Detect script crash?

[Chris86]

How can i detect if my script crashes or something?

[Jos]

Well thats easy, when it "crashes" it will show some sort of warning/msgbox.

.. but I have the feeling you were not looking for this answer.

[Yashied]

How can i detect if my script crashes or something?

If you do not fit OnAutoItExit(), try to write a second script that will monitor the crash of the first script, for example, using the ProcessExists().

while 1
    if not ProcessExists('MainScript.exe') then
        MsgBox(16, 'Error', 'MainScript.exe crashed!')
        exit
    endif
    Sleep(10)
wend

[Chris86]

Is it possible to have something in the script that doesn't need a another program to determine if the mainscript fails?

I need this for bug reporting on my website

[Yashied]

Is it possible to have something in the script that doesn't need a another program to determine if the mainscript fails?

I need this for bug reporting on my website

If your script is crashed (it is not in memory), what program do you think should record the event? If you do not like the second program can use the RegRead() and RegWrite() functions.

[JSThePatriot]

If you have proper bug catching and reporting you won't have to worry about a crash because you'll already know. I think you just need to add in some error checking into your script, and you'll be golden.

Regards,

Jarvis

[Prab]

@JSThePatriot - You can't account for everything. I consider it a crash if somebody uses taskmanager to end the process. There is no way to add that error checking to your script.

Make a helper script like this

$return = RunWait("yourprog.exe"))

If $return = 0 Then
    MsgBox(0,"","Script exited normally")
Else
    MsgBox(0,"","Script crashed")
EndIf

Most programs/scripts will return 0 as success, just make sure that yours does the same.

Edit: Just reread

Is it possible to have something in the script that doesn't need a another program to determine if the mainscript fails?

. My solution doesn't, but by using Fileinstall() you could only have one exe. Edited March 6, 2009 by Prab

[Chris86]

I find another way then

[Jos]

Edit: Just reread . My solution doesn't, but by using Fileinstall() you could only have one exe.

You can use 1 script to do both tasks. I am doing a similar thing in AutoIt3Wrapper which is always running 2 times when you hit compile.

One will monitor the version doing the actual compile and do a cleanup when the compile is canceled by the "Tools/Stop Executing"

Jos

[JSThePatriot]

@JSThePatriot - You can't account for everything. I consider it a crash if somebody uses taskmanager to end the process. There is no way to add that error checking to your script.

Make a helper script like this

$return = RunWait("yourprog.exe"))

If $return = 0 Then
    MsgBox(0,"","Script exited normally")
Else
    MsgBox(0,"","Script crashed")
EndIf

Most programs/scripts will return 0 as success, just make sure that yours does the same.

Edit: Just reread . My solution doesn't, but by using Fileinstall() you could only have one exe.

I believe the end process would still try to call the OnAutoItExit function that can be specified through the options. Then I would recommend using Jos' method to preform any other tasks that a "second" script would perform.

Thanks,

Jarvis

[Yashied]

Try this.

#NoTrayIcon

if ($CmdLine[0] > 0) and ($CmdLine[1] = '/run') then
    _RunScript()
else
    local $ExitCode = ShellExecuteWait(@ScriptFullPath, '/run', @ScriptDir)
    if not @error then
        switch $ExitCode
            case 0
                MsgBox(0, 'Report', 'The script has finished work successfully.')
            case else
                MsgBox(0, 'Report', 'The script is crashed!')
        endswitch
    else
        MsgBox(0, 'Report', 'Error when calling the "ShellExecute" function!')
    endif
    exit
endif

func _RunScript() ; This is your code
    if MsgBox(36, 'YourProg', 'Your script is running. Press "Yes" to crash this script or "No" to normaly exit.') = 6 then
        DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'int', 'FatalExit', 'int', 1)
    else
        exit
    endif
endfunc; _RunScript