Noob with out a clue.

[Dragon-RD]

Hey guys here's the deal. I have never programed in anything before and i thought id start with Autoit3. After doing the tuts included in the helpfile i thought id try and make a program that ran an exe for me using a .ini file. I got a few errors and sorted them out studying the helpfile as i went. After no success i decided it was time to check some sorce code out. So i downloaded a Diablo2 pindle bot sorce and looked into it.

Well it wont run the exe file i want it too , doesnt come up with an error or anything. It just wont load up. Well i looked at the pindlebot somemore and saw he used a "MyIniRead" function. But when i try it out it tells me its an unknown function, so i'm guessing it is as there isnt anything in the helpfile about it. I'm at a loss to whats going on and any help would be great.

Here's my code , i'm pretty sure its 200% trash as ive never coded before but hey we all have to start somewhere.

Run the exe code :

$SRPath = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRPath", "")
$SRExe = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRExe", "Silkroad.exe")
$SRWinTitle = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRWinTitle", "")

Func StartSR()


Run($SRPath  & $SRExe)
WinWaitActive("Silkroad Online")
WinWaitActive("Silkroad Online", "The server is in examination or out of working time. Connect http://www.silkroadonline.co.kr to see more information.")
Sleep(10000)

EndFunc

Ini

[GLOBAL]
SRPath=C:\Program Files\Silkroad
SRExe=Silkroad.exe
SRWinTitle=Silkroad Online

Edited November 25, 2005 by Dragon-RD

[ChrisL]

Run($SRPath & $SRExe , $SRPath)

There was no Directory specified for the exe to run in so it was trying to run local to the script

I think you should have a \ at the end of SRPath=C:\Program Files\Silkroad or add it in to the run command Run($SRPath & "\" & $SRExe , $SRPath)

Is the ini file local tot he script? if not you need to specify the full location to the ini, IniRead("C:\Program Files\Silkroad\silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRPath", "")

Edited November 25, 2005 by ChrisL

[Jos]

Need a \ between directory and program: $SRPath & "\" & $SRExe

[greenmachine]

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Run the exe code :

$SRPath = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRPath", "")
$SRExe = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRExe", "Silkroad.exe")
$SRWinTitle = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRWinTitle", "")

Func StartSR()


Run($SRPath & $SRExe)
WinWaitActive("Silkroad Online")
WinWaitActive("Silkroad Online", "The server is in examination or out of working time. Connect http://www.silkroadonline.co.kr to see more information.")
Sleep(10000)

EndFunc

Ini

[GLOBAL]
SRPath=C:\Program Files\Silkroad
SRExe=Silkroad.exe
SRWinTitle=Silkroad Online

The Func StartSR() statement is defining the function StartSR() for the rest of the program. It is not actually calling the function, so that's why nothing is happening. All you have to do is add a single line, StartSR(), before the function definition, and it will run. By putting that line there, you are calling the function, which tells the program to run whatever is inside the function definition. Another way would be to get rid of the Func StartSR() and EndFunc lines, because you really don't need a function for this short of a program.

Version 1:

$SRPath = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRPath", "")
$SRExe = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRExe", "Silkroad.exe")
$SRWinTitle = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRWinTitle", "")

StartSR();<== this line calls the below function, and the semi-colon means that this is a comment.

Func StartSR()

Run($SRPath & "\" & $SRExe)
WinWaitActive("Silkroad Online")
WinWaitActive("Silkroad  Online", "The server is in examination or out of working time. Connect  http://www.silkroadonline.co.kr to see more information.")
Sleep(10000)

EndFunc

Version 2:

$SRPath = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRPath", "")
$SRExe = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRExe", "Silkroad.exe")
$SRWinTitle = IniRead("silkroad.ini", "GLOBAL", "SRWinTitle", "")

Run($SRPath & "\" & $SRExe)
WinWaitActive("Silkroad Online")
WinWaitActive("Silkroad  Online", "The server is in examination or out of working time. Connect  http://www.silkroadonline.co.kr to see more information.")
Sleep(10000)

Edited November 25, 2005 by greenmachine

[Dragon-RD]

Thanks ALOT guys for the replys , its working great!.

[ChrisL]

The Func StartSR() statement is defining the function StartSR() for the rest of the program. It is not actually calling the function, so that's why nothing is happening.

Oh yeah.. hadn't noticed that