@error

[khamis87]

Hi everyone,

I'm an AutoIt beginner & I have a little background in programing.

My Q is: What does @error macro correspond to?

I bet it used like this situation:

WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")

So now @error value = 1 or 0 depending on the success or failure of the previous command

What I want is getting the return value of any AutoIt function!

I know how to use WinActive. But with other ACTION functions like WinActivate or ControlDisable it just didn't work for me. In both success or failure I get @error = 0

I use the latest beta version v3.2.12.1 [took the version # from the help file]

Edited October 10, 2008 by khamis87

[BrettF]

It is only for the last function. Not for any function you so pick

Cheers,

Brett

[khamis87]

It is only for the last function. Not for any function you so pick

Cheers,

Brett

yeah I know

but even when it follows a function, still it gives 0 in success or failure

e.g.

WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
If @error Then
    MsgBox("", "", @error)
Else
    MsgBox("", "", @error)
EndIf

In both cases, whether a Notepad window is activated or not I get a value of 0.

Case1: There's an inactive windows & it's been activated. This is a success. 0 value!! [as it should give 1 as the return value]

Case2: No such a window to activate. Failure. 0 value but it's ok.

It's quite impossible that this beta version has something wrong with the @error.

[andybiochem]

Not all functions modify @error.

Look in the help file for return values.

In the case of WinActivate:

"Return Value

Success: Returns 1.

Failure: Returns 0 if window is not found or cannot be activated. "

...so WinActivate doesn't modify @error at all. You'd need to do this:

$return = WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
If $return Then
    MsgBox("", "", $return)
Else
    MsgBox("", "", $return)
EndIf

[khamis87]

Not all functions modify @error.

Look in the help file for return values.

In the case of WinActivate:

"Return Value

Success: Returns 1.

Failure: Returns 0 if window is not found or cannot be activated. "

...so WinActivate doesn't modify @error at all. You'd need to do this:

$return = WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]", "")
If $return Then
    MsgBox("", "", $return)
Else
    MsgBox("", "", $return)
EndIf

It came to my mind that this is what I should do but I didn't check it lol

anyways, thank you for your help

I'll try to be more serious next time!