DOS Boxes

[BigRedEO 0]

I am new to AutoIt, so please be kind.  I'm writing a script that will run an executable that upgrades OpenSSH on several remote computers.  It first uninstalls the old version then installs the new version.  I'm all the way through, but have run into one problem.  When it gets to the part of the executable where it actually starts installing/extracting all the files, about midway through, it stops and a DOS box pops up with a

____________ key already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?

There are actually 3 boxes in a row with the same "Overwrite (y/n)?" prompt.  I've tried using

Send ("{y}")
Send ("{Enter}")

but no luck.  Any ideas please?

Edited January 30, 2014 by BigRedEO

[jdelaney 221]

What command are you running to extract the files?

It probably has a param to force overwrite, like /y, or something.  Oh, is this durring install?  There might be silent params, or you can probably delete the file as a setup step.

There are all kinds of Win* functions, and control* functions to manipulate gui's...I'd suggest you read up on those as a last resort.

WinGetHandle
WinExists
ControlGetHandle
ControlSend
ControlClick

Edited January 30, 2014 by jdelaney

[BigRedEO 0]

What command are you running to extract the files?

It probably has a param to force overwrite, like /y, or something.

 

It's an executable - .exe file, so I'm simply doing "ControlClick" for each "Next" or "OK" button, so the command just before that extract is

WinWaitActive ("Create Password and Group files", "Choose user type for SSHD")
ControlClick ("Create Password and Group files", "&Next", 1)

and then it moves to the next window to extract.

[Palestinian 13]

Try and do a full uninstall, that should remove the key that already exists from the previous install (old version), if a full uninstall is not one of the options then you can try and write a small script to delete the key from the registry manually.

[BigRedEO 0]

Try and do a full uninstall, that should remove the key that already exists from the previous install (old version), if a full uninstall is not one of the options then you can try and write a small script to delete the key from the registry manually.

 

That's what I was thinking I may have to do - write down each key it's asking for, then delete them before running this.  I'll give it a go.  Thank you!

[JLogan3o13 961]

Even if it is an executable, it may allow for command line switches. Many Setup.exe's are just MSI wrappers these days. Can you provide a link to the location? I googled OpenSSH, but the main page just has "Alternatives for Windows Users"

[BigRedEO 0]

Here is the page from where I got the executable - I'm using OpenSSH 6.2-p2-1 -

http://www.mls-software.com/opensshd.html

[JLogan3o13 961]

And on the left side of that page is a very conspicuous link called "Silent install options". Have you tried these?

[BigRedEO 0]

And on the left side of that page is a very conspicuous link called "Silent install options". Have you tried these?

 

Yes - and unfortunately, not working.  This is on ancient Windows XP systems (that will finally get upgraded to Windows 7 this year, but for now...).  Deleting the keys works fine since the .au3 script will be called from a batch script doing other things as well.

[Iczer 13]

instead Send("...") try something like this:

Func Press_ENTER($t = 32)
    _WinAPI_Keybd_Event(0x0D, 0) ; ENTER Down
    Sleep($t)
    _WinAPI_Keybd_Event(0x0D, 2) ; ENTER Up
EndFunc   ;==>Press_ENTER

if this not work - play with StdoutRead()/StdinWrite()