Wait For Program To Terminate?

[hcour]

Hello,

 

Just got ME a couple wks ago, incredible program.

 

I want to logon to the net, run a stock data downloading program, then logoff when it's finished. I know how to do everything except get it to wait until the program is finished before logging off. I think I should use "Wait Program Terminate" but I don't know how to make Logoff wait for that to happen. Here's the commands as I have them in Script Editor:

 

Dial-Up Networking: RC

Program Launch: "EzDownloader.exe"

Wait Program Terminate: "C:\Trade\UA\EzDownloader.exe"

Dial-Up Networking: Hang Up

 

In Direct Editor:

 

<DIAL:<NAME:rcrcbrp><PASS:>RC><LAUNCHDEL2:0:01C:\Trade\UA\EzDownloader.exe><WAITPROG2:000000:000000:C:\Trade\UA\EzDownloader.exe><HANG>

 

Thanks for any help,

Harold

[floyd]

Welcome hcour,

 

It looks like you dial-up the internet, then you go to the web site, and then launch the EzDownloader.exe program. What does this program do when it is done downloading your stock data? Does it stop and close itself automatically? What happens to the stock data. Does it get put into a file of some sort? How long does the download take?

[hcour]

Hi. No there's no website. It's a program on my computer. When you launch it, it automatically starts downloading data, then closes itself when it finishes.

 

I don't know anything about programming, but I thought I'd need something like a "Then" statement, like this:

 

Wait Program Terminate: "C:\Trade\UA\EzDownloader.exe"

THEN

Dial-Up Networking: Hang Up

 

So it doesn't hangup until after the program terminates. But I can't find THEN in MacroExpress commands anywhere and I'm not sure how to use it in this case anyhow.

 

Thanks,

Harold

[randallc]

Hi,

no, mE does not need "then"; just

Wait for... ieexplor.exe to terminate [Click on the list box of programs to pick this name]

Text Box Display; "next line here"

 

or something similar

Process name do not need a path (I think...?)

Best, Randall

[hcour]

Well, what am I doing wrong then? ME is not waiting for the program to terminate. It dials, connects, then immediately hangs up, w/o waiting.

 

Thanks,

Harold

[hcour]

Ok, I tried it w/Wait Time Elapse (10 mins) and it worked fine.

 

I'll try it w/o the complete program name path and see what that does.

 

Thanks,

Harold

[hcour]

Oh yeah baby! That did it!

 

This program is the coolest thing since sliced bread.

 

Thanks much for the help, Randall and Floyd,

Harold