#include vs run

[fmen]

I am trying to run an au3 script from inside of another script without success:

If $msg = $bphone Then #include ("D:\HK\Phone.au3")

or

If $msg = $bphone Then run ("D:\HK\Phone.au3")

Both do not work...

Run works only when I make Phone.au3 an executable file.

Any suggestions how to run a script inside a script? Thanks.

[GaryFrost]

I am trying to run an au3 script from inside of another script without success:

If $msg = $bphone Then #include ("D:\HK\Phone.au3")

                                or

If $msg = $bphone Then run ("D:\HK\Phone.au3")

Both do not work...

Run works only when I make Phone.au3 an executable file.

Any suggestions how to run a script inside a script? Thanks.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Instead of trying to run the file

Have a function in the file that you call

For Example:

#include "D:\HK\Phone.au3"

If $msg = $bphone Then Phone()

[fmen]

Instead of trying to run the file

Have a function in the file that you call

For Example:

#include "D:\HK\Phone.au3"

If $msg = $bphone Then Phone()

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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Thanks but....

Error on loading file:

If $msg = $bphone Then Phone()

If $msg = $bphone Then ^ERROR

[MSLx Fanboy]

Both of the things you are trying to do are using the wrong syntax.

The #include is a preprocessor instruction, so that entire file is dumped into the script without regard to the if statement.

Also, there are only 4 types of files that can be natively executed in Run(): EXE, BAT, COM, or PIF. Other files need an interpreter or another program to execute them (msi files need msiexec.exe, etc)

gafrost's method should work fine for what you want to do, just make a function around the entire include file, and call the function if it matches the statement

[JSThePatriot]

I would say that is a dirty method. It may be his only choice. He can always use Run() in conjunction with AutoIt3.exe. If I am not mistaken you can run a script using the command line. So that would be the cleanest option if he absolutly must not turn his script into an exe.

My thoughts,

JS