seeking AutoIt coder for small project

[timmy2]

I wrote a batch file that opens a couple programs, asks a "choice" question and runs the appropriate shortcut based on that, and then displays a series of png and animated gif images at a specific window position that provide instructions to the user.

I'd prefer a nicer looking Windows GUI for the "choice" question and better control over displaying the images (having trouble with irfanview in this regard). There are some other small refinements that I suspect could easily be handled by autoit (e.g., I must use Zmover to position the program windows).

Please PM me.

[Kevinsyel]

If you got that far using just batch scripting, it wouldn't be much harder to port the code to AutoIT. realistically, you could use the ShellExecute command to funnel all your batch calls into it (although it'd be easier to just script out some of the calls)

Also, the help file that comes with AutoIT, I've found, is INCREDIBLY well documented. My main language of choice was C++, and I had little GUI experience outside of Windows Forms (which auto-creates the GUI for you) and I felt their description in the GUI reference portion of the man-page was more than adequate.

Check out the GUI Concepts and GUI MessageLoop Mode tutorials, That's basically all you need. The GUI Management section of Function Reference also covers all the non-UDF GUI functions provided in Auto IT.

[JLogan3o13]

Hi, Timmy2, welcome to the forum. We do not support requests for coding-for-hire. If you would like something like that, please check out vWorker, where you can request apss coded in AutoIt.

The members on this forum take the "teach a man to fish" motto when it comes to scripting. I would sugges, as Kevinsyel does above, to start with the help file. Try some code on your own. If you run into a problem and get stuck, feel free to post your code here and we'll do our best to assist

[timmy2]

  On 11/1/2012 at 6:15 PM, 'Kevinsyel said:

If you got that far using just batch scripting, it wouldn't be much harder to port the code to AutoIT. realistically, you could use the ShellExecute command to funnel all your batch calls into it (although it'd be easier to just script out some of the calls)

Also, the help file that comes with AutoIT, I've found, is INCREDIBLY well documented. My main language of choice was C++, and I had little GUI experience outside of Windows Forms (which auto-creates the GUI for you) and I felt their description in the GUI reference portion of the man-page was more than adequate.

Check out the GUI Concepts and GUI MessageLoop Mode tutorials, That's basically all you need. The GUI Management section of Function Reference also covers all the non-UDF GUI functions provided in Auto IT.

Thank you for the encouragement, Seeker. I'd like to learn AutoIt but at the moment I just want to get this "done". Am suffering from battle fatigue trying to overcome surprises and software inconsistencies during this project (e.g., Irfanview's window positioning command not working with animated gifs AND their forum moderator not activating my account so I could post questions, ZMover's idiosyncrasies, Windows XP batch file command "Start" not working exactly per the docs, etc.) You probably know about the "up-hill slog" one goes through overcoming disconnects between software, its documentation, and manufacturer promises vs reality. It's been this way since Microsoft issued their first language manual.

What the heck... maybe I'll post more details in this forum just to see if AutoIt can even accomplish what I need. The Devil's always in the details!

[timmy2]

  On 11/1/2012 at 7:00 PM, 'JLogan3o13 said:

Hi, Timmy2, welcome to the forum. We do not support requests for coding-for-hire. If you would like something like that, please check out vWorker, where you can request apss coded in AutoIt.

The members on this forum take the "teach a man to fish" motto when it comes to scripting. I would sugges, as Kevinsyel does above, to start with the help file. Try some code on your own. If you run into a problem and get stuck, feel free to post your code here and we'll do our best to assist

Thank you for the kindly worded admonishment. I didn't know. AND, thank you for referring me to vworker.

[JLogan3o13]

  On 11/1/2012 at 9:34 PM, 'timmy2 said:

Thank you for the kindly worded admonishment. I didn't know. AND, thank you for referring me to vworker.

We've all been at "Day 1" If you decide to give this a go yourself, be aware you have a community that is very willing to assist and support your efforts.

[careca]

  On 11/1/2012 at 9:32 PM, 'timmy2 said:

Thank you for the encouragement, Seeker.

Just FYI, "Seeker" is a title.

[Mechaflash]

  On 11/2/2012 at 2:01 PM, 'careca said:

Just FYI, "Seeker" is a title.

I once had my title as "I'm Scotts-Korean" and someone said "Thanks Scott" =/