Usage of Run and shell execute commands

[VinayKumar 0]

When I am using Run("Winzip.exe") its not invoking the installation of winzip exe but ShellExecute("Winzip.exe") invokes. Is there any constraint for run command??

[Chimaera 140]

There is a number of examples here to have a look through other wise the helpfile is very usefull

http://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/AutoIt_Snippets

Look in the CMD section lower down

Edited December 3, 2012 by Chimaera

[VinayKumar 0]

There is a number of examples here to have a look through other wise the helpfile is very usefull

http://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/AutoIt_Snippets

Look in the CMD section lower down

Hi, thanks for your response, as its the first day I am using autoit I could not make much out of that link, I reuest you to please answer my question in one line or so

[water 1,950]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

If your script doesn't do what you want it to do you should always do some error checking. Every function gives you a return value and sets macros @error and @extended.

Run should give you the process ID.

So I would use:

Global $iResult
$iResult = Run("Winzip.exe")
MsgBox(0, "", "Result of Run: " & $iResult)

Please post the result. Edited December 3, 2012 by water

[VinayKumar 0]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

If your script doesn't do what you want it to do you should always do some error checking. Every function gives you a return value and sets macros @error and @extended.

Run should give you the process ID.

So I would use:

Global $iResult
$iResult = Run("Winzip.exe")
MsgBox(0, "", "Result of Run: " & $iResult)

Please post the result.

Hi, Thanks again, a message box comes saying "the result of the run is 0." Edited December 3, 2012 by VinayKumar

[water 1,950]

In this cas Run didn't start the Exe.

You have to pass the complete path to the exe plus a working directory.

Please check the help file for details.

[VinayKumar 0]

Hi, I tried with the complete path but that too didn't work, but when I added #requireadmin prior to the code, it worked.

But shell execute command worked even without #requireadmin