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Hello folks!

I was wondering if it is possible for autoit to read and execute a command from a simple txt file,

let me explain, lets say i have a txt file that has this text/script in it Run("Notepad.exe", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

and the compiled au3 script would when executed read and execute this text as it would,if it was writend in the au3 script to begin with,

Any help is appreciated!

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I was going to say to look at "Execute" in the helpfile, but it seems to be pretty limited in what it can actually do.

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This worked when I tried it using a .txt file and Run('Notepad.exe'):

$File = FileOpenDialog('Open File', @ScriptDir, 'Text (*.txt)')
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))

Edit:

I also saved the text file with this:

MsgBox(0, 'Info', 'It worked')
only in it, and ran the above code, and got the message box too.

Thanks for the question, I would have not thought to do this ever if you hadn't asked :)

Edited by SmOke_N

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This worked when I tried it using a .txt file and Run('Notepad.exe'):

$File = FileOpenDialog('Open File', @ScriptDir, 'Text (*.txt)')
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))

Edit:

I also saved the text file with this:

MsgBox(0, 'Info', 'It worked')
only in it, and ran the above code, and got the message box too.

Thanks for the question, I would have not thought to do this ever if you hadn't asked :)

Thank you Aswell, it worked,! Hurray! :(

Great!

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Thank you Aswell, it worked,! Hurray! :)

Great!

Actualy i ve got a Smal problem if anyone has time

I am trying to do this without the dialogbox in thi sway is this correct?

$File = FileOpen(@ScriptDir ,"test.txt")
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))
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Actualy i ve got a Smal problem if anyone has time

I am trying to do this without the dialogbox in thi sway is this correct?

$File = FileOpen(@ScriptDir ,"test.txt")
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))
No just use the File Path, don't use Open at all.

Edit:

Like:

$File = @ScriptDir & '\test.txt'
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))
Edited by SmOke_N

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This worked when I tried it using a .txt file and Run('Notepad.exe'):

$File = FileOpenDialog('Open File', @ScriptDir, 'Text (*.txt)')
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))

I did something similar to this idea a while ago.

I wrote scripts to an ini file then had a main script run the commands, it copied the section out of the ini file and created a temp.au3 file and ran it.

It had a run=1 section

When it was run=1 it ran the first section and every time I would increment the run number to move on to the next section after a reboot.

What this did was allowed us to change things for the installer without writting the script and recompiling it each time

Ini file contents..

[Count]
Run=1

[Run1]
1=#include "c:\Drivers\Fujifilm\includes\GuiConstants.au3"
2=GuiCreate('Updating SID', 456, 208,(@DesktopWidth-456)/2, (@DesktopHeight-208)/2)
3=$Label_sid = GuiCtrlCreateLabel("Please wait" & @crlf & "Changing computer name" & @crlf & "and SID", 30, 30, 380, 130)
4=GuiCtrlSetFont ($Label_sid, 24)
5=GuiSetState()
6=Sleep (1000)
7=RunWait ("C:\Drivers\Fujifilm\Newsid.exe /a", "C:\Drivers\Fujifilm")


[Run2]
1=#include "c:\Drivers\Fujifilm\includes\GuiConstants.au3"
2=GuiCreate('Converting Drive C', 456, 160,(@DesktopWidth-456)/2, (@DesktopHeight-160)/2)
3=$Label = GuiCtrlCreateLabel("The computer will reboot and" & @crlf & "Convert the C drive to NTFS", 30, 30, 380, 130)
4=GuiCtrlSetFont ($Label, 20)
5=GuiSetState()
6=Sleep (5000)
7=Run ("Convert c: /FS:NTFS")

[Run3]
1=#include "c:\Drivers\Fujifilm\includes\GuiConstants.au3"
2=GuiCreate('Converting Drive D', 456, 160,(@DesktopWidth-456)/2, (@DesktopHeight-160)/2)
3=$Label = GuiCtrlCreateLabel("The computer will reboot and" & @crlf & "Convert the D drive to NTFS", 30, 30, 380, 130)
4=GuiCtrlSetFont ($Label, 20)
5=GuiSetState()
6=Sleep (5000)
7=Run ("Convert D: /FS:NTFS")


