Completely close everything from the tray

[mentosan]

Hi there !

I have a script which at certain point will open a Windows cmd prompt terminal.

How can I close the opened cmd window just using the Exit option from the tray? Selecting Exit from the tray will only stop the execution of the script but will not close the cmd window.

 

Thx

[JLogan3o13]

@mentosan since AutoIt can do anything the cmd prompt can do, why not just skip the window altogether? Then you can control the stop and start of that specific action in your script. It would also be easier to assist if you posted an example of what you're trying to accomplish.

[mentosan]

@JLogan3o13 Thank you for reply. I would prefer to stick with cmd because it will connect to a linux server and from there sending commands, using autocomplete and so on.

[JLogan3o13]

So it sounds like you're trying to manage an SSH connection, not a cmd prompt, correct? Again, the more information you provide about what you are trying to accomplish, the less teeth we have to pull to help

 

[orbs]

@mentosan, accepting your will to work manually in the spawned process, your solutions would be:

1) to introduce your own custom "Exit" tray menu item to replace the default "Exit" with a function that will close the spawned process and then exit the script. see the help file for TrayCreateItem() function.

2) to register an "on exit" function in your script to do that. see the help file for OnAutoItExitRegister() function.

that said, and as posted above, if your spawned process is doing repetitive and standard actions, you can consider automate it all together.

[mentosan]

This would achieve my goal, I think. @orbs Could you please post a short example on what you have suggested ?

Basically, a part of the script is like this:

If @error Then
        MsgBox( "Error: ".....)
Else
        RunWait(cmd....

 

When I exit the script I want that cmd window will close too.

 

Thank you

[orbs]

any particular reason for using RunWait() rather than Run()?

[mentosan]

That's because the script must wait until return of the DOS commands or Linux commands.

[Jos]

On 6/19/2018 at 4:29 PM, JLogan3o13 said:

So it sounds like you're trying to manage an SSH connection, not a cmd prompt, correct? Again, the more information you provide about what you are trying to accomplish, the less teeth we have to pull to help

 

Guess this got lost for the OP as there still isn't much information to go on...

Jos

[Somerset]

Okay, you earned that.

[orbs]

On 6/19/2018 at 6:12 PM, orbs said:

register an "on exit" function in your script to do that. see the help file for OnAutoItExitRegister() function.

@mentosan, i'd go explore the method stated above. i doubt any example i could give would serve your purpose better than you actually reading that help section and implementing it for your scenario.

i would also advise, should you post again in this topic, post a working reproducer. your entire script is not required; a small independent script performing (or failing to perform) the task is expected, so anyone wishing to lend you a hand can easily run it on their own environment, test its functionality and suggest solutions or improvements.

 

[mentosan]

ok

Edited July 6, 2018 by mentosan