SimpleUpdater

[serendipity]

@serendipity

Can you write VBS code also for closing every XY and XYcopy window after a delay?

Close or kill??

Close. There should be a way to focus a window and then send an Alt+F4, but never investigated further...

Yeah should be possible if it is possible to get the window title.

[drewkeller]

Check out the console command (graceful if you leave off the /F switch)

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taskkill /IM xyplorer.exe
taskkill /IM xycopy.exe

Or for vbscript something like (I don't think vbs has any native way to do it gracefully)

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sub killProcess(strProcessName)
    set colProcesses = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name='" & strProcessName & "'")
    if colProcesses.count <> 0 then
        for each objProcess in colProcesses
            objProcess.Terminate()
        next
    end if
end sub 

killProcess "xyplorer.exe"
killProcess "xycopy.exe"

Or I imagine you could use an AutoIt script exported out to an exe

[serendipity]

Check out the console command (graceful if you leave off the /F switch)

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taskkill /IM xyplorer.exe
taskkill /IM xycopy.exe

Or for vbscript something like (I don't think vbs has any native way to do it gracefully)

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sub killProcess(strProcessName)
    set colProcesses = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name='" & strProcessName & "'")
    if colProcesses.count <> 0 then
        for each objProcess in colProcesses
            objProcess.Terminate()
        next
    end if
end sub 

killProcess "xyplorer.exe"
killProcess "xycopy.exe"

Or I imagine you could use an AutoIt script exported out to an exe

Yeah, was going to suggest task kill but it's not supported in xp home and 2000 i think.

[Marco]

Yeah, was going to suggest task kill but it's not supported in xp home and 2000 i think.

I confirm, taskkill is available only as part of a Resource Kit for older Windows. That's the same problem I faced when writing my updating script: XP doesn't offer all the batch commands available in 7.

[drewkeller]

Perhaps the new Exit command can have the option "a" (all) to close all XYplorer and XYcopy windows... ? Seems like that would be the cleanest and most reliable solution. Then you could (if you need to do it externally for some reason)

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' Close all XY windows (with save) and block until it completes
cmd.exe /k "xyplorer.exe /win=min /flg=2 /script="::Exit 'sa'" "

If you're doing it from inside XY, obviously all you need is the script command.

[admin]

Each XYplorer has its own garbage (XYcopy) collection. One cannot just kill XYcopy instances from outside because they might be doing important things.

[serendipity]

Each XYplorer has its own garbage (XYcopy) collection. One cannot just kill XYcopy instances from outside because they might be doing important things.

Good point, i'll include this maybe:

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    IF (get ("XYcopy_Pending")!=0){ 
    end 1==1, "Cannot update, XYcopy running."; 
    }

Also, can get("instance") enumerate how many open instances?

[admin]

Also, can get("instance") enumerate how many open instances?

No, this is unknown.

[serendipity]

Also, can get("instance") enumerate how many open instances?

No, this is unknown.

OK, thanks.

[klownboy]

serendipity, very slick and even nicer now without the need of a support file. It deserved it's own place on my toolbar.
Thanks,
Ken

[serendipity]

serendipity, very slick and even nicer now without the need of a support file. It deserved it's own place on my toolbar.
Thanks,
Ken

Thanks. Nice buttons there!

[Filehero]

I assigned it the XY-logo as a button since it's calling home.


Cheers,
Filehero

[Filehero]

Hi,

I'm still excited, this updater is an awesome script. The functional impact per LoC is tremendous!



Cheers,
Filehero

[klownboy]

Hey Filehero, it's been awhile. Yes, I just changed my icon over to the XYplorer logo as well. For anyone interested you can grab it by typing in http://www.xyplorer.com/favicon.ico into your address bar and then right click on the logo to save it to your drive.
Thanks,
Ken

[serendipity]

Hi,

I'm still excited, this updater is an awesome script. The functional impact per LoC is tremendous!



Cheers,
Filehero

Thanks!