[Run4]
1=MsgBox (262144,"Customise","Insert customisation CD and Click OK")
2=For $i = 65 to 89
3=  $Type = DriveGetType (Chr ($i) & ":")
4=  if $Type = "CDROM" then 
5=      $CDROM = Chr ($i) & ":\"
6=      exitloop 
7=      Endif
8=  Next
9=WaitForDrive ($CDRom)
10=$Ready = FileExists ($cdrom & "Customise.exe")
11=While $Ready = 0
12=$Answer = MsgBox (262145,"Error","Can not find Customisation" & @crlf & "Insert customisation CD and Click OK")
13=If $Answer = 2 then exitloop
14=WaitForDrive($CDRom)
15=Sleep (500)
16=$Ready = FileExists ($cdrom & "Customise.exe")
17=Wend 
18=If $Ready = 1 then 
19= Run ($CDRom & "Customise.exe", $Cdrom)
;;20=Change Sals entries
;;21=ShutDown (6)
20=Else
21= iniwrite ("c:\Drivers\Fujifilm\dpc6install.ini","Count","Run","4")
22= Endif
23=Func WaitForDrive($Drive)
24= For $b = 1 to 10
25= If DriveStatus ($Drive) = "Ready" then 
26=     Return "Ready"
27= Else
28= Sleep (500)
29= Endif
30= Next
31=Return "NotReady"
32=EndFunc

And teh actual program that did the running of the ini file sections

$iniFile = StringTrimRight ( @scriptname, 3 )& "ini" 
$Count = iniread( $iniFile,"Count","Run","1")
$Section = IniReadSection ($iniFile,"Run" & $count)
if fileexists(@tempdir &"\temp.au3") then FileDelete (@tempdir &"\temp.au3")
For $i = 1 to Ubound ($Section)-1
FileWriteLine (@tempdir & "\temp.au3",$Section[$i][1])
Next

If Ubound ($Section)-1 <> -1 then
$Count +=1
If not StringinStr (FileGetAttrib($iniFile),"+R")then iniwrite ($iniFile,"Count","Run",$Count)
RunWait(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & @tempdir & '\temp.au3')
Endif
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Hello again since this worked, wouldent it be possible to retrieve the script from the clipboard?

just realised it could be pretty usefull aswell,if infact it could read the script from the clipboard

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Hello again since this worked, wouldent it be possible to retrieve the script from the clipboard?

just realised it could be pretty usefull aswell,if infact it could read the script from the clipboard

yes

$File = Clipget()
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))

but you had better be sure of the code... so maybe

$File = Clipget()
if fileexists($file) then Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))

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this works

$TLoc = @TempDir & "\test.au3"
$TInfo = ClipGet()
FileWrite($TLoc, $TInfo)

If FileExists($TLoc) Then
    $File = FileGetShortName($TLoc)
    RunWait(@AutoItExe & " " & $File)
    FileDelete($TLoc)
Else
    MsgBox(64, "Error", "The file was not found  ", 2)
EndIf

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Here is the final script, that makes autoit read and execute a script that is currently stored in window clipboard

thanks for the help with this guys!

I call this script Clip2Exec :)

$file = FileOpen("Clip2Exec.txt", 1)
Sleep(50)
$bak = ClipGet()
FileWrite($file, "" & $bak)
FileClose($file)
Sleep(50)
$File = @ScriptDir & '\Clip2Exec.txt'
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))
Sleep(100)
FileDelete("Clip2Exec.txt")

works with most au3 scripts,

Edited by Autoxics
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Here is the final script, that makes autoit read and execute a script that is currently stored in window clipboard

thanks for the help with this guys!

I call this script Clip2Exec :(

$file = FileOpen("Clip2Exec.txt", 1)
Sleep(50)
$bak = ClipGet()
FileWrite($file, "" & $bak)
FileClose($file)
Sleep(50)
$File = @ScriptDir & '\Clip2Exec.txt'
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & FileGetShortName($File))
Sleep(100)
FileDelete("Clip2Exec.txt")

works with most au3 scripts,

I can't even tell you how many times I was playing with this yesterday :)

Common sense plays a role in the basics of understanding AutoIt... If you're lacking in that, do us all a favor, and step away from the computer.

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