Run if params exist

[NTKBO 0]

This is my first Auto it script.

The situation is thus:

I download files (NZB) and send them by association to a program (newsbin) which is associated with them.

I have written a batch file to be run every time newsbin exits. There is currently no way to automate the process, untill I was pointed to AutoIt.

The catch, I want to compile a script, then associate it with the NZB file. The script should send the NZB to newsbin, wait for it to exit, then run the batch file. But I may download up to 100 per session. So the script may be called MANY time to perform this, but only one instance of the wait should occur.

The code I have tried does not seem to recognize when a NZB file has been sent to it.

Dim $g_szVersion , $BatPath, $Val  

$g_szVersion = "NZB utility 1.0b1"

If WinExists($g_szVersion) Then 
   If $CmdLine[0]>1 Then
        $Val=Run(@COMSPEC " /c Start $CmdLine[1]")
        Exit
    Else
        Exit
    EndIf
EndIf
AutoItWinSetTitle($g_szVersion)

If $CmdLine[0]>1 Then
    $Val=RunWait(@COMSPEC " /c Start $CmdLine[1]")
    $BatPath = IniRead ( "NZButil.ini", "Locations", "FoldersLoc" )
    Run(@COMSPEC ' /c Start "$BatPath"')
Else
    MsgBox(64, "Improper Start", "This program to be launched with a NZB file.")
EndIf
Exit

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

[tonedeaf 0]

Try

If CmdLine[0]>= 1 Then

$CmdLine[0]is number of parameters

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

$CmdLine[2] is param 2 etc

Edited January 23, 2006 by tonedeaf

[NTKBO 0]

That was definately one of my problems.

Another was that, if I change the file association to my Autoit script, the line:

$Val=Run ( @COMSPEC " /c Start $CmdLine[1]" )

Should become two lines:

$News = iniRead ( "NZButil.ini", "Locations", "Newsreader" , "c:\" )
$Val=RunWait ( @COMSPEC " /c Start $News $CmdLine[1]" )

To avoid a perpetual loop.

I get an error on the syntax of that line. When SciTE error checks, it can't find the end parenthese.

I've tried it both with and without a space before it. Do I have to pull $CmdLine[1] into a user variable first?

>Running AU3Check

G:\AutoIt Projects\Newsbin\NZButil.au3(18,52) : ERROR: syntax error

$Val=Run ( @COMSPEC " /c Start $News $CmdLine[1]"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

[MHz 75]

Just alittle adjustments that may suit. Should be no need for @comspec.

Global $g_szVersion , $BatPath, $Val, $newsbin

$newsbin = "<fullpath>"; FullPath to NewsBin
$g_szVersion = "NZB utility 1.0b1"

If WinExists($g_szVersion) Then 
   If $CmdLine[0] = 1 Then $Val = Run($newsbin & ' "' $CmdLine[1] & '"')
    Exit
EndIf
AutoItWinSetTitle($g_szVersion)

If $CmdLine[0] = 1 Then
    $Val = RunWait($newsbin & ' "' & $CmdLine[1] & '"')
    $BatPath = IniRead ( "NZButil.ini", "Locations", "FoldersLoc" )
    Run($BatPath)
Else
    MsgBox(64, "Improper Start", "This program to be launched with a NZB file.")
EndIf
Exit

Edit: Your error above is the you are trying to insert a variable and an array into a string and missing the &'s

Edited January 23, 2006 by MHz