Validation

[Shawndt]

I am trying to write a vaildation script by checking directories for install paths. The script is suppose to write to a log file but it is only writing once.

So for instance it writes whether IE8 is installed that's it. Even though there are other software installed that it should be seeing and appending to the same log.

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#INCLUDE <File.au3>

#INCLUDE <Date.au3>

$Validation = "\PROGRAMS\VALIDATION\"

;Microsoft Office 2007 Validation

If FileExists("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12") then

_FileCreate($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log")

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "Microsoft Office 2007 Installed")

Else

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "Microsoft Office 2007 Failed")

EndIf

;Afaria Validation

If FileExists("C:\Program Files\AClient") then

_FileCreate($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log")

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "Afaria 6.5 Installed")

Else

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "Afaria 6.5 failed")

EndIf

;Siebel 7.8

If FileExists("C:\Program Files\Siebel7.8") then

_FileCreate($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log")

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "Siebel 7.8 Installed")

Else

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "Siebel 7.8 failed")

Endif

;Imagine and Workflow 2.0 install

If FileExists("C:\Program Files\NRS") then

_FileCreate($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log")

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "IMG and Workflow Installed")

Else

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "IMG and Workflow failed")

Endif

;Symantec Vontu DLP Endpoint

If FileExists("C:\Program Files\Symantec\Endpoint Agent") then

_FileCreate($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log")

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "Vontu DLP ENDPOINT Installed")

Else

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "Vontu DLP ENDPOINT Installed failed")

Endif

If FileExists(@UserProfileDir & "\Favorites\NF Retirement Plans Favorites") then

_FileCreate($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log")

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "NRS IE Favs Installed")

Else

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", _Now())

FileWriteLine($Validation & "\" & @UserName & ".log", "NRS IE Favs Failed")

EndIf

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[kaotkbliss]

You may want to check if your log file exists before-hand and only create it once (it may be overwriting itself?)

Also check for @error to see if it is having problems writing to your log file.

[smartee]

someone asked recently for something remarkably similar, perhaps you can check for the install information from the registry instead? in that case this may come in handy

_LogInstalledPrograms(@DesktopDir & "\" & @UserName & ".txt")

Func _LogInstalledPrograms($_outputFile)
    Local $_uninstallKey = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
    Local $_pCount = 1
    Local $_programDisplayName, $_programDisplayVersion
    Local $_programKey = RegEnumKey($_uninstallKey, $_pCount)
    While ($_programKey <> "")
        $_pCount += 1
        $_programDisplayName = RegRead($_uninstallKey & "\" & $_programKey, "DisplayName")
        If ($_programDisplayName <> "") Then
            $_programDisplayVersion = RegRead($_uninstallKey & "\" & $_programKey, "DisplayVersion")
            If ($_programDisplayVersion == "") Then
                $_programDisplayVersion = "Unknown"
            EndIf
            FileWriteLine($_outputFile, $_programDisplayName & "; Version:" & $_programDisplayVersion)
        EndIf
        $_programKey = RegEnumKey($_uninstallKey, $_pCount)
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>_LogInstalledPrograms

[BrewManNH]

The problem is that everytime you use _FileCreate you're zeroing out the file, in effect you're recreating the file using that command.

You should be using FileOpen, and assigning the file handle created to a variable, write to the file using FileWriteLine and the file handle in that variable. This way you won't be deleting the contents of the file every time. I see no point to using the function _FileCreate for anything at all, it's just a shorthand way of opening a file, and testing to see if it's been opened and writable, you could probably do the same thing yourself without deleting the contents of your file everytime.