problem with run

[t0ddie]

the most basic things always break with a new version of autoit or when on windows vista.

opt("trayicondebug",1)

Run("d2-cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)

WinWait("Refill CdKey")

i have the script and the program on the desktop of this laptop computer, running windws vista.

i run the script, and hover the mouse over the icon and it sits on winwait.

why is the program not running?

[t0ddie]

the most basic things always break with a new version of autoit or when on windows vista.

opt("trayicondebug",1)

Run("d2-cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)

WinWait("Refill CdKey")

i have the script and the program on the desktop of this laptop computer, running windws vista.

i run the script, and hover the mouse over the icon and it sits on winwait.

why is the program not running?

I make a seperate test script and compile it

while 1

sleep(100)

wend

then i run my script

run("test.exe")

IT WORKS....

why will it run test.exe a program written in autoit but not cdkey.exe

i see some gay thing when i try to run it by hand about unknown publisher but that does not even come up when i try to run it by script.

so basically what is the problem? windows vista wants to hold my hand and not allow me to run software from publishers IT IS UNAWARE OF?

how can i fix this..........!!!!!!

[TehWhale]

the most basic things always break with a new version of autoit or when on windows vista.

opt("trayicondebug",1)

Run("d2-cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)

WinWait("Refill CdKey")

i have the script and the program on the desktop of this laptop computer, running windws vista.

i run the script, and hover the mouse over the icon and it sits on winwait.

why is the program not running?

I wonder if it has anything to do with @SW_HIDE

Edited June 29, 2008 by JasonB

[t0ddie]

I wonder if it has anything to do with @SW_HIDE

no i tried show too... and i left it blank

i think its some vista admin problem

it dont recognise the publisher when i manually click it, and it just ignored it when i run from script.

program is not running in processes.

hide is not the issue. it is vista. how do i set permissions to allow it to run from unknown publisher.. or cant i

if that is the case, then my script just wont work for vista? i cant have a prompt for user to acknowledge and accept run?

here is the file i want to run. its gay that i need permission to run a file in the first place when i run it manually, but i am not

even given the option with a prompt when i run from script. it just does not run it. no prompt no error. nothing.

http://www.fileshack.us/get_file.php?id=61...;file=cdkey.exe

Edited June 29, 2008 by t0ddie

[t0ddie]

I have been offline for a few weeks, but I see nobody has posted.

Basically I have a program that I want to run from script, on windows vista.

When I click the program manually, It does run... after vista brings up a prompt to ask for permission to run it.

when the run command is called from the script, Instead of running or even attempting to run, the script does nothing and vista does nothing.

Anyone able to give advice and post something that I can use? thanks!

[JFee]

Not sure if permissions are your issue... but from the helpfile:

Windows Vista brings new security features to restrict the running of files that require administrative rights. Even administrator users will be prompted every time an executable runs which will perform some administrative operation (such as writing to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or writing to the C:\Windows directory). This is called User Account Control (UAC).

By default AutoIt scripts run with standard user permissions but AutoIt has been coded to allow the script writer the option to "tag" a script in order to tell AutoIt if it needs to run with full admin rights or not.

To force a script to attempt to run itself with administrative rights add the #requireadmin directive at the top of your script

Could you post the full code (or enough for me to run it) if that doesn't work?

Edited July 18, 2008 by JFee

[t0ddie]

opt("trayicondebug",1)
Run("d2-cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
WinWait("Refill CdKey")

the program is attached in my previous post.

thanks.

