shell-program and error handling

[Kammamuri]

Hi! so..I understand that making a program without errors is better then just ignoring the errors and this is why i rarely use this method. However sometimes i need to test a program for longer periods of time without being able to check it so i've made this little shell-program:

#include <Constants.au3>

Global $n

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")

$n = 0

While 1

   If ProcessExists("iexplore.exe") Then ProcessClose("iexplore.exe") ;the program will open ie and i dont want to have too many opened at the same time
   RunWait(@AutoItExe & ' /ErrorStdOut  "C:\Program Directory\Program Name.exe"')
   
   $n = $n + 1
   
WEnd

;Terminate
Func Terminate()
   Local $ErrorLog = FileOpen("ErrorLog.txt",2)
   FileWrite($ErrorLog, "The program crashed " & $n & " times")
   FileClose($ErrorLog)
   Exit 0
EndFunc

it gives me the number of times the program has crashed and was forced to restart on a txt file. I've tried to get on this txt file also the Error message by reading the stdout stream but i don't seem to be able to find a way to make it work. I've tried to use "run" instead of "runwait" in combination with "if processexists..." but it hasn't worked at all. If anyone could show me how to get the error message on a txt file it would be great! thanks in advance

[BrewManNH]

Why are you trying to run the program with the AutoIt exe? Does this even run for you at all?

Why not just use Run() with the StdErr option (see the help file) and loop until it isn't running any more and read the StdIO stream of the program, that should tell you if the program says anything on the Error stream?

[Kammamuri]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I've tried the following code.  

#include <Constants.au3>

Global $n

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")

$n = 0

While 1

   If ProcessExists("TheBeast v0.75.exe") = 0 Then
      If ProcessExists("iexplore.exe") Then ProcessClose("iexplore.exe")
      Local $foo = Run(@AutoItExe & ' /ErrorStdOut  "direcotory\programname.exe"', @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
   EndIf
   
   Local $line
   While 1
      $line = StderrRead($foo)
      If @error Then ExitLoop
      Local $ErrorLog = FileOpen("ErrorLog.txt",2)
      FileWrite($ErrorLog, $line)
      FileClose($ErrorLog)
   WEnd
   
   Sleep(1000)
WEnd

;Terminate
Func Terminate()
   Exit 0
EndFunc

but i'm experiencing the following issue. The first thing the child program should do is open a txt file, read some information and use it to browse to a web site (for instance it reads ".com" and goes to "google.com" or "it" and goes to "google.it") using the command FileOpen("name of file.txt") since this file is in the same folder. However, for some reason when the child program gets launched by the parent program it doesn't read the file! (it works correctly when i manually start it). any idea what may cause the problem/how to fix it? .. it works just fine with the code i've posted in the previous post too

[BrewManNH]

I'll ask again, why are you using the @AutoItExe macro to run your child program? I'm pretty sure that is most of your problem.

[Kammamuri]

I'm not sure why I was using it.. it seemed to be the only working syntax :

thanks for the help

this works: (i also had to remove @SystemDir)

Local $foo = Run('C:\...\name.exe /ErrorStdOut', "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

now i correcly get the error on the txt file, for example:

C:Users...ProgramName.exe (5103) : ==> Subscript used with non-Array variable.:

 

problem is my program has about 2000 lines (so 5103 makes no sense), is it possible to get the right line at which the error occurs?

[Melba23]

Kammamuri,

The "too big" line number is because of the include files. I explain how to get the correct number >here.

M23

[Kammamuri]

Thanks! I think i understand your explanation in the other topic, but how do I "run Obfuscator using the /STRIPONLY parameter, when compiling my script"? .. when i compile a script I usually go to the .au3 file I want to compile, right click on it and then click on "Compile Script (x64)".. I've looked at http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/scite/docs/Obfuscator.html but it says something about AutoIt3Wrapper (which I haven't heard before). I've added the lines

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Obfuscator=y
#Obfuscator_Parameters=/so 

before the #include(s) in my program but when i compile it (using the above procedure) nothing happens.

ps. sorry if I'm slow to understand but I autoit is the only programming language I "know" (except a little bit of Pascal and C) and English isn't may native language either

[Melba23]

Kammamuri,

Did you download and install the full SciTE4AutoIt3 package as explained in the other thread?

You get AutoIt3Wrapper and lots of other goodies to help you code in AutoIt.

M23
 

[Kammamuri]

I had something (I program with SciTE) but it must have been an old version. Anyway, I re-downloaded everything and now it works just fine! thanks a lot!

I'll have to get used to the new light blue color of the back ground

[Melba23]

Kammamuri,

Open SciTEConfig (look under the <Tools> menu or press Ctrl-1 with an .au3 file open) and you can change colours and many other values within SciTE.

M23

[BrewManNH]

BTW, as a follow up to this, unless you NEED the script to be compiled to run at all, don't compile it until it's working 100%. This way you can run it in SciTE (hit F5 to run it uncompiled), and if it encounters an error it will tell you the actual line the problem happens on, and/or the include that the problem is happening in.