TXTechie

Hello Everyone, Does anyone know whether or not AutoIt (a built-in function or a UDF) has a workaround or solution for dealing with Windows 7's Interactive Services Detection feature? For non-silent deployment packages (those that show some level of User Interface - UI) on Windows 7 (or Vista) how do you display a dialog box, progress bar, message, etc. to the user (Session 1) when deploying a software package that is being deployed by a software deployment solution that utilizes the Local System (SYSTEM) account (Session 0)? Regards, TX Techie

Oh wow! Now I feel like a complete newb! Thank you, UEZ & BrewManNH - of course that works! TX Techie

This is weird. If I use the following code, StringUpper works: $PC = StringUpper(InputBox($ScriptTitle, "Enter the Computer Name:")) However, since I have to check for @error based on the input of the InputBox, I had to move it until after the $PC variable was populated, which I figured would work the same, but it's not. If I use the following code, the contents of the $PC variable does not get converted to UPPERCASE characters: $PC = InputBox($ScriptTitle, "Enter the Computer Name:") If @error = 1 Then Exit StringUpper($PC) Can someone assist me with how I can convert a variable to all UPPERCASE characters? Regards, TX Techie

No.

As I eluded to previously, I'm running the script on another PC that doesn't have AutoIt installed but the user has the appropriate AD privileges. So, I compile in order to run it there. I'm just wondering how everyone else deals with troubleshooting a compiled AutoIt script when it raises an error that you haven't already trapped/handled?

Yes, the Misc.au3 script.

How can I determine that from the error it raises (especially when there is now only 140 lines of actual code in the script)?:

I included the following error handling: If $objRR = 0 Or Not IsObj($objRR) Then ; Display a MessageBox dialog with a yellow Exclamation-point icon and the "OK" button MsgBox(48, $Title & " v" & $Version, "The [" & $strOwnerShortName & "] DNS Record was NOT found! Exiting the application.") ; Exit the script with error status = 1 Exit (1) EndIf But, I'm still getting the generic Error: Variable must be of type "Object". error. I'll look into the ObjEvent event in Help. Thanks!

Can someone assist me with how to better trap/handle the error I'm getting from the compiled script (Line 436) so that I can better determine where it is and what's going on? I'm receiving the Error: Variable must be of type "Object". from the compiled script when the DNS Record that it is expecting is actually not in AD (it has been deleted). I'm assuming it's during this code that the error is thrown, since the AD "object" (the DNS Record) doesn't exist: Dim $objRR = $objDNS.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM MicrosoftDNS_ResourceRecord" & _ " WHERE ContainerName='" & $strDomainName & "' AND OwnerName='" & $strOwnerName & "'") For $objRR2 In $objRR ... Can anyone assist me?

Thank you, water. I'll modify my script to perform the same check as you use in your Office UDFs.

Hi water, Whlie this thread does not utilize the AD UDF, I specifically put AD in the subject line to differentiate between the Active Directory DNS service (which my script is manipulating) vs. local PC DNS settings (which I primarily saw when I searched through the forum).

Thank you, BrewManNH! Using ObjGet did the trick. In researching this in the forum (and in previous scripts where I've used objects), using ObjCreate seemed to be the primary way to use objects. I guess I still need to learn more about objects. Can you (or someone) give me a good rule of thumb for when to use ObjGet and when to use ObjCreate?

Hi BrewManNH, Yes, just like the original VBScript code that works: Set objDNS = GetObject("winMgmts:\\" & strDNSServer & "\root\MicrosoftDNS") Set objRR = objDNS.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM MicrosoftDNS_ResourceRecord" & _ " WHERE ContainerName='" & strDomainName & "' AND OwnerName='" & strOwnerName & "'",,48) I even tried it without the [,,48] and while it compiled without error, I received the same "variable must be of type Object" error.

