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stuboo

Post subject: Using AHK to write a .bat file

Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 4:17 pm

Joined: April 17th, 2007, 7:36 pm
Posts: 22

I'm trying to use AHK to write a dynamic bat file that will ultimately resize/rename images for me. I keep getting "Empty variable reference" errors around the area of FileAppend. What am I doing wrong?

Code:

#NoEnv  
SendMode Input  
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  

FileSelectFile, SelectedFile, 3, , Open a file, Text Documents (*.ppt; *.pptx)
if SelectedFile =
    MsgBox, The user didn't select anything.
else
    FullFileName = %SelectedFile%
    SplitPath, FullFileName, name, dir, ext, name_no_ext, drive
   
   
FileAppend,
(
@echo off
set iview=C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32\i_view32.exe
set ini=C:\path\to\ini\
set tini=C:\path\to\another\ini\
set source=%dir%\%name_no_ext%\
set target=%dir%\%name_no_ext%\
set oldtype=png
set newtype=gif
for %%a in ("%source%*.%oldtype%") do (
set oldname=%%~na
call :SUB
)

:SUB
set newname=%oldname:Slide=00%
"%iview%" "%source%%oldname%.%oldtype%" /ini="%ini%" /advancedbatch /convert="%target%%newname%.%newtype%" 
"%iview%" "%source%%oldname%.%oldtype%" /ini="%tini%" /advancedbatch /convert="%target%-t-%newname%.%newtype%" 

), C:\%dir%\%name_no_ext%\resize.txt

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Z_Gecko

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 4:55 pm

Quote:

I'm trying to use AHK to write a dynamic bat file that will ultimately resize/rename images for me

WHY?
there is nothing a BAT-file can do, that can´t be done by pure ahk.

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horntail

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 6:52 pm

Joined: August 3rd, 2009, 4:44 pm
Posts: 69
Location: UK

Code:

#NoEnv 
SendMode Input 
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% 

FileSelectFile, SelectedFile, 3, , Open a file, Text Documents (*.ppt; *.pptx)
if SelectedFile =
    MsgBox, The user didn't select anything.
else
    FullFileName = %SelectedFile%
    SplitPath, FullFileName, name, dir, ext, name_no_ext, drive
   
   
FileAppend,
(
@echo off
set iview=C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32\i_view32.exe
set ini=C:\path\to\ini\
set tini=C:\path\to\another\ini\
set source=%dir%\%name_no_ext%\
set target=%dir%\%name_no_ext%\
set oldtype=png
set newtype=gif
for `%`%a in `("`%source`%*.`%oldtype`%"`) do `(
set oldname=`%`%~na
call :SUB
`)

:SUB
set newname=`%oldname:Slide=00`%
"`%iview`%" "`%source`%`%oldname`%.`%oldtype`%" /ini="`%ini`%" /advancedbatch /convert="`%target`%`%newname`%.`%newtype`%"
"`%iview`%" "`%source`%`%oldname`%.`%oldtype`%" /ini="`%tini`%" /advancedbatch /convert="`%target`%-t-`%newname`%.`%newtype`%"

), C:\%dir%\%name_no_ext%\resize.txt

that should give the output i believe you wanted.

The two "%%" sections are what is causing you to get the empty variable error as ahk is seeing the %'s as the start and end of a variable reference. This is when you use the ahk delimiter "`" to tell ahk to treat them as literal %'s and not code. The "(" and ")" occurences also have to be delimited, else they could cause the fileappend to error and/or finish prematurely

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stuboo

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 7:05 pm

Joined: April 17th, 2007, 7:36 pm
Posts: 22

Thanks, horntail.

Z_Gecko. I suppose I'm just showing my ignorance as to the power of AHK. The reason I was thinking it would be better to stack a series of dynamic batch scripts is because one bat won't start running until the other has completed.

The only way I know how to delay this occurrence in AHK is by using the Sleep function and I don't always know how much time it will take. Care to shed some light on a different way of doing things for me?

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Z_Gecko

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 7:11 pm

Quote:

The reason I was thinking it would be better to stack a series of dynamic batch scripts is because one bat won't start running until the other has completed.

The only way I know how to delay this occurrence in AHK is by using the Sleep function and I don't always know how much time it will take.

i´m not shure what you actually mean by that, but
maybe you just have not discovered RunWait yet.

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Murp|e

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 7:14 pm

Joined: January 12th, 2007, 4:30 am
Posts: 531
Location: Norway

stuboo: I think all you need is runwait. You should also search for GDI+ as tic has created some nice scripts which can do all sorts of things with image so you won't even need IrfanView. IrfanView is good and simple, but if you'd like to do as much as possible in "pure" AHK, look into GDI+.

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stuboo

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 10:36 pm

Joined: April 17th, 2007, 7:36 pm
Posts: 22

Thanks, guys. You're right. RunWait is what I wanted to do, and I had actually seen/used it before but never really understood what the difference is between Run & RunWait.

Now that I have your attention

could you tell me what I might be doing wrong here?

Code:

title = This is my title
StringReplace, title, title, %A_SPACE%, -, All

RunWait, "C:\Program Files\s3copy\s3copy.exe" "%dir%\%name_no_ext%\/" bucket "%title%.zip" amazonAccessCode amazonSecretKey 

I'm using s3copy to upload a zip file to amazons simple storage service, but it doesn't seem to work when I use a variable for the filename instead of a static file name.

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purloinedheart

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 10:39 pm

Joined: April 4th, 2008, 8:15 pm
Posts: 538
Location: Canada

Code:

title = This is my title
StringReplace, title, title, %A_SPACE%, -, All

RunWait, "C:\Program Files\s3copy\s3copy.exe" "%dir%\%name_no_ext%\/" bucket "%title%.zip" amazonAccessCode amazonSecretKey 

Is that / supposed to be there? Just quickly skimmed through code

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horntail

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 10:50 pm

Joined: August 3rd, 2009, 4:44 pm
Posts: 69
Location: UK

take the "/" out, so its like this:

Code:

RunWait, "C:\Program Files\s3copy\s3copy.exe" "%dir%\%name_no_ext%\" bucket "%title%.zip" amazonAccessCode amazonSecretKey

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stuboo

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Posted: August 3rd, 2009, 11:53 pm

Joined: April 17th, 2007, 7:36 pm
Posts: 22

Removed the / but it didn't fix the problem. Is there a way to stop the cmd window from closing so I can see the output?

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purloinedheart

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Posted: August 4th, 2009, 12:10 am

Joined: April 4th, 2008, 8:15 pm
Posts: 538
Location: Canada

Code:

FileAppend,
(
"C:\Program Files\s3copy\s3copy.exe" "%dir%\%name_no_ext%\/" bucket "%title%.zip" amazonAccessCode amazonSecretKey
pause
), Error.bat
run Error.bat

Last edited by purloinedheart on August 4th, 2009, 2:12 am, edited 1 time in total.

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stuboo

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Posted: August 4th, 2009, 12:27 am

Joined: April 17th, 2007, 7:36 pm
Posts: 22

Worked perfectly, PurloinedHeart. Thanks to everyone for the help. This community makes a great language even better.

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