Hello World

[Gerard]

Wrote my first script and ran it on my desktop (Win 10/32bit)

#include MsgBoxConstants.au3
MsgBox($MB_OK,"My first program", "Hello World")

It errored

>"C:\Users\Linda F Newman\Desktop\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "C:\Users\Linda F Newman\Documents\AUTOIT\UtilityScripts\ListMacros.au3"    
'C:\Users\Linda' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
>Exit code: 1    

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Copied script to my laptop (Win10/64) running the X86 version of AutoIt3.exe) and it worked perfectly.

 

Is there a config I am missing? The executables are in c:\Program Files\AutoIt3 folder on both machines and the "Hello World" scripts are in the UtilityScripts folder in "Documents\AUTOIT\UtilityScripts" on both machines.

 

[jpm]

Certainly bad installation.

Under 64-bit OS the installation go to c:\Program Files (86)\AutoIt3 as opposed to c:\Program Files\AutoIt3 Under 32-bit OS

[water]

The include statement needs brackets or quotes. 

[Gerard]

Thanks JPM

 

Didn't follow your well received advice. The script that is working is on the 64 bit opsys (although I am running the 32 bit version of AutoIt). The fail is on the 32 bit desktop.

[Gerard]

Sorry Water.

 

I followed your advice and ran

(#include MsgBoxConstants.au3)
MsgBox($MB_OK,"My first program", "Hello World")

 

No difference. Same error

[BrewManNH]

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Brackets, not parentheses, and you had them in the wrong place. Read the help file, it will definitely save you a lot of grief in the end.

[Jos]

19 hours ago, Gerard said:

"C:\Users\Linda F Newman\Desktop\..\autoit3.exe"

This is not a standard installation but rather a zipfile download and unpack setup.

Jos

[Gerard]

You are correct Jos but I downloaded the ZIP from the AutoIt site. Is there a difference in the end result. I assume I should uninstall and restart the whole process??? No problem if I need to do that.

[Jos]

You can use it in portable mode as well as lang as you leave the directory structure in tack, but yes..  there are differences.

Is the autoit3.exe located in:  "C:\Users\Linda F Newman\autoit3.exe" ?

Jos

[Gerard]

Jos

 

Its in C:\Program Files\AutoIt3. I do not know why it picked up the User information and prepended it to the folder location.

[Gerard]

BrewManNH

Is this what you had in mind.

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
MsgBox($MB_OK,"My first program", "Hello World")

Sadly it also failed.

[Jos]

You didn't move the SciTE directory either?
What is the environment setting for variables like SCITE* ?  ( output of CMD window command: Set scite  )

Jos

 

[Gerard]

Jos, thanks for your continued help.

 

The SciTE directory is at the same level and location as AutoIt3.exe.
Since I am having difficulty with my very first script you wont be shocked to learn that I do not know anything about "environment settings" and the like.

[Jos]

Open the dos prompt (CMD Window).

Type at the prompt (c:>):  SET scite   (Enter)

Cut&Paste the retuned value if any.

Jos 

[Gerard]

Here is the ENTIRE command prompt session

 

"Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
(c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Linda F Newman>SET scite
Environment variable scite not defined

C:\Users\Linda F Newman>c:\
'c:\' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Linda F Newman>c:

C:\Users\Linda F Newman>SET SciTE
Environment variable SciTE not defined

C:\Users\Linda F Newman>"

The variable appears to not have been defined.

[Jos]

Ok, there is no environment variable defined. Currently no idea why it thinks that the autoit3 program is located in the user directory.

My recommendation would be to use the installer for both AutoIt3 and the SciTE4Autoit3 to ensure all setting for Registry and Environment are set correctly.

Jos