AutoIT Scripting

Learning up AutoIT Scripting Language. Planning to write automated scripts for OANDA later on once I have familiarized myself with this wonderful tool from:

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/


Thanks to this post:

http://www.cyrox.com/forum/index.php?topic=152.0


Now, learning by practising.
Below is an AutoIT script I've written to start Winzip 111 installation and cancel it at the last stage:


Run("winzip111.exe")
WinWaitActive("WinZip® 11.1 Setup","&Setup")
Send("!S")
WinWaitActive("WinZip Setup - WinZip E-Mail Companion")
Send("!N");
Send("{ENTER}")
WinWaitActive("WinZip Setup - Carbonite's Online Backup Service")
Send("!N");
Send("{ENTER}")
WinWaitActive("WinZip 11.1 Setup","Installation Wizard")
Send("!N")
WinWaitActive("WinZip 11.1 Setup","accept the license agreement")
ControlClick("WinZip 11.1 Setup","accept the license agreement",1008)
WinWaitActive("WinZip 11.1 Setup","Installation is not complete")
Send("!E")


Some useful scripts

To call a java app:
Run("cmd.exe");open cmd
WinWaitActive("C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe");get a focus
Send("cd c:\javaProject {ENTER}");change dir
Send("javac something.java {ENTER}");compile java file
Send("java something {ENTER}");run java class
Send("exit {ENTER}");exit cmd



Other Strategy for java applets:

Get the coordinates of the associated EMBED or OBJECT tag and then click relative to its geometry. See the examples for _IEPropertyGet for a starter.

you can trigger off of pixel colors (PixelGetColor)... _IEPropertyGet will give you coordinates of an object you can use

can access the menus and click on certain points in the window using the mouse co-ordinates or by using Send("!f") {ENTER}