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[mikek]

Hello, I am experiencing a strange problem where after I run a compiled FoxPro program, an error dialog appears saying that the program failed to run. I can't figure out how to prevent it, so I thought I would make an ahk script to dismiss the dialog box. However, after the program runs, I get an ahk message saying the program failed to run. Any ideas what's going on? I understand this is not exactly an ahk issue, but I've always gotten friendly help in this forum, and figured it's worth asking.

Here's the ahk message:



Here's the ahk script:

run "C:\ahk\HIT List\hit_list.FXP"

SetTitleMatchMode 3 ; The title must match exactly
stWindowName := "C:\ahk\HIT List\hit_list.FXP"
WinWait, %stWindowName%, , 300
IfWinExist, %stWindowName% 
	{
	Send, {ENTER}
	}

Here's the dialog that appears after the program is run without using ahk:



- Mike

[girlgamer]

Try removing the "" around the name. Also check to see if the file exists with the exact name you specified. The only time you really need quotes around the name is when you try to run a file from dos that has spaces in the name or in the path.

When you try to run a file and get an error like this there are several possible causes. The possibilities are a) the path is wrong
the file name is wrong
c) the file doesn't exist
d) it is unrunnable because there is no association with the .fxp file manager.

[mikek]

Thank you, girlgamer. I removed the quotes and am experiencing the same behavior.

It is definitely not a b or c. The thing is, the program does run. After it has run successfully and finished, then the dialog appears saying the program couldn't be found.

- Mike

[tomoe_uehara]

Best Answer

; Try something like this

run [color=red]c:\path\to\application\app.exe[/color] "C:\ahk\HIT List\hit_list.FXP" 



SetTitleMatchMode 3 ; The title must match exactly 

stWindowName := "C:\ahk\HIT List\hit_list.FXP" 

WinWait, %stWindowName%, , 300 

IfWinExist, %stWindowName% 

   { 

   Send, {ENTER} 

   }

return

[mikek]

Nicely done, tomoe_uehara! Problem solved! Thank you so much. You're a rockstar!

- Mike