The first script problem

[APRES]

The first script I made ( HelloWorld )

should do the following

Run ( "C:\putty.exe -load AT" )
WinActivate("192.168.10.1 - PuTTY" )
WinWaitActive ( "192.168.10.1 - PuTTY" )
Sleep(10000) ;pause 10 seconds
WinActivate("192.168.10.1 - PuTTY" )
Send ( "login{ENTER}" )
Sleep(10000) ;pause 5 seconds
WinActivate("192.168.10.1 - PuTTY" )

Then few times

Send ( "some keystroke")
Sleep(2000)
WinActivate("192.168.10.1 - PuTTY" )

All of it I compiled and scheduled as wintask to execute nightly.

It works well.

But not always.

Sometimes I come next day and see that it remains on login screen. It looks like some process running on computer takes it over. Therefore I used

WinActivate for every step. But it doesn't help either.

What am I doing wrong?

[Jos]

try a WinWait() between the first 2 statements, because you need to pause to give Putty time to launch before activating...

[w0uter]

Sleep(10000) ;pause 5 seconds

isnt right

[APRES]

Sure.

But it is not the cause of problem I guess.

[Thatsgreat2345]

and

Send("{some keystroke}")
Sleep(2000)
WinActivate("192.168.10.1 - PuTTY" )

on ur send it should be

send("{keystroke"})

Edited August 11, 2005 by thatsgreat2345

[Valuater]

and

Send("{some keystroke}")
Sleep(2000)
WinActivate("192.168.10.1 - PuTTY" )

on ur send it should be

send("{keystroke"})

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

@thatsgreat2345,

this does not look correct

send("{keystroke"})

8)

[APRES]

Also adding of WinWait() didn't help.

Today again program stopped at log in.

Is there any way to go further? (to debug it somehow)

[Jos]

Also adding of WinWait()  didn't help.

Today again program stopped at log in.

Is there any way to go further? (to debug it somehow)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Add Opt("TrayIconDebug", 1) to your script to deterime where it is stopping.....

[DaleHohm]

Also adding of WinWait()  didn't help.

Today again program stopped at log in.

Is there any way to go further? (to debug it somehow)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I find that the length of time required to get the "login as:" prompt in PuTTY can vary tremendously. Assuming that the first string you are sending is the username you may need to put a substantial Sleep in the code before you send it.

Also, you can avoid the potential problem of another window taking focus by using ControlSend instead of Send (a ControlID is not actually required). Here is what works for me:

Run ( "C:\putty.exe -load your-config" )
$title = "your-IP - PuTTY"
WinWait($title )
$handle = WinGetHandle($title)
Sleep(15000); sleep 15 seconds - just keep shorter than the login timeout
ControlSend ( $handle, "", "", "username{ENTER}" )
ControlSend ( $handle, "", "", "password{ENTER}" )

Edit: Just realized that since the window title won't change, there should be no need for the complexity of using the handle. This will work just as well:

Run ( "C:\putty.exe -load your-config" )
$title = "your-IP - PuTTY"
WinWait($title )
Sleep(15000); sleep 15 seconds - just keep shorter than the login timeout
ControlSend ( $title, "", "", "username{ENTER}" )
ControlSend ( $title, "", "", "password{ENTER}" )

Dale

Edited August 13, 2005 by DaleHohm

[APRES]

Thank you.

Almost sure that just the difference between

Send and ControlSend

will makes a trick. "ControlSend" would act also if a control lost focus and "Send" won't , isnt'it?

Edited August 14, 2005 by APRES