[UNSOLVED] #include in IF conditionally run statement

[Fr33b0w]

Func z009()
If FileExists("search\009\009.au3") Then #include <search\009\009.au3>
EndIf
EndFunc

This wont work...  Is there any workarround for this or I should do it in a different way?

 

[Melba23]

Fr33b0w,

AutoIt runs all directives (such as #include) before running the code, so the file is always included.

Can you explain in more detail why you need to conditionally include this file? Then we might be able to offer some sensible workarounds.

M23

[Fr33b0w]

First of all, hi Melba23. You always give nice and practical help to people arround here so thank you for that.

I made a search GUI which is not piece of art for sure but it works for me. Since I do not code for a living (i would be already starve to death if I did) my scripts are very basic ones. And I have a problem when I am reading my old scripts because code is clattered...  Anyway I made just a gui for search (but now I am using it also to get lines of text in clipboard for furthure use when I write something.

 

Idea was to separate part of code which will be standard GUI with buttons and everything from a code which would be connected to a search and which i could easily change since the idea was 1 search - 1 file with code. So... 

 

Func z001()
#include <search\001\001.au3>
EndFunc
Func z002()
#include <search\002\002.au3>
EndFunc
Func z003()
#include <search\003\003.au3>
EndFunc
Func z004()
#include <search\004\004.au3>
EndFunc
Func z005()
#include <search\005\005.au3>
EndFunc
Func z006()
#include <search\006\006.au3>
EndFunc
Func z007()
#include <search\007\007.au3>

...


Func z157()
#include <search\157\157.au3>
EndFunc
Func z158()
#include <search\158\158.au3>
EndFunc
Func z159()
#include <search\159\159.au3>
EndFunc
Func z160()
#include <search\160\160.au3>
EndFunc

 

Its very basic GUI with 160 buttons which will execute whatever is in a file...

 

I will give you an example for that:

 

#cs
www.youtube.com (less then 4min and date)
#ce

$iMenustate = GUICtrlRead($edit1) ; return the state of the menu item
$search=GUICtrlRead($edit1, $GUI_READ_EXTENDED)
$ssearch=StringSplit($search," ")
$searchadd=""
For $i = 1 To $ssearch[0]
$searchadd=$searchadd&$ssearch[$i]&"+"
Next
$searchadd=StringTrimRight($searchadd,1)
ShellExecute('https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=CAISAhgBUBQ%253D&q=' & $searchadd & '')

second line is what will appear as a button name (between #cs and #cs) so i dont have to include that in main script also

it reads whatever is written in edit field in main script and then combine other data with it. Since other web pages have different search codes I did it like this so I can search one expression on many different pages with just a press of a button. "Space" is a splitter if there is more then one word to search and it is replaced by a "+" because it usually is like that (sometimes it could be a "&" character. Then it trimms a last char. In this case there is no need to add anything after the searching data part but sometimes there is site that demands some data after that so i should add that after

$searchadd & '')

Anyway I hope you know what am I doing in order to help me because I am not

[Fr33b0w]

Anyway...   I dont really need a help because my idea was to use separated small files for every search and not to cut and paste in main script whenever i want to change order of buttons or what buttons will do.  problem is that I always must have 160 files or script would brake. And all files must have same names... I have 001.au3 to 160.au3. If there is no need for a button function I would put a zero byte file (123.au3 for example). What do you think?