Unattended.... IE browser download

[Guest dlindsey]

I have just started using AutoIt and I really like it alot. I am trying to do something very simple yet I am having problems....so I hope someone here can point me in the right direction.

I have written and tested an AutoIt script that runs fine when I run it interactively. This script basically initiates an Internet explorer session with retrieve the necessary information and then saves it to a file in a specified format. The script works fine. My problem is that when I try to schedule the script to run at 3 AM in the moring, the script starts but does not complete. In other words, I will see my executeable script under the User tasks running from the task manager.

Can I make this type of script work without a human being in attendence at 3 AM in the morning. I assume it might be becuase a) the server that it runs on is in a screen saver at that time...or you can not runt this type of interactive script without an active com session..or c) I have no idea.

CAn someone point me in the right direction?

thanks in advance.

[seandisanti]

I have just started using AutoIt and I really like it alot. I am trying to do something very simple yet I am having problems....so I hope someone here can point me in the right direction.

I have written and tested an AutoIt script that runs fine when I run it interactively. This script basically initiates an Internet explorer session with retrieve the necessary information and then saves it to a file in a specified format. The script works fine. My problem is that when I try to schedule the script to run at 3 AM in the moring, the script starts but does not complete. In other words, I will see my executeable script under the User tasks running from the task manager.

Can I make this type of script work without a human being in attendence at 3 AM in the morning. I assume it might be becuase a) the server that it runs on is in a screen saver at that time...or you can not runt this type of interactive script without an active com session..or c) I have no idea.

CAn someone point me in the right direction?

thanks in advance.

check out daleholm's IE.au3. it's included in the beta, or linked to several times in the forum if you just want to use an #include on the stable release.