Why is this not working?

[davesh]

Hi,

I am writing a script, and in this script I need to run an executable from the command prompt.

I want to pause the execution of the script until the exe is done (it can take between 20sec - 3min)

I am using a loop to determine when the exe ends, but for some reason it passes thru the loop once and continues with the script.

run("cmd")

send("Find_Glitches")

send("{ENTER}")

do

sleep(500);

until (wingettitle("[active]") <> "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe - Find_Glitches")

winclose("C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe")

I know for a fact that I have the correct window title, but for some reason the CMD window is closed before the end of the program.

Anyone?

p.s

I cannot use runwait("Find_Glitches") for some reason the exe does not run properly.

[JohnOne]

You will probably be better with something like

$PID = run("cmd")
send("Find_Glitches")
send("{ENTER}")

While ProcessExists($PID)
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

Although Im no expert on commandline

[UEZ]

Here an example with Notepad because Find_Glitches I don't know! Should work similar:

Run(@WindowsDir & "\Notepad.exe", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

While Sleep(100) * WinGetTitle("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
WEnd

Exit

Maybe you can upload Find_Glitches...

BR,

UEZ

Edited June 9, 2010 by UEZ

[omikron48]

You can just use the process ID returned by Run.

Global $pID = Run($process)
If @error <> 0 Then
    MsgBox(0x2030, "Error", "Failed to run " & $process & "!")
EndIf
ProcessWaitClose($pID)

EDIT: Wow. A bunch of replies all at once...

Edited June 9, 2010 by omikron48

[davesh]

Thanks all, but I am still having problems with this.

When I use the RunWait command the Find_Glitches program reports that it cannot find a file needed for running.

runwait("K:\Users\Dave\Find_Glitches","K:\Users\Dave\")

This is because the AutoIt is not running it from the directory where Find_Glitches.exe resides.

Any solution?

[JohnOne]

Yes

Tell it the working directory where the file resides.

[davesh]

Yes

Tell it the working directory where the file resides.

How do I do this? I added the working directory in the runwait() command.

[JohnOne]

runwait("K:\Users\Dave\Find_Glitches","K:\Users\Dave\")

They both look the same

The second one should be the directory containing the file it cannot find.

Edited June 9, 2010 by JohnOne

[bo8ster]

As JohnOne pointed out, you need to specify where working directory which is done in the second param. Think of it as the folder you will cd to before you run the command.

Simply doing runwait("K:\Users\Dave\Find_Glitches") will execute the program in the default working directory.

[davesh]

As JohnOne pointed out, you need to specify where working directory which is done in the second param. Think of it as the folder you will cd to before you run the command.

Simply doing runwait("K:\Users\Dave\Find_Glitches") will execute the program in the default working directory.

But as you can see in the example I gave, I did specify the "working dir" parameter of the Run command, and it is still not working properly.

[JohnOne]

Is the file "Find_Glitches.exe" located in "K:\Users\Dave\" ?

[bo8ster]

But as you can see in the example I gave, I did specify the "working dir" parameter of the Run command, and it is still not working properly.

Do this. Open a command window, cd to the directory and type 'start Find_Glitches'. When that is done, post the dir you executed the command from. If it does not work from cmd line it will not work within AutoIt.