Portability

[Shibuya]

Hi all,

I'm a newbie wif AutoIT and have started for a couple of days.

I started designing a script, which I've taken portability into consideration.

After finishing the scripton my laptop, tested and reviewed the design plenty times.

Then I compiled and started using the executable on other desktops.

It's only then I found problems popping up, e.g. some commands were not executed programs did not respond to the executed command.

You ppl ever encounter things like that?

Any resolution?

[trids]

See it as part of your testing: if you intend to run your script on machines other than the one you develop it on, then you should be extra careful to test @ERROR .. and check for files you need rather than assume they're there .. or check for desktop dimensions .. even OS versions .. etc ..

HTH

[Shibuya]

See it as part of your testing: if you intend to run your script on machines other than the one you develop it on, then you should be extra careful to test @ERROR .. and check for files you need rather than assume they're there .. or check for desktop dimensions .. even OS versions .. etc ..

HTH

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've already taken these into consideration while designing the script.

What I'm currently facing now is that simple commands like sending Windows hotkey commands, e.g. "^p" in MS Word to launch the print dialog(this has given me the biggest headache )

Attached is part of the above mentioned code that is giving me headaches.

It's one of my #include files.

[brandonm]

Here is your code with coments, don't be offended please, I'm just making sure you have checked everything.

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

;

; AutoIt Version: 3.1.0

; Author: Kayne heong <kayne.heong@t-est.com>

;

; Script Function:

; Open t1.doc AutoIt script.

;

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Script Start

$file = FileOpen("D:\AutoIt_Scripts\Test_Files\t1.doc", 0)

;;you are sure that the file is on the d: drive on all machines?

; Check if file opened for reading OK

If $file = -1 Then

MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.")

Exit

Else

; Opens t1.doc from location

Run( "cmd /c D:\AutoIt_Scripts\Test_Files\t1.doc", "", @SW_HIDE)

;;if the machine runs on windows earlier than xp, i believe that command rather than cmd should be used. likeso:

Run( "command /c D:\AutoIt_Scripts\Test_Files\t1.doc", "", @SW_HIDE)

EndIf

If WinWaitActive("t1.doc - Microsoft Word", "", 10) = 0 Then

MsgBox( 0, "Failure", "Test file failed to load")

Exit

Else

$file_name = "t1.doc - Mircosoft Word"

;;probably should be:

$file_name = "t1.doc - Microsoft Word"

EndIf

[SmOke_N]

$file_name = "t1.doc - Mircosoft Word"

;;probably should be:

$file_name = "t1.doc - Microsoft Word"

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What's the difference between those 2 brandonm... am I missing something?

@Shibuya -- What are the 2 OS's?

[SmOke_N]

Try this Shibuya:

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; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; AutoIt Version: 3.1.0
; Author:        Kayne heong <kayne.heong@t-est.com>
;
; Script Function:
;   Open t1.doc AutoIt script.
;
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

; Script Start
$file = FileOpen(@HomeDrive & "\AutoIt_Scripts\Test_Files\t1.doc", 0)

; Check if file opened for reading OK
If $file = -1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.")
    Exit
Else

; Opens t1.doc from location
Run( @HomeDrive & "\AutoIt_Scripts\Test_Files\t1.doc", "", @SW_HIDE)

EndIf

$Timer = TimerInit()
Do
Sleep(100)
Until TimerDiff($Timer) / 1000 >= 9 Or WinExists("t1.doc - Microsoft Word")
MsgBox(0, "", "Done!")

If Not WinExists("t1.doc - Microsoft Word") Then
MsgBox( 0, "Failure", "Test file failed to load")
Exit
Else
    $file_name = "t1.doc - Mircosoft Word"
EndIf

[Shibuya]

Here is your code with coments, don't be offended please, I'm just making sure you have checked everything.

Not at all, thanks for the help

@Shibuya --  What are the 2 OS's?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

my laptop's on WinXP.

Other systems are Win98, WinME, WinNT and Win2K

I've tried another round on my laptop again, now it's giving me problems I faced on other systems. It worked fine last week.

Yet to try your script, but I now trying to add delay in-between some of the executions.

So far it's slightly more stable, but some occasional hiccups/freezing.

Thanks for the help and reply so far.

[LxP]

How about this (I'm assuming that this script sits in D:\AutoIt_Scripts):

$file = @scriptDir & "\Test_Files\t1.doc"

$handle = fileOpen($file, 0)

; Check if file opened for reading OK
if ($handle = -1) then
    msgBox(0x10, "Error", "Unable to open file.")
    exit
endIf

; I closed the if..endIf block above -- it will make the following code cleaner

; be sure to *close* any files that you open!
fileClose($handle)

; Opens t1.doc from location
; @comSpec can be used as a more portable solution
run(@comSpec & ' /c start "' & $file & '"', "", @SW_HIDE)

$wordStarted = processWait("winword.exe", 10)
if not($wordStarted) then
    msgBox(0x10, "Failure", "Test file failed to load.")
    exit
endIf

; Microsoft typo fixed
$file_name = "t1.doc - Microsoft Word"

[Shibuya]

Thanks for all the above reply and sorry for the late feedback.

Somehow my systems are having problems with the use of @ComSpec.

They all seem to don't recognise the macro/command, that's why I'm using "cmd /c".