noob with immediate problem with help file

[fade2gray]

Sorry to kick off with a noob whinge.

I've been presented with an au3 script to try which has a '#include' directive.

Wanting to understand how '#include' functions, I tried the following example from the help file...

;;; TIME.AU3 ;;;

MsgBox(0,"", "The time is " & @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC)

;;; SCRIPT.AU3 ;;;

#include "TIME.AU3"

MsgBox(0,"", "Example")

#include "TIME.AU3"

Exit

; Running script.au3 will output three message boxes:

; one with the time, one with 'Example', and another with the time.

The problem is that, "C:\Program Files\AutoIt\Include" does not contain a file called "TIME.AU3"

Thanks for any info.

[Jos]

you are supposed to create both files yourself in the same directory.

[SpookMeister]

As in, they want you to make one file called TIME.au3 with

MsgBox(0,"", "The time is " & @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC)

and one file called SCRIPT.au3 with

#include "TIME.AU3"
MsgBox(0,"", "Example")
#include "TIME.AU3"
Exit

As a result you will notice that when you run SCRIPT.AU3 you will get

; Running script.au3 will output three message boxes:

; one with the time, one with 'Example', and another with the time.

Basically they are just explaining to you that using #include just means that you are sticking the code from the other file that you reference into your current code.

Edited March 5, 2009 by SpookMeister

[fade2gray]

you are supposed to create both files yourself in the same directory.

Perhaps it would be more helpful if the help file read something like...

;;; Create in ...\AutoIt\Include - TIME.AU3 ;;;

;;; Create anywhere - SCRIPT.AU3 ;;;

but thanks anyway.

Sorry... SM - you got in there before I could hit the post button.

Edited March 5, 2009 by fade2gray