SciTE how to have both drag drop and run Tidy?

[frew]

Hello,

I like to be able to drag and drop files onto SciTE.

This requires I do not run SciTE as administrator.

If I do not run SciTE as administrator, when I try to run Tidy from within SciTE

I get this error message:

"The requested operation requires elevation".

So my question is, how can I achieve both drag and drop ability, and be able to run Tidy?

Thanks for any ideas.

[Jos]

4 minutes ago, frew said:

I get this error message:

"The requested operation requires elevation".

Why do you get that error?
That should normally not be the case.

Jos

Edited December 28, 2017 by Jos

[frew]

2 hours ago, Jos said:

Why do you get that error?
That should normally not be the case.

Jos

Windows 10 Creators

Script location: "C:\tmp\SciTE_test_1.au3"

This script has only one line:

MsgBox(262144, "Hello", "Hi")

btw, same results with or without #RequireAdmin at top of script

 

If I run SciTE as administrator, Tidy works, but drag and drop does not work.

If I run SciTE  not as administrator, Tidy does not work, but drag and drop does work.

 

Just wondering is this is a known issue, or if I'm doing something wrong.

Thanks for any other ideas.

[Jos]

How did you install the full version of SciTE4AutoIt3 as Tidy should not give that prompt?
Have you changed the properties of Tidy at all as it doesn't have the "require admin" switched on by default?

Jos 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Jos

[frew]

I just checked my download folder and it looks like I installed

SciTE4AutoIt3.exe

from a folder dated 5-10-17

[Jos]

So please check Tidy to see if that has the Require Admin property set. Just run it to see if you get the same prompt.

Jos

[frew]

Checked it and looks like Tidy does not have run as administrator enabled.

[Jos]

So when do you get the prompt exactly?  in other words: what do you do to get the prompt?
Anything shown in the SciTE outputpane when you do this? (please show the details)

Jos 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Jos

[Jos]

8 minutes ago, frew said:

Checked it and looks like Tidy does not have run as administrator enabled.

Just to double check: You did run tidy.exe manually and it did not give you the prompt?

Jos

[frew]

 

Both SciTE and Tidy are set to not run as administrator at their properties> compatibility.

I click on SciTE, which is located here:

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\SciTE.exe"

Tidy is located here:

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\Tidy\Tidy.exe"

I open Scite by right click> edit script on this .au3

"C:\tmp\SciTE_test_1.au3"

This script contains only one line:

MsgBox(262144, "Hello", "Hi")

Once that script opens into SciTE I immediately do Ctrl+R to run Tidy.

At the bottom of SciTE in the Output panel I see:

>"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /Tidy /in "C:\tmp\SciTE_test_1.au3"
>The requested operation requires elevation.

Thanks for any other ideas.

[Jos]

Have you also checked   C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe whether that has "Run as Administrator" checked  as it looks like you get the warning on that, not on running tidy.

Jos 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Jos

[frew]

Just checked, and yes C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe does have "Run as Administrator" checked.

Do you recommend that be"Run as Administrator" checked?

[Jos]

No...  that should not have that at all or else each au3 script will run elevated. #RequireAdmin in  script should dictated that, not by default.

Jos

[frew]

Okay I unchecked C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe "Run as Administrator"

ran Tidy is SciTE as above, and now get this:

>"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /Tidy /in "C:\tmp\SciTE_test_1.au3"
+>15:49:30 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.17.224.935.0 SciTE v.3.7.3.0   Keyboard:00000409  OS:WIN_10/  CPU:X64 OS:X64  Environment(Language:0409)  CodePage:0  utf8.auto.check:4
+>         SciTEDir => C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\main\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\main\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE
>Running Tidy (17.224.935.0)  from:C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\tidy
!> Stopping Tidy process because the input File cannot be updated. Check security/readonly attributes for file:C:\tmp\SciTE_test_1.au3
!>15:49:30 Tidy ended.rc:99
+>15:49:30 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 0    Time: 0.6499

 

and the .au3 shows it's not read only

 

[Jos]

There still seems to be a rights issue for updating the file   "C:\tmp\SciTE_test_1.au3" with this userid at regular security level.
Did you check this file's security settings?

Jos

[frew]

Now we get into territory I'm not familiar with, but interesting you mention that,

so I tried putting the same .au3 onto my desktop, I heard that helps sometimes in these cases,

and interestingly now no error message at bottom of SciTE when I run Tidy as above.

So what does all this mean do yo think?

Here's the output:

>"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /Tidy /in "C:\Users\main\Desktop\SciTE_test_1.au3"
+>16:01:29 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.17.224.935.0 SciTE v.3.7.3.0   Keyboard:00000409  OS:WIN_10/  CPU:X64 OS:X64  Environment(Language:0409)  CodePage:0  utf8.auto.check:4
+>         SciTEDir => C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\main\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\main\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE
>Running Tidy (17.224.935.0)  from:C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\tidy
+>16:01:29 Tidy ended.rc:0
+>16:01:29 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.

[Jos]

To me this means that either the directory  C:\tmp  or the file itself has the security rights set in a way you  are allowed only to read and can't Write/Delete files.
Just right-click on the file and Select Properties/Security and check the details for your userid in the shown list. It might be you need to do this on the directory to reset it for the whole directory.

Jos

[frew]

Interestingly it looks like write permissions are allowed on both the file and the directory at

"C:\tmp\SciTE_test_1.au3"

But still as you say, somewhere it looks like something is not letting Tidy write to that file.

Thank you very much for you help in looking into this.

[frew]

Okay, with all your help looking into this, I think I found the magic combination to be able to

both drag and drop even this "C:\tmp\SciTE_test_1.au3"

and have Tidy work fine with that file in SciTE

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe"  NO run as adiministrator

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\SciTE.exe"  NO run as adiministrator

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\Tidy\Tidy.exe"  YES run as adiministrator

That seems to do the trick, so far so good.

Thanks again for your help with this.

 

[Jos]

It is still the wrong way of going about it and you should fix the security settings for the c:\tmp to my opinion.

Jois