Running an autoit script on a server without any open session

[WernerMilis]

Hi,

is it possible to run an autoit script on a server using a scheduled task? This script would have to send keystrokes (open an application, log in, perform a query, close the application). All of this without an active session.

The goal is to do some performance monitoring with the script by executing a standard query each half hour without being connected to the server.

thanks in advance for your feedback.

Best Regards,

Werner

[nguyenbason]

Register it as a service.

[Juvigy]

With scheduled task it will also work

[WernerMilis]

Hi,

this is my script:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 3) ;1=start, 2=subStr, 3=exact, 4=advanced, -1 to -4=Nocase

$file = FileOpen("c:\autoit\output.csv",1)

if $file = -1 Then

msgbox(0, "Error", "Unable to open c:\autoit\output.csv")

Exit

EndIf

;Start Remedy

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("01. Start Full Client executable"))

Run("D:\Program Files\AR System\User\aruser.exe")

WinWait("Login - BMC Remedy User")

WinActivate("Login - BMC Remedy User")

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("02. Full Client executable started - entering login data"))

;Login

Send("xxx{TAB}xxx{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{ENTER}xxx{TAB}xxx{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{ENTER}")

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("04. Login data provided, logging in"))

WinWait("BMC Remedy User - [Home Page (Search)]")

WinActivate("BMC Remedy User - [Home Page (Search)]")

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("05. Logged in, Homepage presented, starting to open the Object list"))

;Open the Object List

send("^o")

WinWait("Object List")

WinActivate("Object List")

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("06. Object list opened, looking for the incidents form"))

;Open the Incidents form in search mode

send("!n")

send("Incidents{ENTER}")

send("{TAB}{TAB}{DOWN}{ENTER}")

WinWait("BMC Remedy User - [incidents (Search)]")

WinActivate("BMC Remedy User - [incidents (Search)]")

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("07. Incidents form opened in search mode"))

;Fill in the advanced search criterium

send("^e")

send("!s")

sleep(500)

send("'3' > $DATE$","1")

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("08. Search criterion entered, starting search"))

send("^{ENTER}")

WinWait("BMC Remedy User - [incident (Modify)]")

WinActivate("BMC Remedy User - [incident (Modify)]")

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("09. Search result returned"))

;Close Remedy

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("10. Closing Remedy"))

send("!{F4}")

FileWriteLine($file, PrintLine("11. Remedy Closed"))

filewriteline($file, "***" & @CRLF)

FileClose($file)

Exit

Func PrintLine($ToPrint)

$ToPrint = $ToPrint & ";" & @MDAY & "/" & @MON & "/" & @YEAR & " " & @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC & "," & @MSEC & @CRLF

return $ToPrint

EndFunc

But when I look in the output file, I see that, with no open sessions, the script always fails after step 2:

01. Start Full Client executable;24/06/2009 07:00:00,140

02. Full Client executable started - entering login data;24/06/2009 07:00:00,656

04. Login data provided, logging in;24/06/2009 07:00:01,359

01. Start Full Client executable;24/06/2009 07:30:00,140

02. Full Client executable started - entering login data;24/06/2009 07:30:00,656

04. Login data provided, logging in;24/06/2009 07:30:01,359

01. Start Full Client executable;24/06/2009 08:00:00,203

02. Full Client executable started - entering login data;24/06/2009 08:00:00,703

04. Login data provided, logging in;24/06/2009 08:00:01,406

01. Start Full Client executable;24/06/2009 08:30:00,171

02. Full Client executable started - entering login data;24/06/2009 08:30:01,734

04. Login data provided, logging in;24/06/2009 08:30:02,703

Does somebody see anything wrong in the script?

When I have an open session, and the script executes, it executes correctly...

[spudw2k]

Unless I'm mistaken, if there's no session then you cannot interact with the desktop properly and thus winwait and winactive funcs will not work.

Anyone dispute?