Issued with FileFindNextFile in a loop

[nan0]

Hello,

I have a script to automate some things with Powerpoint and Camtasia. The script itself works fine, but I have an issue with the loop that actives the script for multiple files in a folder.

The script (shortened):

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; Variables for paths and extensions
Global $presInputPath = "E:\inpres\"
Global $pptpath = "D:\Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007\Office12\POWERPNT.EXE /O "
Global $extension = "*.pptx"

; Find files in a directory
Global $search = FileFindFirstFile ($presInputPath&$extension)

; Check if the search was successful
If $search = -1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "No files/directories matched the search pattern")
    Exit
EndIf

; Begin loop
While 1

; Get a file
$file = FileFindNextFile($search)
If @error Then
 MsgBox(0, "Finished", "No more presentations to produce")
ExitLoop
EndIf
; Do some things with the filename, e.g. append it to the path to start PPT

;Run Powerpoint
Run($fullpath)


;Do a lot of stuff....


;Activate PPT and end it
WinActivate("Microsoft PowerPoint")
WinWaitActive("Microsoft PowerPoint")
Send("!d")
sleep(50)
Send("!b")


WEnd
FileClose($search)

The problem is that the script runs for the first file without any issues. But after PPT is closed, nothing happens. The script still sits in the background but doesn't start PPT again as it should. I'm not sure whether the Global keyword is correct in this case, but I suspected that somehow the variables can't be read after one run through the loop. I have no idea who could be the culprit, my best guess is the FileFindNexFile method but I can't figure out what is wrong. Any suggestions?

[Jos]

Your posted script is not complete enough to test with, but one option to figure out where the script is hanging is to add this to the top:

Opt("TrayIconDebug", 1)

[nan0]

It seemed to be some kind of weird timing issue. If I use sleep(200) before starting PPT everything works ok. Thanks anyway.