background cmd hangs window

[kevev]

Hello all! Been a while since I used autoit. I am trying to run openvpn when a button is clicked. Openvpn starts, but none of the buttons in my script work until I kill the openvpn service. I would like my stop button and exit button to work. Is there an easy way to do this? I was thinking of creating another autoit script to start openvpn and have my main script just call it. But I am afraid I will have the same issue. Thank You in advance.

Here is my loop.

While 1
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()


        Select
            Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $cancelbutton
                ExitLoop

            Case $msg = $exititem
                ExitLoop

            Case $msg = $Connect
                _RunDOS($openvpn)

            Case $msg = $aboutitem
                MsgBox(0, "About", "info")
        EndSelect
    WEnd

[Authenticity]

_RunDOS() calls internally RunWait() AutoIt function so you may want to use Run(@ComSpec & "\Something.exe") in hidden mode.

[kevev]

_RunDOS() calls internally RunWait() AutoIt function so you may want to use Run(@ComSpec & "\Something.exe") in hidden mode.

Yeay! That got it. Took me a while to get the syntax right. Example code below.

$openvpn = "openvpn --config " & $ProgramPath & "\settings.ovpn"
Run($openvpn, "", @SW_HIDE)

One more question. How do I track the openvpn pid and kill it with my disconnect button?

[kevev]

Yeay! That got it. Took me a while to get the syntax right. Example code below.

$openvpn = "openvpn --config " & $ProgramPath & "\settings.ovpn"
Run($openvpn, "", @SW_HIDE)

One more question. How do I track the openvpn pid and kill it with my disconnect button?

Nevermind. I got it.

Now I need to make sure a command called by a button completes, then show a popup with the status. Anyone know how to do that cleanly?

[herewasplato]

You might want to look into StdoutRead

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=696414