NEED HELP CHAINING

[GSW]

Hi ...

I'm an absolute noob at this, but I learn pretty quickly once I'm pointed in the right direction.

I can't understand why i can't get 2 routines to run consecutively even though I can run them singly.

This runs standalone:

Run("01-KillAps\kill.bat") ; kill unnecessary services excluding autoit
WinWaitActive("Open File - Security Warning") ; wait for messagebox to appear
Send("!R") ; OK to run

and this runs standalone:

Run("02-DesktopOK\DesktopOK.exe")

WinWaitActive("DesktopOK 2.35 Free")

Send("!d") ; 0pens the Desktop Ok drop menu
Send("{ENTER}")  ; Saves the desktop
Send("!x") ;exit the program

but this hangs after the first routine, even with a sleep between them:

;  routine #1:          Deactivate unnecessary services that are running.

Run("01-KillAps\kill.bat")
WinWaitActive("Open File - Security Warning")
Send("!R")

;  routine #2:          Preserve desktop for later recovery.

Run("02-DesktopOK\DesktopOK.exe")

WinWaitActive("DesktopOK 2.35 Free")

Send("!d") ; 0pens the Desktop Ok drop menu
Send("{ENTER}")  ; Saves the desktop
Send("!x") ;exit the program

exit

The kill.bat program kills running services but specifically excludes autoit.

Any ideas about why the routine should hang?

[jaberwacky]

The only thing I can think of is that when you run kill.bat, it's still running while you're trying to run DesktopOK.exe. If this is the case then try turning Run("01-KillAps\kill.bat") into RunWait("01-KillAps\kill.bat").

[GSW]

The only thing I can think of is that when you run kill.bat, it's still running while you're trying to run DesktopOK.exe. If this is the case then try turning Run("01-KillAps\kill.bat") into RunWait("01-KillAps\kill.bat").

Mmm ... already tried that one, didn't work though (the second routine, that is). I also tried RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & "01-KillAps\kill.bat"), but that didn't help either.

The DOS window closes, but I don't really know if the routine has ceased running or not.

Any other ideas folks?

[Jos]

add this to the top of the script:

Opt("TrayIconDebug", 1)

and hover over the autoit3 trayicon to see what line it "hanging" on.

[GSW]

add this to the top of the script:

Opt("TrayIconDebug", 1)

and hover over the autoit3 trayicon to see what line it "hanging" on.

Thanks Jos ...

I'll give it a try.

[GSW]

Brilliant !!

Thanx all, once I could see the hang, I was able to fix it.

Problem solved.