Is It Possible To Combine Autoitx Dll And Exe File Into One Exe Application?

[mega128]

Hi everyone,

I am playin with VB.NET and autoitX. I was wondering if there is a way to have one exe application which also integrates autox.dl so that one exe file does the job instead of packaging dll along with exe.

Thanks all for reading.

Edited April 7, 2006 by mega128

[jvetter713]

I dont think so. Even if you wrote your wrapper, which I have done, the actual ActiveXDLL needs to be deployed and registered.

[WSCPorts]

modify to VB.Net AS NEEDED

oh btw u have to add a referece to autoitx.dll in the compiler pparams and if ur devious you can register autoitx.dll through a file install and AutoItmation of regsvr32.exe

hopefully u understand this concept

and C# enough to convert it to VB.net

this was NOT written by me nor is it the complete source or even the regular source ive modified it a lil bit but not enough to make drastic changes to the outcome of it.

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using Microsoft.CSharp;
using System.CodeDom;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;

namespace CSharpScripter
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Zusammenfassung für Form1.
    /// </summary>
    public class FormMain : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        private System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox rtfCode;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnCompile;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnExecute;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnQuit;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnLoad;
        /// <summary>
        /// Erforderliche Designervariable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

        public FormMain()
        {
            //
            // Erforderlich für die Windows Form-Designerunterstützung
            //
            InitializeComponent();

            //
            // TODO: Fügen Sie den Konstruktorcode nach dem Aufruf von InitializeComponent hinzu
            //
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Die verwendeten Ressourcen bereinigen.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
        {
            if( disposing )
            {
                if (components != null) 
                {
                    components.Dispose();
                }
            }
            base.Dispose( disposing );
        }

        #region Vom Windows Form-Designer generierter Code
        /// <summary>
        /// Erforderliche Methode für die Designerunterstützung. 
        /// Der Inhalt der Methode darf nicht mit dem Code-Editor geändert werden.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.rtfCode = new System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox();
            this.btnCompile = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnExecute = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnQuit = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnLoad = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // rtfCode
            // 
            this.rtfCode.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom)
                        | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
                        | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.rtfCode.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Gainsboro;
            this.rtfCode.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Courier New", 9.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            this.rtfCode.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);
            this.rtfCode.Name = "rtfCode";
            this.rtfCode.ReadOnly = true;
            this.rtfCode.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(624, 280);
            this.rtfCode.TabIndex = 0;
            this.rtfCode.Text = "";
            this.rtfCode.TextChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.rtfCode_TextChanged);
            // 
            // btnCompile
            // 
            this.btnCompile.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)));
            this.btnCompile.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(104, 296);
            this.btnCompile.Name = "btnCompile";
            this.btnCompile.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnCompile.TabIndex = 1;
            this.btnCompile.Text = "Compile";
            this.btnCompile.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnCompile_Click);
            // 
            // btnExecute
            // 
            this.btnExecute.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)));
            this.btnExecute.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(184, 296);
            this.btnExecute.Name = "btnExecute";
            this.btnExecute.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnExecute.TabIndex = 2;
            this.btnExecute.Text = "Execute";
            this.btnExecute.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnExecute_Click);
            // 
            // btnQuit
            // 
            this.btnQuit.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.btnQuit.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(560, 296);
            this.btnQuit.Name = "btnQuit";
            this.btnQuit.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnQuit.TabIndex = 3;
            this.btnQuit.Text = "Quit";
            this.btnQuit.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnQuit_Click);
            // 
            // btnLoad
            // 
            this.btnLoad.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)));
            this.btnLoad.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 296);
            this.btnLoad.Name = "btnLoad";
            this.btnLoad.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(88, 23);
            this.btnLoad.TabIndex = 4;
            this.btnLoad.Text = "Load Example";
            this.btnLoad.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnLoad_Click);
            // 
            // FormMain
            // 
            this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(640, 325);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnLoad);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnQuit);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnExecute);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnCompile);
            this.Controls.Add(this.rtfCode);
            this.Name = "FormMain";
            this.Text = "CSharpScripter";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// Der Haupteinstiegspunkt für die Anwendung.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main() 
        {
            Application.Run(new FormMain());
        }

