How to keep an instance of autoit.exe running in memory? Thanks!

[steadycookie]

I have many very short scripts which will be called in Autohotkey script once in a while.

To increase the efficiency, I want to keep an instance of autoit.exe always in memory, and then when running an autoit script, I want to use this instance to run the autoit script, other than starting up another new instance of autoit.exe. In this way, the time of loading autoit.exe to run my script is saved--when the script is short, this part of time is significant compared to the total runtime of the script.

Is there a way to implement what I want? Thank you very much!

Edited June 28, 2009 by steadycookie

[Inverted]

Best way would be to make one script with your stuff and your hotkeys and just keep that running.

Edited June 28, 2009 by Inverted

[steadycookie]

Thanks for help!

Your method is feasible. However, is there a way I want (keep autoit.exe in memory to run different scripts)?

Best way would be to make one script with your stuff and your hotkeys and just keep that running.

[Bert]

I do not think so.

[steadycookie]

OK. Thanks! My requirements seem easy, but they turn out to be impossible.

I do not think so.

[MilesAhead]

OK. Thanks! My requirements seem easy, but they turn out to be impossible.

I wonder what would happen if you wrapped it in one of those "run any exe as a service" utilities?

Also if you had a script that just idled in the tray, wouldn't the OS just duplicate the exe image already in ram to feed to the new script? (I don't know the answers,.. I'm just asking... not rhetorically)

Edited June 28, 2009 by MilesAhead

[Thornhunt]

run a script like this

while 1

slepp(1000)

wend

only that in the background with no end...

that way the it will sleightly be in memory and hardly take up processor

i thnink thats what you mean ?

[herewasplato]

... wouldn't the OS just duplicate the exe image already in ram to feed to the new script? ...

Each new instance comes from the drive - at least in XP.

Edit: I've been hunting for the reference where I read this on a MS site, but cannot locate it - so for now, file this under "my guess".

Edited June 28, 2009 by herewasplato

[herewasplato]

run a script like this

while 1

sleep(1000)

wend

only that in the background with no end...

that way the it will sleightly be in memory and hardly take up processor

i thnink thats what you mean ?

Each new script loads a new instance of AutoIt, so keeping this code running would just increase the odds that the OS has pushed another copy of AutoIt from RAM.

[Thornhunt]

fair enuth

[MDCT]

Steadycookie, I believe what you really want is speed, right?

You want the script to be loaded in the memory and so when the script is called it would be faster than called on normal harddisk.

Maybe you can use RAM Drive to create a drive space taken from your RAM. It is many times faster than normal harddisk, but it cannot store data on restart.

I don't know how significant the usage of RAM Drive on the script as the script is relatively very small in size.

Edited June 29, 2009 by MDCT