How to have a script obtain it's own PID?

[Christopher Blue 0]

For the purposes of my AutoIt killer script, I need to know how to find the PID of the script itself so that it may refrain from killing itself until the job is done.

[Jos 1,292]

For the purposes of my AutoIt killer script, I need to know how to find the PID of the script itself so that it may refrain from killing itself until the job is done.

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I am wondering what the reason for the sudden explosion of post in the "Scripts and Scrapts" forum for regular support is.....

Must be 'Script and Scraps" day ....

[Christopher Blue 0]

I must have posted this in the wrong place then. Would an admin please move it to v3 Support?

[Christopher Blue 0]

Here is something interesting. I shall read more into it.

[Jos 1,292]

Here is something interesting.  I shall read more into it.

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This should do it:

$pid = DllCall("kernel32.dll","int","GetCurrentProcessId")

[Christopher Blue 0]

Thank you JdeB! I tried:

$pid = DllCall ( "kernel32.dll", "Int", "GetCurrentProcess", "ptr", "")

but it failed probably because I tried passing a parameter. I thought I had to because the DLLCall documentation doesn't list parameters as optional.

[Jos 1,292]

Thank you JdeB!  I tried:

$pid = DllCall ( "kernel32.dll", "Int", "GetCurrentProcess", "ptr", "")

but it failed probably because I tried passing a parameter.  I thought I had to because the DLLCall documentation doesn't list parameters as optional.

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It is optional .....

i guess the helpfile should state:

DllCall ( "dll", "return type", "function"[, "type", param ])

[Clemens 0]

Sry, for this really late thread push ... but it's the only (one line) hint for realise "getting a program's own PID"

The code looks really good... but when I've the mini prog

$pid = DllCall("kernel32.dll","int","GetCurrentProcessId")
sleep(1000)
msgbox(0, "my_id", $pid)

the result is an empty msgbox

any idea?

[AdmiralAlkex 117]

If you want to get the scripts own PID then you can use the macro @AutoItPID

MsgBox(0, "", @AutoItPID)

[Clemens 0]

Wow, that was easy ... and I didn't find it on my own

However... thanks a lot!

[AdmiralAlkex 117]

Wow, that was easy ... and I didn't find it on my own

However... thanks a lot!

Well to your defence it would have been the twelfth result if you search the helpfile for "pid"

BTW if you still want to know why your call to "GetCurrentProcessId" didn't work, then read the "Remarks"-section in the helpfile about DllCall or run this code, I think you will get it.

$pid = DllCall("kernel32.dll","int","GetCurrentProcessId")
sleep(1000)
MsgBox(0, "my_id", "PID from GetCurrentProcessId: " & $pid[0] & @CRLF  & "PID from @AutoItPID macro: " & @AutoItPID)