Hello Everyone, I've ported over the following script from VBScript (where it works fine) to AutoIt: Dim $objDNS = ObjCreate("winMgmts:\\" & $strDNSServer & "\root\MicrosoftDNS") Dim $objRR = $objDNS.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM MicrosoftDNS_ResourceRecord" & _ " WHERE ContainerName='" & $strDomainName & "' AND OwnerName='" & $strOwnerName & "'",,48) I have to compile the script and run it on a PC where the logged on user has the appropriate AD privileges. When I attempt to compile it (with AU3Check turned on) I get the following error: If I turn off AU3Check and go ahead and compile the code, on the PC (where I know permissions is NOT the issue because I can run the same VBScript-syntaxed code on the same PC successfully) I get the following runtime error: Can someone please hep me?

Thank you very much, GMK! That did the trick!

I will have a folder full of files that look similar to this: RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL_06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200baq.xmlThe first part of the files ( words in ALL CAPS separated by underscore characters [ _ ] ) will be different for most every file as will the list of random-looking alpha-numeric characters that make up the second part of the files. I'm already looping through the folder of files parsing for some other things, but can someone help me with a way to parse out and capture the first part of the filename (RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL_ in my example above - including the final underscore character) into a variable? I would very much appreciate the assistance! TX Techie

I appreciate your patience in working with me, PsaltyDS. When I use the following script: #include <XMLDomWrapper.au3> Global $debugging = True, $iRET, $configtype Global $sXML = @ScriptDir & "\Test.xml" $iRET = _XMLFileOpen($sXML) ConsoleWrite("$iRET = " & $iRET & @LF) I get a return of "1", which means it successfully opened the xml file, correct? Now what do I do?

Hi PsaltyDS, I've tried some of the examples but I keep getting a "-1". I don't know anything about XML structures and so I don't know what the <OBT_WF_RUN_ID> element is in order to know which function(s) within the XMLDomWrapper I should use in order to determine the value of the <OBT_WF_RUN_ID> element. So, I was hoping for some direction. Since I don't need to loop through the entire document enumerating values, I just need to obtain this one value - I've found it difficult to figure out how to do this from the many examples in this message thread. Any assistance is appreciated! TX Techie

Can someone give me an idea of how to get started using the XMLDomWrapper.au3 UDF to read my xml file? I just need to obtain the <OBT_WF_RUN_ID></OBT_WF_RUN_ID> record. Here's a portion of my XML file: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <encapsulatedArchiveGroup xmlns="http://www.hp.com/EA/6.2.0/RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL/1.0.0.0/06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200baq/GROUP_XML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.hp.com/EA/6.2.0/RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL/1.0.0.0/06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200baq/GROUP_XML RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL_06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200baq_group.xsd" fileInitialName="RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL_06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200baq_group_0.xml"> <groupSpec> <productName>EA</productName> <productVersion>6.2.0</productVersion> <workflowRunId>3357</workflowRunId> <runGuid>06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200bax</runGuid> <archiveGuid>06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200baq</archiveGuid> <groupGuid>06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200bau</groupGuid> <sequence>0</sequence> <beginTime>2011-06-23T12:13:44.000000000-05:00</beginTime> <appsPack> <name>RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL</name> <version>1.0.0.0</version> </appsPack> <source> <guid>06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200bav</guid> <status>ACTIVE</status> <category>DATABASE</category> <type>Oracle</type> <locationProperty name="Port">10010</locationProperty> <locationProperty name="Host">auohseoai24.oracleoutsourcing.com</locationProperty> <locationProperty name="Database">oracle</locationProperty> <locationProperty name="DBServer">PEOAII</locationProperty> <locationProperty name="ConnType">default</locationProperty> <locationProperty name="UserID">obt_if</locationProperty> <locationProperty name="DriverType">Type 4</locationProperty> <locationProperty name="CharacterSet">UTF8</locationProperty> </source> <destination> <guid>06o3415r7eobtvsr5965b7wrp0ha0200baw</guid> <status>ACTIVE</status> <category>BACKEND</category> <type>Filesystem</type> <locationProperty name="Host">auohseoai14</locationProperty> <locationProperty name="UserID">obt</locationProperty> <locationProperty 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xsi:nil="true"/> <CC_ERROR_TEXT xsi:nil="true"/> <CC_ERROR_FLAG xsi:nil="true"/> </RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL> </attInstance> Thank you, TX Techie