jamesinnewcastle Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 HI All I'm only 2 days into Autoit so bear with me please! I want to open a 3rd Party database and interrogate it - first step is to open it and enter my pass word - that's OK (used Run for the .exe file, WinWaitActive and Send for the text). But when I send {ENTER} the application then states 'Logged in, opening application - but it never does, it just hangs there! I have previously tried to open this application with Powershell and got past that first part with no problem at all - it ran immediately (though I did have to invoke it using a short-cut to the program rather than run the .exe file. I don't think that it is my three lines of code that are the issue so I suspect there must be some deeper problem with the way the application is being treated/opened and is probably deep in the windows weeds so I am hoping that someone out there will just say ah, that old catch. I haven't searched the posts here for a answer because I can't think of a way to phrase the question! Hope someone has a useful suggestion. Cheers James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AutoBert Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 There are better ways to automate a DB, but therefor we need more infos. Or find ou by yourself reading https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/User_Defined_Functions#Databases_and_web_connections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesinnewcastle Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Hi Thanks for the reply but I'm afraid that mentioning 'database' was probably a mistake on my part. The program I want to control is in no way accessible to me - I'm operating it only by manipulating the user interface - there are no other options. I wonder if my issue may have something to do with my level of 'authority' - the Powershell program that worked did also make me 'authorise' my activity? Cheers James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesinnewcastle Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Hi All - I have found an alternative approach and am starting it as a new thread so please consider this one closed. Thanks James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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