[JFee]

opt("trayicondebug",1)
Run(@WorkingDir & "d2-cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
WinWait("Refill CdKey")

Assuming the cdkey.exe is in the same folder as this script

[t0ddie]

opt("trayicondebug",1)
Run(@WorkingDir & "d2-cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
WinWait("Refill CdKey")

Assuming the cdkey.exe is in the same folder as this script

that would be correct, hence @scriptdir Edited July 18, 2008 by t0ddie

[Varian]

A few notes

1) The file I downloaded was "cdkey.exe", not "d2-cdkey.exe"

2) There is a "\" missing from the last post before the name of the file..@WorkingDir & "\cdkey.exe"

3) I generally use @ScriptDir instead of @WorkingDir if the file resides in the same folder as the script (this is not necessary, though)

4) Remove the @SW_HIDE..this executable does not spawn another process, so you are hiding the executable

CODE

opt("trayicondebug",1)

Run(@ScriptDir & "\cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir)

WinWait("Refill CdKey")

I am using XP, so this code worked for me..not sure if it works on Vista, but it did work on Server 2008

[JFee]

A few notes

1) The file I downloaded was "cdkey.exe", not "d2-cdkey.exe"

2) There is a "\" missing from the last post before the name of the file..@WorkingDir & "\cdkey.exe"

3) I generally use @ScriptDir instead of @WorkingDir if the file resides in the same folder as the script (this is not necessary, though)

4) Remove the @SW_HIDE..this executable does not spawn another process, so you are hiding the executable

CODE

opt("trayicondebug",1)

Run(@ScriptDir & "\cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir)

WinWait("Refill CdKey")

I am using XP, so this code worked for me..not sure if it works on Vista, but it did work on Server 2008

Thanks for catching my missing "\"

Yeah, I should probably start using @ScriptDir, but I use @WorkingDir by habit. In this case either will work.

@SW_HIDE makes it so the window can not be active (for lack of a better term... I know you can use @SW_ACTIVE but in the case of WinWait it won't be "active") ... because there is no visible window.

[Varian]

So you want the Windows to be HIDDEN so you can manipulate it offscreen? Are you just not getting the UAC window popup? If that's the case, do you get the UAC popup when you run the file directly?

ALSO..in the post with "while 1...Sleep(100)..WEND....Run("test.exe")"..It seems that the test.exe should NEVER run because of the While 1 loop?

Edited July 18, 2008 by Varian

[t0ddie]

this is just sample code. perhaps there are a few typos.

opt("trayicondebug",1)
Run("cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
WinWait("Refill CdKey")

this still does not work.

I am manipulating the window while it is off screen, yes.

and winwait does detect the title of the hidden window... at least it did on xp when i made this script using an earlier version of autoit 3

Edited July 18, 2008 by t0ddie

[JFee]

You didn't fix the problem!

You need to have this:

Run(@ScriptDir & "\cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir)

OR IT WON'T WORK!!! If you omit the @ScriptDir & "\ then it won't have the right path to the cdkey.exe. If you hide the window then it will never make WinWait return true!

And yes it will detect the TEXT of the window even if it is hidden. That is true. But WinWait has to have the window visible. I guess you could use WinExists for this if it has to be hidden.

Edited July 18, 2008 by JFee

[t0ddie]

this is just sample code. perhaps there are a few typos.

opt("trayicondebug",1)
Run(@ScriptDir & "\cdkey.exe", @ScriptDir)
WinWait("Refill CdKey")

does not work

[JFee]

Works perfectly fine for me. Is cdkey.exe in the same directory as the script?

[t0ddie]

Works perfectly fine for me. Is cdkey.exe in the same directory as the script?

yes.

the example i made earlier is this...

i made a seperate script, a simple one really. an infinite loop.

while 1
sleep(100)
wend

i compiled that script, named it "test" and i used this code in a script, and ran it.

opt("trayicondebug",1)
Run(@ScriptDir & "\test.exe", @ScriptDir)

the script ran test.exe

the script will not run cdkey.exe after changing "test" to "cdkey" appropriately.

on xp i had originally made the script, and yes, it worked for me too.

i am on a laptop now, with windows vista, and it does not work.

[Varian]

And yet you can run "cdkey.exe" directly from explorer with no problems? How about from the command lin or run box? Seems to me that it may be more of a Vista/rights/AntiVirus thing as opposed to an AutoIT thing

[JFee]

Post a screenshot of the folder you are running the stuff from.

[Jos]

"omg ..t0ddie on a roll again" is the only thing that comes to mind reading this thread....

Edited July 18, 2008 by Jos