Timed Shutdown?

[mikeylikesit]

Hi All,

I am new to auto it and i love it! I Ike to make backups each night at my work. (i burn them to CDS) the problem is my boss gets mad at me when i leave the computer on. I was looking for a way to shut down the computer after a time i set.

This is what i have

$timer = InputBox("Shutdown", "When would you like to shutdown?")

sleep ("$timer")

shutdown (1)

I think something is wrong with the sleep ("$timer") but i do not know how else to do it. Can someone just point me in the right direction?

Thanks

[mikeylikesit]

Awesome! thanks that was simple

now i know...

[Davo]

Oops I was trying to edit the post and I accidently deleted it lol, doing too many thingd at once

For anyone interested the fix was to change:

sleep("$timer") to sleep($timer)

Since a variable should not be send to a function as a string

Dave

PS if you want a bit of code to make your program allow you to enter the time u want the computer to shut down consider looking at the macros @HOUR, @MIN, @SEC. if you need the method let me know

[Golbez]

wtf are you looking for?

a program to stop at a certian time???

(the @hour gos on a 24 hour time clock)

$htime = 12
$mtime = 45

if $htime = @hour and $mtime = @min then exit

this will close a program if it is 12:45 pm.

[Gif]

Since a variable should not be send to a function as a string

you cannot use "" to a variable , without declaring it so..

$timer = InputBox("Shutdown", "When would you like to shutdown?")
sleep ($timer) 
shutdown (1)oÝ÷ Ù©l¢'ò¢ì(ºWeG­ç²'«Êjw+y«^j¢~â­jëh×6$timer = Guictrlcreateinput("" ,....................)
sleep (Guictrlread($timer)) 
shutdown (1)

use autoit quotes the next time.....

[Golbez]

you cannot use "" to a variable , without declaring it so..

$timer = InputBox("Shutdown", "When would you like to shutdown?")
sleep ($timer) 
shutdown (1)oÝ÷ Ù©l¢'ò¢ì(ºWeG­ç²'«Êjw+y«^j¢~â­jëh×6$timer = Guictrlcreateinput("" ,....................)
sleep (Guictrlread($timer)) 
shutdown (1)

use autoit quotes the next time.....

if i wanted to spoon feed him i would have.. i was just given him an example of how it could be done

[star2]

check this out

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
$main = GUICreate ("example",130,60)
GUICtrlCreateLabel ("Please enter time",10,7)
$time = GUICtrlCreateInput ("",10,30,50)
$ok = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Sleep",65,30,50,20)
GUISetState()

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
    If $msg = $ok Then
        GUISetState (@SW_HIDE , $main)
        MsgBox(-1,"info","Shutdown after "&GUICtrlRead ($time)&" second")
        Sleep (GUICtrlRead ($time)*1000)
        Shutdown (1)
    EndIf
WEnd

[sandin]

I made a prog. with this option, maybie u'll like it:

[mikeylikesit]

wow thanks guys this is exactly what i was looking for awesome!