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Hi,

My purpose is to automate of a product build with installshield.

If I use timers it works but there is not really any control on the window the scritpt is working on.

that's why I wanted ti use the function winwaitactive to be sure that we are on the right window.

I tested it with notepad and it was ok.

I wrote this:

winactivate ("untitled","")
winwaitactive ("[CLASS:notepad]", "toto")
msgbox (0,"test", "test window")

and the message box appear only if toto is written in notepad.

Now in the installshield process it does not work and I don't know why:

this is the code:

winactivate ( "Server installation", "")
winwaitactive ("[CLASS:edit; INSTANCE:1]","")
send ("toto")

to be sure to check the right window I used AutoIt Windows Info and this is what I got:

>>>> Window <<<<
Title: Server Installation
bla
bla
bla

>>>> Control <<<<
Class: Edit
Instance: 1
bla
bla

So I guess I'm on the right window, any idea why my installshield is not right detected by AutoIt 3?

thx bye advance for yoru help.

Processor.

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Can't you use command line switches to install the product?

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Being an InstallShield product, even if it is a setup.exe it likely has an MSI packed inside. You should be able to extract the MSI, and this opens up a bevy of command line options.

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Glad to be of service :D

My UDFs and Tutorials:

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UDFs:
Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki
ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts
OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki
OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download
Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki
PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki
Task Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki

Standard UDFs:
Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki
Word - Wiki

Tutorials:
ADO - Wiki
WebDriver - Wiki

 

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@Raviraj  do you realize this is a 5 year old post, that had already been resolved? Please do not resurrect old threads.

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