Issue with Getmsg function

[sravan]

Hello,

Need help to "exit" from the Test.exe (got it from Test.au3 ) when wrong button is selected .

I am new to autoit,as part of my project im trying to automate the installation of windows executable setup.

I did the automation using autoit script and name of script is test.au3 ,converted the test.au3 script in to test.exe and it is working fyn.

But the problem while running this exe is ," whenever i cancel or close the window installation screen in middle of installation ,test.exe is still running in background (in taskmanager able to see the test.exe running)".

To avoid that used GUIGetMsg() expecting will receive  "GUI_EVENT_CLOSE" event whenever i select wrong button ("cancel " or "x" button in my case,attached screen shot) and 

Below is the part of script test.au3 ,please let me know whether this approach is correct or is there any other way to "exit" the .exe running in background whenver wrong button is selected.

code snippet of Test.exe:

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Func Conf_Bonj()
Run("C:\Program Files\Bonjour Print Services\PrinterWizard.exe")
Local $iMsg = 0
While 1
    $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()

    Switch $iMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "GUI Event", "You selected the Close button. Exiting...")
            Exit
    EndSwitch

WEnd

WinWaitActive("Bonjour Printer Wizard", "Have Disk")
ControlClick("Bonjour Printer Wizard", "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:2]")
WinWaitActive("Open", "Setup Information")

Endfunc

Conf_Bonj()

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Here PrinterWizard.exe is my windows setup file which im trying to automate the installation steps.

Instead of 'cancel' or 'x' button if i select "Next " button ,my scrip will take care to install the next steps of PrinterWizard.exe .

 

 

 

[BrewManNH]

GUIGetMsg only works on the GUIs you create in AutoIt, it won't respond to messages from another program. You can use ProcessExists to monitor whether the program you started is still running or not.

[sravan]

Hi Brew,

 

Thanks a lot for info.

Yes ProcessExists can kill the process ,but it doesnt suits for my problem i think, because i have to kill/exit from  the process only

if user presses "cancel/X "( buttons  highlighted in screenshot attached ) ,else process should continue execution (if "Next" is selected).

so here i have to wait for the user input ,then depending on it i should perform actions.

so please help me how to wait for the user input.

 

Thanks in advance.

[BrewManNH]

You should be reading the text from the window, and if it says no printers are available, your script should click the Cancel button, and not rely on the user to do it. You should also be monitoring the process to see which dialog window is currently active, and your script should take that into account, in the case of the user pushing Cancel before your script can.

ProcessExists will not kill the process, it merely checks to see if there's a process with the name you're looking for. You should look into some of the automation scripts, of which there are thousands on here, to see how to automate a process.

[sravan]

Thanks a lot Brew.