[Solved] Pass Varaibles Into Script

[oMBRa]

You could register a function for a known message ID.

In the main script add GUIRegisterMsg(0x8000, "FuncToCall"), inside "media.exe" use _SendMessage($YourGuiHandle, 0x8000)

If you want to pass additional information you might want to use wParam and lParam parameters

[MilesAhead]

The message registration was what I was going to suggest. Only I prefer to use RegisterWindowMessage() then broadcast with PostMessage() to avoid the wait.

Also it can be a good idea to stick part of a Guid string into the message name to avoid collisions for system wide messages. For example "MYMESSAGE_008C7A27-CC2B" is less likely a collision than "MYMESSAGE"

But there are many different ways to skin the cat:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365574(v=vs.85).aspx

For simple notification such as you are talking about, the message broadcast is probably the easiest. It has the advantage that the programs don't need to know each other's names or window handles. They just need to be using the same unique message string registered with RegisterWindowMessage().

Edited January 19, 2012 by MilesAhead

[SmOke_N]

I agree with the two above. What you're looking for is called Inter Process Communication ( IPC ).

Is a decent example of simple IPC.

[IanN1990]

Heya

Sorry for not replying or posting anything on the topic but my health hasn't been very good the last few days

Using the code you provided i tryed to get a working example, but i have never used these commands before and the helpfile is a little confusing on it as well

Main Script

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <WinAPI.au3>

GUIRegisterMsg(0x8000, "FuncToCall")

while 1
sleep(5000)
WEnd

Func FuncToCall()
ConsoleWrite("A")
EndFunc

Media Script

#Include <SendMessage.au3>
_SendMessage("FuncToCall", 0x8000)

Edited January 23, 2012 by IanN1990

[Blinky]

try this:

media.exe

UDPStartup()
$socketS = UDPOpen("127.0.0.1", 65533) ;conect to main script on local host
UDPSend($socketS, "a") ; send data
UDPCloseSocket($socketS);  cleeanup and exit
UDPShutdown()

main script:

UDPStartup()
$socketR = UDPBind("127.0.0.1", 65533);Listen to conections on localhost
While 1 ; main loop
$data = UDPRecv($socketR, 8) ;wait for data
if $data="a" then
  whatever_a() ;compare data
  ExitLoop
EndIf
WEnd
UDPCloseSocket($socketR) ;always cleanup before exiting
UDPShutdown()
Exit
Func whatever_a()
 MsgBox(0,"","Executing a func",3)
 EndFunc