murathp Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) Hi All,This is my first post on AUTOIT support forum and prior to posting, I checked 5 pages of prev posts on VM based autoIT execution to make sure I'm not asking a question that got answered many times.Basically, I use AUTOIT in a test lab environment where we have a Ruby/WATIR based framework and I upload test files via FF to a test web application. The below code works when I have Remote Desktop Connection to my VM but when I disconnect from the VM (however, the session is still running), the below script stops uploading test files to our website. As soon as I reconnect via RDC, it resumes when I click (tap) on the FF or Upload Dialog. CmdLine1 contains Mozilla Firefox and CmdLine2 contains the test file pathandname being uploaded.As I mentioned the code below works fine as long as I leave the RDC window open from my host PC.Any ideas or recommendations? Thanks in advance... #include <AutoItConstants.au3>HotKeySet("{F1}","Terminate")Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",2)While 1 If (WinActivate("Mozilla Firefox") <> 0) Or (WinActive("Mozilla Firefox") <> 0) Then WinSetState("Mozilla Firefox","",@SW_RESTORE) ToolTip("Activated",0,0) sendKeystoDialog ExitLoop Else ToolTip("Not Activated",0,0) EndIf Sleep(1000)WendFunc sendKeystoDialog() WinActive($CmdLine[1]); Send($CmdLine[2]); Send("{Enter}");EndFuncFunc Terminate() Exit 0EndFunc Edited September 28, 2015 by murathp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Is the script running on the host computer or the VM? If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murathp Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Hello BrewManNH,It is running on the VM and as I disconnect from the VM, I always get the Windows message that says "Programs will continue to run even though you are disconnecting...."The question is does AutoIT needs a hosts Display/Graphics card in order to detect the pop up? If so....then probably disconnecting will pause Autoit recognition of browser file upload box? am I thinking right? Thanks for your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 If the screen locks when you disconnect, which I'm pretty sure it does, you can't use WinActivate/WinActive/Send or mouse clicks.https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/FAQ#Why_doesn.27t_my_script_work_on_a_locked_workstation.3F If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxG Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Hello Murathp,I don't know if this is an option for you, but I've found better results using VNC (UltraVNC to be specific) as opposed to RDC as disconnecting from VNC doesn't lock the station. There are others on this forum with more experience than myself, so perhaps a better suggestion will come along. Good luck with your endeavor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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