When exporting an EXE...

only1platinum · Post by **only1platinum** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:37 pm

I have a script that I have been working on for about the last week or so. It uses several instances of image recognition and work fine on my machine. I have the pro version because I will need to be able to run the scripts I create on other machines.

- I exported the exe, and saved it to the server...
- Created a shortcut on the local machine where the script will be run...
- Run the script and point it to the excel file that it needs to use to pull data...
- the exe will not find the buttons to click on to perform tasks. it just sits there till it times out.

I tried copying image files that I found where my script was first saved however I thought these would have been hardcoded to the EXE? I may be showing my ignorance here. It doesn't work with those images in the same folder as the exe.

even tried putting all files in the same folder on the local machine. Any help would be great. Thanks guys! You have been a great help already!

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:14 pm

If the new machine has a different color depth, theme, system font setting and so on, then your images may need recapturing on that machine. Image Recognition is like-for-like. Also make sure the paths to the images are correct for the new machine (I always use %SCRIPT_DIR% so I only have to put the image in the same folder as the .exe/script).

only1platinum · Post by **only1platinum** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:11 pm

Okay I will double check the screen color depth and see if I can fix that. How do I go about re capturing the images on that machine without installing Macro scheduler on that machine? I only have one license for the software.

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:57 pm

One way would be to use the last script at the end of this thread.

Compile the script and you can use it where ever. When the script asks if you want to print, pick no. The image you selected is now in the clipboard. Open mspaint and paste the the image. finally, save the image to a bmp file from paint.