parameters to program?

[dasiuss]

hi i want to run one program (www pages checking) 5 times at once. but every time with other url.

ofc i can take tis program to function and run like:

URLCheck($url)

but i want it at once. so i need to run 5 several process? how to give URL to process?

or how to do 5 function at once in 1 process?

thx

Dasiuss

[Bert]

compile your script and run it five times at once.

[dasiuss]

you don't understand.

i need it 5 times with 5 several URLs. (never know what URL you need this time)

[Juvigy]

You can pass the url as a command line parameter.

check the :

$CmdLine[0] is number of parameters
$CmdLine[1] is param 1 (after the script name)
$CmdLine[2] is param 2 etc
...
$CmdLine[$CmdLine[0]] is one way to get the last parameter...

 

So if your script is run like this:

    AutoIt3.exe myscript.au3 param1 "this is another param"

$CmdLine[0] equals... 2

$CmdLine[1] equals... param1

$CmdLine[2] equals... this is another param

@ScriptName equals... myscript.au3

[Tvern]

@Dasiuss: Can you eleborate a little on what the program should do? In most cases I find that a single program is all there is needed. If for example you want to download the page source of multiple pages at once you could use a construction like the one I posted here. If you want to display multiple pages in IE it could get more complicated, but I'd still advise against running more then one instance of the same script.

[dasiuss]

@Juvigy

but how write in script to receive this parameters?

@Tvern

in work i have to do page scan for 30-50 firms (amount changes everyday)

so i must do some steps:

1 enter scanner page

2 click on firm name to scan this firm

3 wait for end of scan (scan lasts 10 - 30 seconds)

4 click on next firm to scan

5 wait again

etc.

ok its no problem to write it in au3.

but i have 3 servers (3 scanners) where i can do this scans.

if program use only 1 server then it lasts 40 minuts.

i just want to use all 3 servers.

i have 3 functions (1 for every server) and i can run it like this:

for $i = 0 to ubound($url)-1 step 3

scan1($url[$i])

scan2($url[$i+1])

scan3($url[$i+2])

next

but it has no sense.

its still only 1 server at once.

i can do every step in other 'for' loop. but then if server1 is faster then it must wait for other servers.

so i need to run 3 independent programs (or functions) and one other program to distribute links... ( maybe server1 can do more links that server2... )

thx for any help

p.s.

is this multi-threating or multitasking or multiprocessing or something like that?

Edited June 11, 2010 by dasiuss

[Juvigy]

if you start your script as :

myscript.exe www.microsoft.com

In your script :

$CmdLine[1] equals www.microsoft.com so you can do:

_IENavigate($CmdLine[1])

[martin]

if you start your script as :

myscript.exe www.microsoft.com

In your script :

$CmdLine[1] equals www.microsoft.com so you can do:

_IENavigate($CmdLine[1])

Yes, and here is a way to keep some number of instances of scan.exe going.

$running = 0; the number of scripts running
$index = 0
Const $MAXPROCS = 3; how many scripts to run at once
Dim $pids[$MAXPROCS]
Dim $url = StringSplit('abc.com|def.com|zsx.com|123.com', '|');the list of urls (could be read from some file maybe)

Do
    For $n = 0 To $MAXPROCS - 1
    If $pids[$n] = 0 And $index < UBound($url) - 1 Then
    $pids[$n] = Run("scan.exe " & $url[$index])
    $running += 1
    $index += 1
    ElseIf Not ProcessExists($pids[$n] Then
    $pids[$n] = 0
    $running -= 1
    EndIf
    Next
    
    Sleep(1000)

Until $running = 0

[dasiuss]

thx!

this is it!

regards

Dasiuss