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[Guest larkstern]

I was wondering if autoit in any way supports multi threading.

Task: I want to parse a message log file.

I need to make a script that will continuely parse a file, that is constantly changing, and report things to another script.. for instance every time it sees a certain string $magicword.

this needs to go on behind the scenes while other scripts are running.

Is this possible with autoit?

thanks much.

+larks

[Valik]

I don't see why multi-threading would be necessary for that task, however, to answer your question, no, multi-threading isn't available in AutoIt.

There are multiple ways to communicate to another script, such as writing to a file, changing a window title (Using a handle to the window you want to change the title of would be useful...), writing to the registry, et cetera.

[CyberSlug]

Heh, I saw

In: >> Threading...

By: Valik

on the main page and thought, "Is Valik going to add multi-threaded support to AutoIt?!?"

I was slightly disappointed

[Jon]

I was wondering if autoit in any way supports multi threading.

Task:  I want to parse a message log file.

I need to make a script that will continuely parse a file, that is constantly changing, and report things to another script.. for instance every time it sees a certain string $magicword.

this needs to go on behind the scenes while other scripts are running.

Is this possible with autoit?

thanks much.

+larks

You can always use an ADLIB function. You just tell it to execute every couple of milliseconds to do an operation on your file and then it can set a global variable to something if required.

In v2 ADLIB used to be purely for waiting for a rogue window to appear, but in v3 the adlib function can do anything you want - it just acts as another function that is run on a timer. However, while the adlib function is executing your main script is paused until the adlib finishes.

[Jon]

Heh, I saw

on the main page and thought, "Is Valik going to add multi-threaded support to AutoIt?!?"

I was slightly disappointed

The MsgBox function has always been multithreaded (to support the timeout feature).

There, happy?

[Valik]

Heh, I saw

on the main page and thought, "Is Valik going to add multi-threaded support to AutoIt?!?"

I was slightly disappointed

No way in hell I'm trying to add that. That would be less fun than shooting myself in the crotch with a nail gun.

[trids]

.. and aren't we already multi-threading when we say Run a.o.t. RunWait ?