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Jumperz Ko
Jumperz Ko

Reputation: 401

Run a multi line script from a variable

My AutoIt script:

$command = InputBox("Enter your command", "Enter your command")
Execute($command)

This works for single line commands like MsgBox(0, "Test", "Test"). But multi line code (such as If -statements) produce an error.

Is there a way to run AutoIt source code from a variable if it is a multi line script?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 757

Answers (1)

Richard
Richard

Reputation: 1131

Yes, write it to a temporary script file and then execute that script. Since InputBox() doesn't accept multiline input, I'm using clipget() to grab the commands from the clipboard instead.

$command=clipget()
$tempfilename="tempscript.au3"
$tempscript=FileOpen($tempfilename,2)
FileWrite($tempscript,$command)
FileFlush($tempscript)
FileClose($tempscript)
RunWait(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteScript ' & $tempfilename)
FileDelete($tempfilename)

Upvotes: 2

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