Running applications in sequence

[bmn]

Hi All,

I was wondering if you can run applications such as follow:
1- run one application such as ccleaner or something.
2- wait for the first application to finish the work, once its finished start another application in sequence and so forth.

is there a way to accomplish this?

cheers,

[Scriptonite]

Use true in wait for return with File.Run

File.Run("MyProgram", "myargs", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL, true);

This will not allow the script to continue until the program running has completed.

[bmn]

oh thanks i will try it. is there a way in the script to run a program ans once its finished close it and start another program in the sequence?

cheers,

[Scriptonite]

You can use this function after each process complete.

function EndProgram(Prog) 
processes = System.EnumerateProcesses();

for j, file_path in processes do
    file = String.SplitPath(file_path);
    if (String.Lower(file.Filename..file.Extension)) == Prog then
        System.TerminateProcess(j);
    end
end

end

Call with:

--program name should be lowercase
EndProgram("yourprogram.exe");

If the program doesn't finish running though i'm not sure it would be able to trigger this because AMS will not know that it's done.

[Dermot]

All you need to do is

File.Run("MyProgram1", "myargs", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL, true);
File.Run("MyProgram2", "myargs", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL, true);
File.Run("MyProgram3", "myargs", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL, true);
..and so on