cwakefield Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 As part of an application I am writing, I need to find all files matching a criteria on a computer. Based on examples I found, once the Run command is complete, the loop should exit, however I found that the loop would run indefinitely. I ended up adding some timer logic, to automatically exit the loop if 5 seconds passed. Does anyone know why my loop will not exit automatically when the Run function finishes? $StartTime = TimerInit() $Config_File_Path = Run(@ComSpec & " /c dir /s /b application.config", "C:\", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) While 1 $line = StdoutRead($Config_File_Path) ConsoleWrite($line) If @error <> 0 Then ExitLoop If TimerDiff($StartTime) > 5000 Then ExitLoop Wend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 $StartTime = TimerInit() $Config_File_Path = Run(@ComSpec & " /c dir /s /b application.config", "C:\", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) While ProcessExists($Config_File_Path) $line = StdoutRead($Config_File_Path) ConsoleWrite($line) If @error <> 0 Then ExitLoop If TimerDiff($StartTime) > 5000 Then ExitLoop Wend AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Using your original script I fixed it for you. The ConsoleWrite was causing the @Error check to never work the way you wanted it to. $StartTime = TimerInit() $Config_File_Path = Run(@ComSpec & " /c dir /s /b application.config", "C:\", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) While 1 $line = StdoutRead($Config_File_Path) If @error <> 0 Then ExitLoop ConsoleWrite($line) If TimerDiff($StartTime) > 5000 Then ExitLoop WEnd You have to check @error immediately after the function that might cause the error, ConsoleWrite will reset the @error causing it to always be 0 by the time you checked it. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwakefield Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks John, that fixed it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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