Noob script brings to high CPU usage and large increasing in processes number.

[marcoroc]

Please forgive my poor english (and noob question).

INTRODUCTION
I'm completely untrained in scripting, and i'm following a guide trying to learn something about autoit.

TROUBLES
During an exercise i wrote down the script below.

run("notepad.exe")
winwaitactive("Senza nome - Blocco note");("senza nome - blocco note" is the italian version of "untitled - notepad", yea we use "nameless" instead of "untitled" don't know why).

send("some text here")
winclose("Senza nome - Blocco note")
winwaitactive("Blocco note")
sleep(3000)
send("!N")

As i said, the result is an overwhelming cpu usage (and processes overcrowding (notepad.exe ofc)) that  force me to reboot my pc.

I tryed removing the "sleep(3000)" line, but it didn't improve my result.

All i described happens only on the "compiled script" (script.exe) and not on the .au3 file.
 

[JohnOne]

If that is your full script (which I doubt) then you must have serious external computer issues.

There is nothing in that which could possibly be the cause of the problem you describe.

[czardas]

This part >> winwaitactive("Blocco note") << check the title is correct using Window Info tool and also be sure to add the text. See if that fixes it.

Edited July 30, 2013 by czardas

[CHOVIE]

Try This ...

Run(@WindowsDir & "\Notepad.exe", "")
    WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]")
    send("some text here")
    sleep(3000)
    send("!N")
 WinClose("[CLASS:Notepad]")

[marcoroc]

I tryed removing all the lines, one at time, starting from the last one.

    run("notepad.exe")
    winwaitactive("Senza nome - Blocco note")

If i leave only these lines (1st and 2nd), running the script gives me back the same error. (CPU usage over 95% and over 150-200-300... (and so on) processes in the task manager.

With the first line left only

    run("notepad.exe")


I still have the CPU usage "error", but the number of processes remains constant.

Conclusion
Running notepad mess my pc.

 

 

Try This ...

Run(@WindowsDir & "\Notepad.exe", "")
    WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]")
    send("some text here")
    sleep(3000)
    send("!N")
 WinClose("[CLASS:Notepad]")

you have to Switch "send("!N")" with the last line, but it works fine.

 

I would like to know why

Edited July 30, 2013 by marcoroc

[JLogan3o13]

What OS are you running? Which version of AutoIt? What process is eating up the CPU in Task Manager? 

I have tried your two lines of code on both XP and WIN7, both 32 and 64bit, and cannot reproduce your CPU issues. It seems to be something local to your machine.

[Melba23]

marcoroc,

When you compile the file, are you calling it "Notepad.exe" by any chance?

M23

[marcoroc]

marcoroc,

When you compile the file, are you calling it "Notepad.exe" by any chance?

M23

ahahahahahah

i'm a fucking dumbass.

 

Thanks everybody, problem solved.

Edited July 30, 2013 by marcoroc

[Melba23]

marcoroc,

You are not the first - and I am sure you will not be the last either!

M23

[Tripredacus]

No one's perfect!

I did something silly like that once (well probably more than once but no picture evidence)

[czardas]

LOL It had to be something in the name. Melba must have seen this before. I would never have guessed it would be that though.

Edited July 30, 2013 by czardas

[Melba23]

czardas,

 

Melba must have seen this before

Quite a few times - and it is nearly always a Notepad script that is involved.

M23