Error message compiling AHK 1.1.33.00 Topic is solved

[PuzzledGreatly]

I'm seeing an error message when I compile an exe file using the new version:

Warning: "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\Compiler\mpress.exe" not found.

I haven' seen this before. What does it mean and how to rectify the situation? Thanks.

[gregster]

Please compare https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=78361

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
here: Warning: "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\Compiler\upx.exe" not found.

I've searched entire C:\
Couldn't find neither upx.exe nor PuzzledGreatly's mpress.exe

Problem of https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=78361
is missing autohotkey.exe

[gregster]

I think they have changed error handling of the compiler in general. Afaik, in older versions, it was just ignored, if the third-party compressors (not included with AHK) couldn't be found - but I could be wrong.

Anyway, if you want to use them, you need to get them separately.

[TAC109]

@PuzzledGreatly
When compiling, if you select one of the compression options and the appropriate compressor .exe is not in the Compiler directory you will see this warning message. Either don’t select a compression option or install the appropriate compression .exe in the compiler directory. See the compression section of the documentation for more details.

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks, TAC109. I've been using a function like this for ages to compile scripts directly from notepad++:

Code: Select all

Compile(itm)
{
	Global ZOD
	runwait, Ahk2Exe.exe /in "%itm%.ahk" /icon "%ZOD%\icons\system\%itm%.ico" /bin "C:\Program Files\AutoHotKey\Compiler\Unicode 64-bit.bin"
}

No mention of compression. It seems the default for the new compile is to try to compress even when the instruction to do so isn't there?

[TAC109]

If compression is not specified in the command line, it defaults to whatever was last specified in the GUI.

So if you bring up the GUI ('Convert ahk to exe') and set the compression to 'none', then close the GUI, you should be all set Into the future.

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks, I reset the Gui. The new version must come with different defaults.

[tdalon]

Yes fully agree. An issue shall be opened because it was very misleading.
The workaround - changing the setting in the GUI worked.

[TAC109]

The warning is generated in this version of Ahk2Exe because an inconsistency was detected - the user had selected (implicitly or explicitly) that the .exe was to be compressed, but the compressor (MPRESS or UPX) had not been set up by the user. (Note that it is a warning; the user can continue by pressing 'OK' and generate the .exe without compression.)

Previous versions of Ahk2Exe would simply ignore this inconsistency.

[Rafaews]

You guys can also download mpress and extract the exe to the ahk compiler folder.

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[TAC109]

The download links to MPRESS and UPX are in the official AutoHotkey documentation here under compression.

Cheers