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Script wait while software installs - 5/11/2008 11:32:46 PM   
  Dicko1976

 

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My script is improving all the time thanks to help from this website on bits I get stuck with.

How can I get the script to wait until another application is been installed ?

I get the IT Engineer to click the boxes of the software they want to install and then I want it to go through the script and install the selected applications. I have the following script below which is a simple If statement and it works great on the selection process but it tries to run all the files together.

I dont want to use the sleep method as it doesnt work in HTA and some machines are faster or slower than each other too.

<script language="VBScript">
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Sub InstallSoftware
If Winzip.Checked Then
'MsgBox "Winzip is been Installed"
objShell.Run("file:///C:/Program%20Files/Windows%20NT/simnumber.txt")

End If
If MSOffice2000Std.Checked Then
'MsgBox "Office 2000 Std is been Installed"
objShell.Run("file:///C:/Program%20Files/Windows%20NT/simnumber1.txt")
End If
If LotusNotes.Checked Then
MsgBox "Lotus Notes is been Installed"
End If
If AcrobatReader.Checked Then
MsgBox "Acrobat Reader is been Installed"
End If
End Sub
</script>

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RE: Script wait while software installs - 5/12/2008 12:18:21 AM   
  dm_4ever


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Status: offline 		Have you looked at the documentation for the Run method of WSHShell?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5fk67ky(VS.85).aspx

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RE: Script wait while software installs - 5/12/2008 1:16:34 AM   
  Dicko1976

 

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I have looked at what you asked but could not get any of the commands to work. At least this way I get the files running.

the error I kept getting was CANNOT USE PARENTHESES WHEN CALLING A SUB

Im not too sure what that means.

I tried the script below but it kept comming up with the error.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Return = WshShell.Run(file:///C:/Program%20Files/Windows%20NT/Simnumber.txt, 1, true)

All I would like is to for all the software to wait until it is called for......is that possible ?

Thanks

Martyn

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RE: Script wait while software installs - 5/12/2008 1:29:54 AM   
  dm_4ever


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Status: offline 		Have you tried it without the parenthesis like it said....

WshShell.Run command, 1, True

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RE: Script wait while software installs - 5/12/2008 1:52:56 AM   
  Dicko1976

 

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I tried it with the parentheses but it was unable to wait for process when the first application opened

Could this be because its a text file im opening when the actual file will be either an MSI file or a exe file ?

Thanks

Martyn

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RE: Script wait while software installs - 5/12/2008 2:12:28 AM   
  dm_4ever


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RE: Script wait while software installs - 7/23/2008 9:30:51 PM   
  Dicko1976

 

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The line below works great now in a static place but if I put this on to a usb key or cd, how can I get it to look down which ever drive it was on to find the file?

objShell.Run("file:///C:/Program%20Files/Windows%20NT/simnumber.txt")
 
thanks
 
Martyn

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RE: Script wait while software installs - 7/23/2008 10:11:14 PM   
  mbouchard


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Status: offline 		Take a look at the WSH docs, specifically at DriveType.  What you will need to do is look for removable or CD-rom and check for the file on each.  If you have it in a similar location on either device, i.e. in the root, that will be easy.

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RE: Script wait while software installs - 7/23/2008 11:35:59 PM   
  Dicko1976

 

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Status: offline 		Hi I tried looking for what I need but it seems to only want to call the actual vbs script that the script is in.

I will be putting this on a usb key, so the drive letter where the files will be pulled in could be different on each machine. Hence why I need the objShell.Run to be able to call the files from what ever drive the usb key is plugged into.

Anybody any ideas ?

Thanks
 
<script language="VBScript">
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Sub InstallSoftware
If Winzip.Checked Then
'MsgBox "Winzip is been Installed"
objShell.Run("file:///C:/Program%20Files/Windows%20NT/simnumber.txt")

End If
If MSOffice2000Std.Checked Then
'MsgBox "Office 2000 Std is been Installed"
objShell.Run("file:///C:/Program%20Files/Windows%20NT/simnumber1.txt")
End If
If LotusNotes.Checked Then
MsgBox "Lotus Notes is been Installed"
End If
If AcrobatReader.Checked Then
MsgBox "Acrobat Reader is been Installed"
End If
End Sub
</script>

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