run script exe with another script

[fielpo]

hi, i have a autoit script and i want to start it with another script.

now in the second script i put run ("my.exe") or ShellExecute("my.au3"), doesent's works the script don't open nothing.

there is maybe another command for this??

[whim]

Help File -> Using AutoIt -> Running Scripts -> "Form 3"

; @AutoItExe will point to your compiled script, $path is the path to your uncompiled
Run( @AutoItExe & " /AutoIt3ExecuteScript  " & $path & "\yourscript.au3", $path)

Note: you can, of course also use RunWait

Hope that helps ...

Edited February 16, 2011 by whim

[fielpo]

thanks so much but...ehm...i can't figure out how give it the patch of my exe.

just in case i have c:\myscript.exe

how should be to open the exe directly

Run( @AutoItExe & " /AutoIt3ExecuteScript  ")

[whim]

Not sure I understand, but maybe you mean :

Run("C:\myscript.exe", "C:\")

If not, please explain better ...

Edit: note that in your first post, you have neither provided a full path to your exe,

nor a working directory - see Help file

Edited February 16, 2011 by whim

[fielpo]

ok i get it was simple

Run( @AutoItExe & " /AutoIt3ExecuteScript myscript.exe  ") ;

[BrewManNH]

ok i get it was simple

Run( @AutoItExe & " /AutoIt3ExecuteScript myscript.exe  ") ;

If the patch program is an executable, you don't need to do it this way. The method shown was so that you could run a script, from another script that was compiled. If it is an executable, just run it using Run("C:\Myscript.exe").

[fielpo]

well thats the point...with Run("C:\Myscript.exe") the script doesen't start, in the other way it works fine...

[BrewManNH]

The only time you would really want to use the command line switch /AutoIt3ExecuteScript is if you are running an AU3 script that you have compiled but wanted to use that compiled script to run an UNCOMPILED script, not to run an executable file. I'm not sure why you're saying that Run("myscript.exe") doesn't work or that it doesn't start, do you get an error message? I'm very confused about what exactly it is you're trying to do, and how you're trying to do it. You'll need to post some code that shows how you're starting the program, and not just a couple of lines that make no sense.