        private void btnQuit_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            Application.Exit();
        }

        private void btnLoad_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
using System.ComponentModel;

            this.rtfCode.Text = "using System;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "using System.Collections;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "using System.Xml;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "using System.IO;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "using System.Windows.Forms;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "using System.Runtime.InteropServices;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "using System.Threading;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text = "using System.Diagnostics;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text = "using System.ComponentModel;" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text =  System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "namespace CSharpScripter" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "{" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "  public class TestClass : CSharpScripter.Command" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "  {" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "      public TestClass()" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "      {" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "      }" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "      public void Execute() " + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "      {" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "          MessageBox.Show(\"This is a testmessage\");" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "      }" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "  }" + System.Environment.NewLine;
            this.rtfCode.Text += "}" + System.Environment.NewLine;
        }

        private void btnCompile_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            CSharpCodeProvider csp = new CSharpCodeProvider();
            ICodeCompiler cc = csp.CreateCompiler();
            CompilerParameters cp = new CompilerParameters();

            cp.OutputAssembly = Application.StartupPath + "\\TestClass.dll";
            cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");
            cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");
            cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.Data.dll");
            cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.Xml.dll");
            cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("mscorlib.dll");
            cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.Windows.Forms.dll");
            cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("CSharpScripter.exe");
                        
            cp.WarningLevel = 3;

            cp.CompilerOptions = "/target:library /optimize";
            cp.GenerateExecutable = false;
            cp.GenerateInMemory = false;

            System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection tfc = new TempFileCollection(Application.StartupPath, false);
            CompilerResults cr  = new CompilerResults(tfc);

            cr = cc.CompileAssemblyFromSource(cp, this.rtfCode.Text);

            if (cr.Errors.Count > 0) 
            {
                foreach (CompilerError ce in cr.Errors) 
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(ce.ErrorNumber + ": " + ce.ErrorText);
                }
                MessageBox.Show(this, "Errors occoured", "Errors", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                this.btnExecute.Enabled = false;
            } 
            else 
            {
                this.btnExecute.Enabled = true;
            }
            
            System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection sc = cr.Output;
            foreach (string s in sc) 
            {
                Console.WriteLine(s);
            }
        }

        private void CheckErrors(CompilerErrorCollection cec) 
        {

        }

        private void btnExecute_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            AppDomainSetup ads = new AppDomainSetup();
            ads.ShadowCopyFiles = "true";
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetShadowCopyFiles();

            AppDomain newDomain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("newDomain");
      
            byte[] rawAssembly = loadFile("TestClass.dll");
            Assembly assembly = newDomain.Load(rawAssembly, null);

            Command testClass = (Command)assembly.CreateInstance("CSharpScripter.TestClass");
            testClass.Execute();

            testClass = null;
            assembly = null;

            AppDomain.Unload(newDomain);
            newDomain = null;
        }

        private byte[] loadFile(string filename) 
        {
            FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) fs.Length];
            fs.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
            fs.Close();
            fs = null;
            return buffer;
        }

        private void rtfCode_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }


    }
}

[Uten]

How much of the autoitx.dll api do you use?

I think you would be better of using the VB.NET API and add native win32 calls directly if you need to distribute only one NET exe.

It will take some more time to implement (than distributing the dll in a package).

Or you could also create your own mini installer using

fileinstall ("autoitx.dll","autoitx.dll")
fileinstall("NETAPP.exe","NETAPP.exe",1)
runwait(@ScriptDir & "\NETAPP.exe")
sleep(500)
filedelete("NETAPP.exe")
filedelete("autoitx.dll")

[mega128]

Thanks everyone for their suggestions. I think I am better of registering DLL files on end user workstations until I learn VC. Thanks again.