need help running files with script

[kingpinzs 0]

how can I wait for a process to exit but still let the script to run so I can exit the script even when a program is running.

I am trying to make a script that will run scanner software that will check for viruses and maleware and clean the hdd one at a time but allow me to close the app if it is taking to long and move on to the next one and also let me exit at any time?

Any ideas?

[kingpinzs 0]

another words I am trying to

make the programs run one at a time but allow the script to exit at any time

So I cant use runwait cause it pauses the script and cant exit the script

[kingpinzs 0]

is there a way to execute exe's one at a time wating for one to finsh before the other one starts without pausing the script

[saywell 3]

allow me to close the app if it is taking too long

If you can define 'too long' you could start the program with a run command, and then use ProcessWaitClose to wait until it has finished, and just put the timeout value in as the last argument.

William

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what I mean as to long is if it is not responding or locks up

[kaotkbliss 146]

I would think a hotkeyset would be the best route to go because too long usually depends on mood. Sometimes too long could be a few minutes, sometimes an entire day.

Implementing the hotkey to skip a process depends on how you set up the script, but I would think the function would work something like

Func _skip($process)

processclose($process)

EndFunc

Your script would probably have a runwait for each section it needs to run, so when the process exits, the script knows to move on to the next

[kingpinzs 0]

I would think a hotkeyset would be the best route to go because too long usually depends on mood. Sometimes too long could be a few minutes, sometimes an entire day.

Implementing the hotkey to skip a process depends on how you set up the script, but I would think the function would work something like

Func _skip($process)

processclose($process)

EndFunc

Your script would probably have a runwait for each section it needs to run, so when the process exits, the script knows to move on to the next

Doesnt runwait pause the script so I cant do anything tell the runwait is over?

[kaotkbliss 146]

I think there is something with hotkey (and maybe onevent) that allows it to interrupt. If it can't interrupt the runwait, then you can use some other method to "pause" the script. I usually use a pixelsearch or pixelgetcolor on a spot I know is going to change when the app is finished.

I put the search in a loop that does a small sleep(10) until the color is found (or not found)