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[AL3X]

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Edited July 2, 2015 by AL3X

[ProgAndy]

It's easy. The compiled AutoiT-Exe has the full Au3-compiler in it.

If the Parameter /AutoIt3ExecuteScript is given, it doesn't run the internal Script, but the Script given by CMDline

/ErrorStdOut redirects the Error-Out to StdOut.

;Compile this :)
$file = FileOpenDialog("Select Au3 to run",@DesktopDir,"Au3 (*.au3)| all (*.*)")
If @error Then Exit MsgBox(0,"Error","No file chosen")
Run('"' & @AutoItExe & '" /ErrorStdOut /AutoIt3ExecuteScript "' & $file &'"')

Edited April 26, 2008 by ProgAndy

[PsaltyDS]

Hi, can somebody give me a simple example of how can I run a script from a compiled .exe ?

I already saw the help file

Form 3: Compiled.exe /ErrorStdOut /AutoIt3ExecuteScript file

but i dont understand it...

Thanks

AutoIt is an interpreted scripting language. That means the script is just a text file that does nothing until it is interpreted by... you guessed it... the interpreter.

When you "compile" and AutoIt script, you are just packing together the binary interpreter, and your script text (there is some compression/encryption too). So the finished .exe file contains the full AutoIt interpreter and your full script text.

Since the interpreter is packed inside the compiled .exe file of any script, it can be used to run/interpret another uncompiled script .au3 file. If you create a script called ScriptOne.au3, then compile it as ScriptOne.exe, you can just run your script by simply running ScriptOne.exe your command line. Very straight forward.

Now let's say you wrote another script called ScriptTwo.au3, but never compiled it. You can run the uncompiled script using the interpreter that was packed into the compiled script using the following command line:

C:\Temp\ScriptOne.exe /ErrorStdOut /AutoIt3ExecuteScript C:\Temp\ScriptTwo.au3

Because of the "/AutoIt3ExecuteScript" command line switch, the script packed into ScriptOne.exe never actually runs. The interpreter packed inside ScriptOne.exe is instead used to execute the script text in ScriptTwo.au3.

Hope that helps.

[ProgAndy]

I think, the ScriptOne mutn't be packed with UPX. At least, this didn't work foe me.

[AL3X]

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Edited July 2, 2015 by AL3X

[ProgAndy]

If it should be external, you have to use FileInstall

[AL3X]

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Edited July 2, 2015 by AL3X

[Bhima]

thank you very much for this help.... I was looking for this for a long time and got it while searching for another post.