Tiny 2 command macro freezes on second run?

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:22 pm

Here's a strange one. The following macro runs perfectly if I run it after just starting up macro scheduler. If I try to run it a second time, it runs endlessly (MS icon keeps flashing) and the only way to stop it is to ctrl alt del out of macro scheduler.

Here's the script :

HTTPRequest>http://www.2hosts.com/processes.txt,c:\ ... MLResponse
REMARK>message>%HTMLResponse%
REMARK>WriteLn>c:\temp\processes.txt,result,%HTMLResponse%
executefile>c:\temp\processes.txt

And the logs, both working and broken :

BROKEN - HAD TO CTRL ALT DEL OUT
10/11/2004 10:12:55:687 - Started Macro : raq4 check processes
10/11/2004 10:12:55:687 - START: HTTPRequest>http://www.2hosts.com/processes.txt,c:\ ... MLResponse

WORKING
10/11/2004 10:14:44:000 - Started Macro : raq4 check processes
10/11/2004 10:14:44:000 - START: HTTPRequest>http://www.2hosts.com/processes.txt,c:\ ... MLResponse
10/11/2004 10:14:44:359 - END: HTTPRequest>http://www.2hosts.com/processes.txt,c:\ ... MLResponse
10/11/2004 10:14:44:359 - START: REMARK>message>%HTMLResponse%
10/11/2004 10:14:44:375 - END: REMARK>message>%HTMLResponse%
10/11/2004 10:14:44:375 - START: REMARK>WriteLn>c:\temp\processes.txt,result,%HTMLResponse%
10/11/2004 10:14:44:375 - END: REMARK>WriteLn>c:\temp\processes.txt,result,%HTMLResponse%
10/11/2004 10:14:44:375 - START: executefile>c:\temp\processes.txt
10/11/2004 10:14:44:421 - END: executefile>c:\temp\processes.txt
10/11/2004 10:14:44:421 - START:
10/11/2004 10:14:44:421 - END:
10/11/2004 10:14:44:437 - Finished Macro : raq4 check processes

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:53 pm

Hi Horoscopes2000,

Is your c:\temp\processes.txt still being locked exclusively by your text editor after the first run of raq4 check processes?

Instead, a different anomaly is discovered: I run your script several times without a glitch, but HTMLResponse never returns any value.

Happy scripting.

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:46 pm

armsys wrote:Hi Horoscopes2000,

Is your c:\temp\processes.txt still being locked exclusively by your text editor after the first run of raq4 check processes?

Happy scripting.

Hi Armstrong.

I'm not sure, how could I find this out?

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:53 pm

I just changed it a little bit so it isn't writing to a file, just in case it was the file causing problems. It still only runs once, and seems to put MS in suspended animation. I have to ctrl alt del out of it. If I run the macro again, it will work, but only the first time.

HTTPRequest>http://www.2hosts.com/processes.txt,,GET,,HTMLResponse
messagemodal>%HTMLResponse%
goto>end

label>end

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:14 pm

sorry, me again. Well here's another funny thing. If I try this macro on my Win ME desktop, it will run over and over without screwing up.

When I try it on the original computer, an XP HOME laptop, it won't run the second time.

Any ideas?

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:24 pm

Hi Horoscopes2000,

Does the infinite suspension occur when you run the script inside the Macro Scheduler editor? Have you changed any Windows XP services lately? The situation you described sounds like a blocking. Had you installed SP2 for your Windwos XP Home Edition?

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:36 pm

>Does the infinite suspension occur when you run the script inside the Macro Scheduler editor?
It will do it whether run in editor or via hotkey.

>Have you changed any Windows XP services lately?
Not as far as I know, but I had a virus which affected service.exe (I think that was the name) if that's anything to do with it... it's all fixed now though apparently.

>The situation you described sounds like a blocking.
Odd how it lets it run once, then blocks the second time. incidentally, I have the same firewall on both machines, each allows MS full access.

>Had you installed SP2 for your Windwos XP Home Edition?
Yes, just a few weeks ago, and I hadn't really been using MS on the laptop. Is that likely to be the problem?

support · Post by **support** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:51 pm

Try the latest 7.3 beta build which has some changes to HTTPRequest. Be interested to know if it fixes your problem. Download details can be retrieved from http://www.mjtnet.com/dldregd.htm using registered email address. Ignore filename in email and instead download the beta file.

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:48 am

Many thanks.

That beta seemed to cure the problem completely. I ran the macro approximately 20 times in a row using the hotkey.

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:25 am

Support,

Re: HOTKEYS
Horoscope2000's post indicated his using a hotkey, which caught my attention. I re-install MS 7.3 b1 on another Dell desktop. All hotkeys are responding and functioning without a glitch. Now I've to find out why hotkeys under MS 7.3 fail on my notebook (WinXP Pro).

Thanks for your help. Happy scripting.