[wpkg-users] Passing variables between WPKG and AutoIt

[Marco]

What about creating/using a web-frontend, which generates the
wpkg-profile for the host?

I am wondering how you can pop up an "Autoit" script in Windows 7. My
experience is that I just get a note from windows, that there is a
program trying to show something and blocks it.

Greetings ...
 Marco


On 08.10.2014 10:06, Kevin Hall wrote:
> Thank you Stefan, I will try that.
> 
> Just to clarify, my users are teachers who have to be ready to teach at
> set times. Therefore, I want to allow them to install software when it
> is convenient.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Kevin Hall
> 
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>> From: Kevin Hall <kevin.hall at hallictservices.co.uk>
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>> Subject: [wpkg-users] Passing variables between WPKG and AutoIt
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>> Hi Everyone
>>
>> I would like to do this:
>>
>> WPKG runs an AutoIt GUI which asks the user "Do you want to install 
>> program x ? Yes No"
>>
>> If answer$ = yes, WPKG installs the program.
>>
>> If answer$ = no, WPKG does not install the program but continues processing.
>>
>> How do I pass the variable answer$ from AutoIt back to WPKG?
>>
>> My apologies if this has been covered before, but I could not find 
>> anything on the Internet or in the forums.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Kevin Hall
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>> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:21:59 +0200
>> From: Stefan Pendl <stefan.pendl.71 at gmail.com>
>> To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
>> Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Passing variables between WPKG and AutoIt
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>> Am 06.10.2014 um 23:04 schrieb Kevin Hall:
>>> Hi Everyone
>>>
>>> I would like to do this:
>>>
>>> WPKG runs an AutoIt GUI which asks the user "Do you want to install 
>>> program x ? Yes No"
>>>
>>> If answer$ = yes, WPKG installs the program.
>>>
>>> If answer$ = no, WPKG does not install the program but continues 
>>> processing.
>>>
>>> How do I pass the variable answer$ from AutoIt back to WPKG?
>> WPKG is designed to run without user interaction and in the context of 
>> an administrative user.
>>
>> There is a file check of type execute which checks against the result 
>> (returned error code), but that is not suitable.
>>
>> Your AutoIt program must return 0 (zero) or any other value, then you 
>> could use it as the first install command and the package installation 
>> would only proceed on the return of zero.
>>
>> Still I think that the Administrator decides which software has to go on 
>> which computer and user has only the ability to use it or not, so there 
>> is no need to let the user decide what to install.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Stefan P.
>>
>> Top-posting:
>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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>> A: Top-posting.
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