bigred 0 Posted February 3, 2006 (edited) Have you guys ever thought about making a U3 compatible version of AutoIt?I know that you could just compile the script and run it that way, but the ability to execute a non compiled script from a U3 device could have some interesting possibilities.Heres the main U3 site.www.u3.comOh, forgot to mention that there is a free SDK.https://www.u3.com/developers/user/registration.aspx Edited February 3, 2006 by bigred Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valik 477 Posted February 3, 2006 Have you guys ever thought about making a U3 compatible version of AutoIt?I know that you could just compile the script and run it that way, but the ability to execute a non compiled script from a U3 device could have some interesting possibilities.Heres the main U3 site.www.u3.comOh, forgot to mention that there is a free SDK.https://www.u3.com/developers/user/registration.aspxAnd those interesting possibilities would be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigred 0 Posted February 3, 2006 Have you no imagination? Ok, first one off the top of my head. You've written a script that you need to use on multiple computers that are not on a shared network. You can load the script onto your U3 FlashDrive and take the device with you from site to site. Open the script make any changes needed, run, done... No need to compile the script down on your laptop after you've made changes, then transfer it to the PC you're working on, while also dealing with security issues of transferring and running an exe. What really has me interested is using an AutoIt script to automate actions upon the loading of the device. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valik 477 Posted February 3, 2006 So what's stopping you from doing that right now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveF 0 Posted February 3, 2006 I guess I need help, too, how is "U3 compatible" different from "CD-ROM compatible" or "pen-drive compatible"? Please don't tell me to look at the U3 site, I've just spent 5 minutes doing so and I didn't see anything more than how exciting U3 is, but nothing about why... Don't get me wrong, I'd like for this to be something cool, but I guess I need a precis on how this technology is different than what we already have. Yes yes yes, there it was. Youth must go, ah yes. But youth is only being in a way like it might be an animal. No, it is not just being an animal so much as being like one of these malenky toys you viddy being sold in the streets, like little chellovecks made out of tin and with a spring inside and then a winding handle on the outside and you wind it up grrr grrr grrr and off it itties, like walking, O my brothers. But it itties in a straight line and bangs straight into things bang bang and it cannot help what it is doing. Being young is like being like one of these malenky machines. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GaryFrost 17 Posted February 3, 2006 Have you no imagination? Ok, first one off the top of my head.You've written a script that you need to use on multiple computers that are not on a shared network. You can load the script onto your U3 FlashDrive and take the device with you from site to site. Open the script make any changes needed, run, done...No need to compile the script down on your laptop after you've made changes, then transfer it to the PC you're working on, while also dealing with security issues of transferring and running an exe.What really has me interested is using an AutoIt script to automate actions upon the loading of the device. Can't you do that now?put the the script on the drive and put the autoit3.exe on the driveyou make your changes, then to runautoit3.exe scriptname.au3 SciTE for AutoItDirections for Submitting Standard UDFs  Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSThePatriot 17 Posted February 3, 2006 I do exactly what gafrost just said to do. I actually have SciTE, AutoIt3, and AutoIt3 Beta all on my flash. I have a folder with scripts in it. I compile some of them, but the ones that need changing occasionally, I leave as scripts or create an options screen with an INI or some other organized method of retaining/retrieving data. JS AutoIt LinksFile-String Hash Plugin Updated! 04-02-2008 Plugins have been discontinued. I just found out.ComputerGetInfo UDF's Updated! 11-23-2006External LinksVortex Revolutions Engineer / Inventor (Web, Desktop, and Mobile Applications, Hardware Gizmos, Consulting, and more) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blademonkey 4 Posted February 3, 2006 I guess I need help, too, how is "U3 compatible" different from "CD-ROM compatible" or "pen-drive compatible"?Please don't tell me to look at the U3 site, I've just spent 5 minutes doing so and I didn't see anything more than how exciting U3 is, but nothing about why...Don't get me wrong, I'd like for this to be something cool, but I guess I need a precis on how this technology is different than what we already have.It looks like U3 is somekind of launching platform for removeable volumes.this platforms includes: "-The U3 Hardware Specification-The U3 Device Services -The U3 Launchpad -The U3 Software Development Kit (SDK) -The U3 Hardware Development Kit (HDK) "Source:http://u3.com/platform/default.aspxI sounds pretty intense, but I see it as a new pseudo non-registry dependent platform.which sounds pretty cool, until you want to make one.I found another "solution" that is similar and looks to have less overhead (seE:bloatware):http://portableapps.com/Pretty intriguing.-Blademonkey ---"Educate the Mind, Make Savage the Body" -Mao Tse Tung Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigred 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Sorry, I didn't mean to sound condescending. I thought that you needed to have AutoIt installed to run an un compiled script. How else does the system know what to do with what is essentially a text file? What the U3 platform does is create a mobile system with relative paths. You can have a U3 program (for example Skype) installed and when you run it one time when the Flash drive is drive F and the next time when it is drive J it doesn't matter. U3 is becoming a sort of mobile environment. I walk up to your Windows PC plug in my flash drive and my Email, Passwords, Documents, Bookmarks, etc are all there with me along with the programs I use to access them. There is a video on the main site that explains U3 better. I can't link it dirrectly but if you go to the main site www.U3.com you can click on the image that said "See How It Works". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
