Running Au3 Script With External Parameters

[harle]

Hi,

I am writing a script ATM so that I can mount images into daemon tools automatically and run an application (i.e. the game that is associated with the mounted image.) I have also given the script the ability to read from an INI file, to find the location of the mounted image and which executable to run etc.

My problem is specifying which INI file to read from an external parameter/switch.

For Example

"c:\Program Files\image mounter\my script.au3" -Quake4

So this would read the Quake4 INI file and feed the variables into the script that way.

Is there any way to do this?

Many Thanks

[nfwu]

Copied from the help file: AutoIt > Using AutoIt > Running Scripts

Command Line Parameters

The special array $CmdLine is initialized with the command line parameters passed in to your AutoIt script. Note the scriptname is not classed as a parameter; get this information with @ScriptName instead. A parameter that contains spaces must be surrounded by "double quotes". Compiled scripts accept command line parameters in the same way.

$CmdLine[0] is number of parameters

$CmdLine[1] is param 1 (after the script name)

$CmdLine[2] is param 2 etc

...

$CmdLine[$CmdLine[0]] is one way to get the last parameter...

So if your script is run like this:

AutoIt3.exe myscript.au3 param1 "this is another param"

$CmdLine[0] equals... 2

$CmdLine[1] equals... param1

$CmdLine[2] equals... this is another param

@ScriptName equals... myscript.au3

In addition to $CmdLine there is a variable called $CmdLineRaw that contains the entire command line unsplit, so for the above example:

$CmdLineRaw equals... myscript.au3 param1 "this is another param"

[themax90]

Here is a quick sample, more effecient ways are avialible, this is just an example as too what you can do.

Select
    Case $CmdLine[0] = 1
        Select
            Case $CmdLine[1] = "-e"
                MsgBox(0, "Parameter", $CmdLine[1] & " is correct")
            Case Else
                MsgBox(16, "Parameter", $CmdLine[1] & " is not correct.")
        EndSelect
    Case Else
; Run Without Parameters
        MsgBox(0, "Parameter", "No Parameters")
EndSelect

AutoIt Smith

Edited December 27, 2005 by AutoIt Smith