check the return in order to continue.