Program keeps rerunning

[Matthew VanDerlofske]

So this script runs great when using the run script option, but when I compile it to a EXE it just keeps running and never exits. Here is the code:

$Printer = "LDLAPChecks"
$Server = "PlanetPress"

$answer = InputBox("LDL Ap Checks", "How meny checks do you want to print?")
$answer1 = $answer

FileDelete("C:\APChecks.txt")
$file = FileOpen("c:\APChecks.txt", 1)

While $answer1 > 0
FileWrite($file, "." & @CRLF)
$answer1 = $answer1 - 1
WEnd

FileClose($file)


$LprCmd = "lpr -S " & $Server & " -P " & $Printer & " C:\APChecks.txt"
Run($LprCmd, @TempDir, @SW_HIDE) 


MsgBox(4096, "AP Checks Printed", $answer & " Print Job(S) Sent Successfully")
FileDelete("C:\APChecks.txt")
Exit

[Sokko]

Are you compiling it to "lpr.exe"? If so, the Run command will cause the program to run itself over and over again, since the program "lpr" in the current directory will take precedence over the "lpr" command.

[Matthew VanDerlofske]

So simple no wonder I was missing it. Thank you

[Sokko]

It's happened before, quite a few times if I remember correctly. There were a couple separated instances, I think, where people had scripts that used the "ftp" command and compiled the script to "FTP.exe", so the program duplicated itself a zillion times. All in good fun.

[randallc]

Hi,

I am cofused; I have a number of scripts which do this when compiled, but none of them , that I know , have such a run command that would do this. I have had to put "singleton" command at the begining of them; I thoght it was expected behaviour, else why would there be such a function...

I don't know still why these other scripts do that..

How can I check?

Best, Randall

[w0uter]

by posting your code so we can look.

[randallc]

thanks...

Hard to get a manageable snippet without the full script;

I'll put in an effort!

Best, Randall

[randallc]

OK,

found the reason!

One "include"sent a mouse click which kept pressing in the shortcut to the exe!!

Thanks for making me look harder

Best, Randall