Can this be done - Page 2

cool dude · 04-04-2006, 05:37 PM

b8bboi,

Please find attached a zip file containing the executable. It's only 24K unzipped and 4.8K zipped! As stated before, you will need the VB6 Runtime files (or VB6) installed for it to run.

Had I have realised previously that I could have attached the file then I would have. Silly me!

I welcome your feedback.

Redards,

cool dude

redbullah · 04-04-2006, 05:40 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ashgrovered

I would like to read the contents of a RoadRunner Label and manipulate it inside a program, then send it back to RoadRunner as a user defined label.

I know how to send a label to Roadrunner form AutoIT so I am part of the way.

The RoadRunner SDK has an example VB program that can read the contents of a RoadRunner Label. Problem is I am not much of a programmer, AutoIt basics are ok but VB looks out of my depth and I don’t have VB.

I would love to just do this inside AutoIT but I don’t think it is possible; please correct me if I am wrong. Even if you have an alternate suggestion.

So what I am looking for is someone with VB skills that could use the RoadRunner example and modify it so I could call it from inside AutoIT. Some thing like this

AutoIt scipt

;Get the RoadRunner Path from RoadRunner Label “RRPATH”
$MyLabel = (call this magical exe)RRPATH

;Put the Label in a MsgBox
MsgBox(0, "WindowName", $MyLabel)

I hope what I am asking is not imposable; I can post a copy of RoadRunners sample code if required.

$MyLabel = (call this magical exe)RRPATH
which exe is that?

Can you send me the entire code?
Ofcourse it's not impossible.

b8bboi · 04-04-2006, 07:30 PM

It does work now. Thanks, cool dude.

cool dude · 04-04-2006, 11:30 PM

b8bboi,

I'm glad that it's working for you. What is it you are using it for? Anything interesting?

I made it invisible because it really does not need a visual aspect to work the way that it was initially requested. I can make the window visible if anybody wants it that way. Perhaps the best way to do this is to simply allow a command line parameter switch that will turn on the windows visibility.

I do question the need to do this, although it may be usuefull for debugging the RR SDK command. That way, it would be possible to try various RR SDK commands and see what they return (if anything). When running and using RR outside of a test environment then obviously the application is better off being invisible.

redbullah, if you want the code then simply look at the sample code from RR that ashgrovered linked to. I have used the same code but I have simply stripped out the unecessary bits and added a text box to show any returned values from each RR SDK command that you send. If I make a visible command line switch then you will see this.

cool dude · 04-04-2006, 11:50 PM

OK, here is a a version that can show the form/window through using a command line pramater. The command line switch is "visible". If you run "RR SDK.exe" with this comand line parameter then the application will be visible. Without it the default behaviour is that the form/window is invisible.

e.g. "C:\RR\RR SDK.exe" visible

Whether visible or invisible, you will be able to see the application running in the Windows Task Manager. If it is visible then you can close it by clicking the close button. If invisible then you can close it with your script or end the process in the Windows Task Manager.