Synchronous script execution

[peterandthewolf]

Hi all,

I have a autoit script that is called from a windows batch file and I would like the batch file to wait till the script has finished executing. The script (even compiled) seems to exit immediately and run asynchronously. Is there a way to compile the script so it executes synchronously? I found an old post that suggested using the windows start command e.g

start /wait /b compiledscript.exe scriptparameters

However this does not work as it is waiting for an asynchronous exe to run so returns immediately. I guess I could rewrite the windows batch file as an autoit script and use the RunWait or ProccessWaitClose... but then my batch file will be asynchronous. Chicken and egg

Any thoughts?

[ChangMinYang]

Hi all,

I have a autoit script that is called from a windows batch file and I would like the batch file to wait till the script has finished executing. The script (even compiled) seems to exit immediately and run asynchronously. Is there a way to compile the script so it executes synchronously? I found an old post that suggested using the windows start command e.g

start /wait /b compiledscript.exe scriptparameters

However this does not work as it is waiting for an asynchronous exe to run so returns immediately. I guess I could rewrite the windows batch file as an autoit script and use the RunWait or ProccessWaitClose... but then my batch file will be asynchronous. Chicken and egg

Any thoughts?

Introduce this, ShellExecuteWait()

[peterandthewolf]

Thanks GoodMan,

My solution was...

$PID = Run(".\compiledscript.exe " & $params)
ProcessWaitClose($PID)

but I like the ShellExecuteWait method better as can specify working directory.

Thanks again