Updating arguments used to launch AutoIt script

[MadDogDean]

Hello,

Had a hard time to search for this, maybe because it's like trying to define a vague mist in the distance... so there is also no code with this post

I don't yet know anything about SendMessage, etc, etc (I think this is what I need to use), but here goes.

What I am hoping is the following:

Running my MainApp.exe

When the user makes a choice and clicks a button, an AutoIt script (AI.exe) is launched and a set of arguments are sent when the script is launched.

For example: $AIapp = Run("AI.exe" & "Folder1" & "Folder2", @ScriptDir, @SW_Hide)

- this script watches these folders and if MainApp.exe is closed these folders are deleted

While using MainApp.exe, some new choices are made and a new set of folders needs to be watched by AI.exe.

MainApp.exe is already pre-built so I can't change how it works, but I can tell it to send commands, "messages", etc, on demand or on a timer.

Any thoughts (keeping to the lower earth atmosphere) how I can achieve this?

Thanks for your help,

Dean

[Rogue5099]

What about just Closing the AI.exe using

While ProcessExists(AI.exe)

ProcessClose(AI.exe)

WEnd

Then Run the new AI.exe with previous and new paramters?

Store the previous parameters to a variable and then just append to the new AI.exe

$newparam = $previous & $added

Run("AI.exe " & $newparam)

[MadDogDean]

Hey rogue5099,

That's a good & simple idea. I ran into a (mental) block trying to figure out how to tell AI.exe that it was getting more parameters, but of course, by concatenating the old and new variables into a single variable would work fine.

(Maybe it's beyond comprehension, but how "long" can an argument be??)

The only foreseeable problem is can I do this While..WEnd from "within" AI.exe (commit suicide and then reincarnate yourself)? I don't have a way to run this routine from MainApp.exe.

Or would I tell MainApp.exe to run preAI.exe (which contains the While...WEnd statement) and then have preAI.exe launch AI.exe?

Thanks,

Dean

Edited February 11, 2011 by MadDogDean

[Rogue5099]

Doing that wouldn't work. A PreAI.exe would only keep the current Variable parameter.

Without having full control of storing the information (maybe storing in another file i.e. .ini) you would be wasting time lauching a PreAI.exe.

If you did store the parameters in a .ini using a PreAI.exe then having PreAI.exe read saved parameters, adding new parmeters, close current AI.exe and then Run AI.exe with combined parameters then have PreAI.exe Exit.

A lot of work. maybe a better solution but without controlling MainApp.exe that's best I can offer....

[MadDogDean]

Thanks for the ideas Rogue5099,

It's almost the weekend anyhow and I thought "Heck, what else can I do on the weekend anyhow..."

Cheers,

Dean