What's wrong with my script?

[breedja]

I'm a bit of a beginner...

I keep getting an error (Unable to execute the external program) when I run my script. The files and directories exist and I can run from a command line. The problem is with this line...Run("msiexec /i c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi /qb+")

DirCreate("c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall")

FileCopy("\\ExpressImageInstall\*.*","c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall")

RunAsSet("Administrator", @Computername, "xxxxxxxx")

Run("msiexec /i c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi /qb+")

; Reset user's permissions

RunAsSet()

Also, can anyone recommend any reference material for scripting? Many thanks.

[Zedna]

Use Search at this forum (in right upper corner), especially with search in Title only:

Search results for MSI

Here is one topic for you.

About learning stuff: I think the best is AutoIt Helpfile with all examples included in it:

"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\autoit.chm"

[Zedna]

Run("msiexec /i c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi /qb+")

Try (not tested):

RunWait("msiexec /i /qb+ c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi")oÝ÷ Ù±!?Ûjëh×6DirCreate("c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall")
FileCopy("\\ExpressImageInstall\*.*","c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\")
IF Not FileExists("c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi") Then
  MsgBox(0,'Error', 'MSI file not found!')
  Exit
EndIf
RunAsSet("Administrator", @Computername, "xxxxxxxx")
RunWait("msiexec /i /qb+ c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi")
RunAsSet()

Note: added \ in FileCopy and FileExists()

Edited January 11, 2007 by Zedna

[breedja]

Zedna, I got the same error..

Unable to execute the external program.:

RunWait("msiexec /i /qb+ c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi")

The directory name is invalid.

[Joon]

How about specifying working directory.

RunWait("msiexec /i c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi /qb+","c:\temp\ExpressImageInstsall")

Edited January 11, 2007 by Joon

[breedja]

I'm checking out some other posts...thanks again.

[Zedna]

Zedna, I got the same error..

Unable to execute the external program.:

RunWait("msiexec /i /qb+ c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\expressimagesetup.msi")

The directory name is invalid.

Try some testing:

#Include <File.au3>
#Include <Array.au3>

DirCreate("c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall")
FileCopy("\\ExpressImageInstall\*.*","c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\")

ShowMSI('\\ExpressImageInstall\')
ShowMSI('c:\temp\ExpressImageInstall\')

Func ShowMSI($dir)
    $FileList=_FileListToArray($dir,"*.msi",1)
    If @Error Then Return

    _ArraySort($FileList,0,1)
    $tmp = ''
    For $i = 1 to UBound($FileList) - 1
        $tmp &= $FileList[$i] & @crlf
    Next
    MsgBox(0,'Info: ' & $dir, $tmp)
EndFunc

Also check if msiexex is somewhere in PATH

[Bert]

From the helpfile:

6. Why can I only use Run() to execute .exe files? What about .msi / .txt and others?

Only a few file extensions are usually "runable" - these are .exe, .bat, .com, .pif. Other file types like .txt and .msi are actually executed with another program. When you double click on a "myfile.msi" file what actually happens in the background is that "msiexec.exe myfile.msi" is executed. So to run a .msi file from AutoIt you would do:

RunWait("msiexec myfile.msi")

Or, an even simpler way is to run the command "start" which will automatically work out how to execute the file for you:

RunWait(@COMSPEC & " /c Start myfile.msi")

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[herewasplato]

I see nothing wrong with the Run in the OP, but there is always ShellExecute.