Kill application after a predefined time and restart it

[neazoi]

Hello I have written a little script (using the recorder) to start up an application and click some buttons after start up.

This script works fine for me

#region ---Au3Recorder generated code Start ---
Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1)
Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)


Run('C:\Program Files\eQSO\PMR-Radio_Server\PMR_Radio_Server.exe')
_WinWaitActivate("eQSO - Conference Server for PMR Radio ","Idle ID Time (Second")
MouseClick("left",695,351,1)
_WinWaitActivate("PMR_Radio_Server","Failed to connect to")
MouseClick("left",193,89,1)
_WinWaitActivate("PMR_Radio_Server","eQSO Monitor Server ")
MouseClick("left",180,125,1)
_WinWaitActivate("eQSO - Conference Server for PMR Radio ","Idle ID Time (Second")
MouseClick("left",738,10,1)

#region --- Internal functions Au3Recorder Start ---
Func _WinWaitActivate($title,$text,$timeout=0)
    WinWait($title,$text,$timeout)
    If Not WinActive($title,$text) Then WinActivate($title,$text)
    WinWaitActive($title,$text,$timeout)
EndFunc
#endregion --- Internal functions Au3Recorder End ---

#endregion --- Au3Recorder generated code End ---

The problem I have is that my application crashes after an hour or so, so I need to somehow:

1. kill it

2. wait for a few seconds

3. then restart it (using the script above).

I want the above to loop forever

(PS. I use older version of autoit for win2k, just for reference, but I think much of the code from v3 will work on it)

Thanks so much for your help!

Edited November 19, 2015 by neazoi

[water]

Something like this?

[neazoi]

Something like this?

Hm... having the script (that calls the application) run all the time and restart itself after some time would be a nice solution.

However, the application process needs to be killed before the next restart.

How should I kill the process and wait to see if it is killed indeed, in order to restart the script again?

[water]

Killing an application just to restart it is just a work around.
I would try to find and solve the source of this problem. Did you write the application you need to kill yourself?

[neazoi]

Killing an application just to restart it is just a work around.
I would try to find and solve the source of this problem. Did you write the application you need to kill yourself?

No I did not.

BTW this silved the problem in a simple matter for me. I just need to call restart script not.

Thank you all for your replies!

#region ---Au3Recorder generated code Start ---
Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1)
Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)


Local $iPID = Run('C:\Program Files\eQSO\PMR-Radio_Server\PMR_Radio_Server.exe')
_WinWaitActivate("eQSO - Conference Server for PMR Radio ","Idle ID Time (Second")
MouseClick("left",695,351,1)
_WinWaitActivate("PMR_Radio_Server","Failed to connect to")
MouseClick("left",193,89,1)
_WinWaitActivate("PMR_Radio_Server","eQSO Monitor Server ")
MouseClick("left",180,125,1)
_WinWaitActivate("eQSO - Conference Server for PMR Radio ","Idle ID Time (Second")
MouseClick("left",738,10,1)

#region --- Internal functions Au3Recorder Start ---
Func _WinWaitActivate($title,$text,$timeout=0)
    WinWait($title,$text,$timeout)
    If Not WinActive($title,$text) Then WinActivate($title,$text)
    WinWaitActive($title,$text,$timeout)
EndFunc
#endregion --- Internal functions Au3Recorder End ---
Sleep(30000) ;30sec pause. This is how often to restart the program
ProcessClose($iPID)
#endregion --- Au3Recorder generated code End ---

and the restart function, to be called at the end to the code above

Func RestartScript()
    If @Compiled = 1 Then
        Run( FileGetShortName(@ScriptFullPath))
    Else
        Run( FileGetShortName(@AutoItExe) & " " & FileGetShortName(@ScriptFullPath))
    EndIf
    Exit
EndFunc

 

Edited November 19, 2015 by neazoi