[Solved] DLL and AutoItSetOption

[amokoura]

I have a VB.Net application that uses AutoItX DLL, not COM.

When it calls AutoItSetOption, how is the data saved? Permanently inside the dll until the option is changed again?

Or is the custom option alive until the application closes?

Edited April 18, 2008 by amokoura

[Squirrely1]

I don't use AutoItX - only AutoIt3

But a call to AutoItSetOption - alias Opt - returns the value of the previous setting for the option.

And for me, a setting is in effect until another call of Opt is made using the same first parameter of the function - this is true in the case of almost all of the settings; for instance, this leaves the new setting in effect for 3 seconds:

$option = Opt("WinTextMatchMode", 2)
Sleep(3000)
Opt("WinTextMatchMode", $option)

[amokoura]

Yes that's how it works in AutoIt.

Maybe I'm just stupid, but it's hard to understand how the option can be saved in a dll file. Or is it saved at all...?

[Richard Robertson]

The options are only set during runtime. When the dll is unloaded, the next time the dll is loaded, the default values are returned.

[amokoura]

Greatest thanks