another newbie ? Hideing process from end user

[themax90]

Just use INetGet according to preset operations. Heres a small snippet. Not tested

$DownloadDir is where you wish these files to be downloaded, must have trailing blackslash

$IniFile is where the program will look for URLS

$LogFile is where errors will be recorded

$Max is the amount of files you wish to download according to the ini

$DownloadTime is when you want the files to be updated

$Track is a tracking variable

Your ini should look like this

[Files]

1=File1

2=File2

etc....

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#NoTrayIcon
Global $DownloadDir = "C:\"
Global $IniFile = "Ini.ini"
Global $LogFile = "Log.txt"
Global $Track
Global $Max = 1000
Global $DownloadTime = "6:00:00 AM"
While 1
    While Time() = $DownloadTime
        $Track = 1
        For $Track = 1 To $Max Step 1
            $URL = IniRead($IniFile, "Files", $Track, -1)
            Select
            Case $URL <> -1
                $FileName = _ExtractName($URL)
                Select
                Case @Error <> -1
                    $Download = InetGet($URL, $DownloadDir & $FileName, 1, 0)
                    If $Download = 0 Then FileWriteLine($LogFile, $URL & " failed to download at " & Time())
                Case Else
                    FileWrite($LogFile, "Errored downloading " & $URL & " at " & Time())
                EndSelect
            Case Else
                FileWrite($LogFile, "Errored downloading " & $URL & " at " & Time())
            EndSelect
        Next
    WEnd
    Sleep(100)
WEnd
;===============================================================================
; Function Name:      _ExtractName()
; Description:      Extracts a filename from a url or path for downloading/copying etc....
;                     Sets @Error to -1 if error occurs, otherwise @Error = 0
;                     Returns:
;                       %String% = Could Extract Filename (Success)
;                       -1 = No filename found (Failure)
;
; Author(s):          Max Gardner <AutoIt Smith;king.of.all@comcast.net>
;===============================================================================
Func _ExtractName($String)
    Local $Path, $URL, $Filename, $FileCheck
    $Path = StringSplit($String, "\", 1)
    $URL = StringSplit($String, "/", 1)
    Select
        Case $Path[0] >= 2
        ; Extract From Path
            SetError(0)
            $Filename = $Path[$Path[0]]
            $FileCheck = StringSplit($Filename, ".", 1)
            If $FileCheck[0] <= 1 Then
                SetError(-1)
                Return 0
            EndIf
            SetError(0)
            Return $Filename
        Case $URL[0] >= 2
        ; Extract From URL
            SetError(0)
            $Filename = $URL[$URL[0]]
            $FileCheck = StringSplit($Filename, ".", 1)
            If $FileCheck[0] <= 1 Then
                SetError(-1)
                Return 0
            EndIf
            SetError(0)
            Return $Filename
        Case Else
        ; Filename Given
            SetError(0)
            Return $Path[1]
    EndSelect
    SetError(-1)
    Return -1
EndFunc  ;==>_ExtractName
;===============================================================================
; Function Name:      Time()
; Description:      Get Local Computer Time
;                     Returns: $Time
;
; Author(s):          Max Gardner <AutoIt Smith;king.of.all@comcast.net>
;===============================================================================
Func Time()
    Local $Light = " AM", $Hour = @HOUR, $Minute = @MIN, $Sec = @SEC, $Time
    Select
        Case $Hour = 0
            $Hour = 12
        Case $Hour = 12
            $Light = " PM"
        Case $Hour > 12
            $Hour = (@HOUR) - 12
            $Light = " PM"
    EndSelect
    $Time = $Hour & ":" & $Minute & ":" & $Sec & $Light
    Return $Time
EndFunc  ;==>Time

I hope this helps. It should work for what you need and I hope you can learn from it!

[SmOke_N]

Yea I was wondering when someone would post about @SW_HIDE until I saw about the third post where it was talked about downloading files.

That is what INetGet() is for. Read the helpfile. It will download the file in the background. All of that is explained in the helpfile.

Goodluck,

JS

Hope that remark towards me, I read a bit further down than just the '3rd' post to the 12th acutally where it was said:

thanks for your help. You took all my fun away. back to my original question. If the script is wrapped into a gui the user will not be able to see what is going on behind the scene.?.?

Which is why I mentioned the @SW_HIDE.

Anyway, if the end result was that Snaven was only looking for the download option and nothing else, then yes... It looks like most have given an example of how to achieve this. If he/she was looking at automating further past the download point, then maybe @SW_HIDE will help.

[Valuater]

@Autoit Smith... looks good

8)

[ivan]

AutoIt Smith

Cool! This really simplifies a process i did this week... a long story, but can´t wait to try!

I was working on a similar udf coz i needed to write files on local computers and check for processes not existing before sending them via ftp to a server. I actually had to use 2 filenames for each process one containing the info with .log extention and the other an empty file with .txt extention. This was set so a remote computer can pick up the log file on the condition that the txt file existed which served me as a means to get the filename.

Again, comes in really handy

[themax90]

No problem, wrote that in about 5 minutes using two of my own functions. Glad it could be of use

[JSThePatriot]

Hope that remark towards me, I read a bit further down than just the '3rd' post to the 12th acutally where it was said: Which is why I mentioned the @SW_HIDE.

Anyway, if the end result was that Snaven was only looking for the download option and nothing else, then yes... It looks like most have given an example of how to achieve this. If he/she was looking at automating further past the download point, then maybe @SW_HIDE will help.

I have read the entire thread. I was saying that your talking about the @SW_HIDE was a good thing. I was suprised that no body mentioned it before . I guess that came out wrong hehe.

JS