Precompile compile

[Jewtus]

I'm trying to setup the compile command in autoit to compile some other au3 scripts prior to compiling the primary script.

When I do this bat file:

set autoitcompiler="C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe"
Set Sendemail="C:\Sources\NewTools (autoit based)\Send Emails.au3"

%autoitcompiler% /in %Sendemail%

the bat file will compile, but I'm wondering if I can setup Autoit to precompile without using the .bat file.

I tried this:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Before='"C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe"' /in "%scriptdir%\Send Emails.au3" 

but I get an error message

 

 

'C:Autoit' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

so I tried various different methods for putting quotes around the path but I cannot seem to get it working.

Anyone have suggestions on how to fix this?

Edited December 8, 2014 by Jewtus

[JohnOne]

What other various ways did you try?

Else people are just suggesting what you already did.

[iamtheky]

....or put it in a path that does not have spaces and troubleshoot something else.

[JohnOne]

Good shout.

[Jewtus]

Unfortunately, the pathnames are going to have spaces (set by server admin) so I'm trying to work around their silly settings.

I've tried the following:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Before=C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe /in "%scriptdir%\Send Emails.au3" 

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Before="C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe" /in "%scriptdir%\Send Emails.au3" 

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Before='C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe' /in "%scriptdir%\Send Emails.au3" 

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Before=""C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe"" /in "%scriptdir%\Send Emails.au3" 

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Before='"C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe"' /in "%scriptdir%\Send Emails.au3"

Worst case scenario, I can use the bat script and just it first.

[BrewManNH]

Use @ScriptDir instead of the environment variable and see if that works. Its entirely possible the wrapper program has no idea what %scriptdir% means.

[iamtheky]

can you use 8.3 names? or filegetshortname?

Edited December 8, 2014 by boththose

[Jewtus]

Use @ScriptDir instead of the environment variable and see if that works. Its entirely possible the wrapper program has no idea what %scriptdir% means.

For the compiler, you need to use %scriptdir%

From the compiler:

 

These commands will be executed one at a time as cmdline commands. 

The Commandlines can contain the following variables:

  %in% , %out%, %outx64%, %icon% which will be replaced by the fullpathfilename.

  %scriptdir% same as @ScriptDir and %scriptfile% = filename without extension.

  %fileversion% set to the #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion directive value.

  %scitedir% will be replaced by the SciTE program directory

Examples:

   copy "%in%" "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\"

   copy "%out%" "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\"

   start aacopy.bat "%out%" "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\"

 

This error is the dead giveaway though:

'C:Autoit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

Its a problem with the spaces in the file name so it needs to be qualified with quotes, but I have a feeling quotes are being removed by the compiler....

@Boththose

What do you mean by 8.3 names? I've worked with shortnames before but I'm not entirely sure how they work... I know that its usually like the first 5 letters and then ~1 or something.

Edited December 8, 2014 by Jewtus

[iamtheky]

msgbox(0, '' ,  filegetshortname("C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe"))

see if that string works for your path.

 

*and i have no idea how they work, but they are better than messing with spaces and quotes.

Edited December 8, 2014 by boththose

[Jewtus]

Ok so that does work... Is there a way to call the shortname from within the compile wrapper?

For example:

$AutoitCompiler=FileGetShortName('C:\Autoit - Portable\Beta\Aut2Exe\Aut2exe.exe')
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Run_Before= $AutoitCompiler /in "%scriptdir%\Get Master with survey.au3"

When I used:

C:AUTOIT~1BetaAut2ExeAut2exe.exe

It works perfectly, but I don't want to have to redo the shortname if I migrate the script.