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I am working on some macro's and .cmd files (vista batch files) to power-up and power-down my system based upon what my UPS senses for house power.
Presently I am stuck on how to gracefully exit PowerHome after my PowerHome "shutdown" macro executes.
From within Powerhome, I have tried:
ph_closewindow(ph_handle())
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ph_sendkeys("{exit}")
both of which seem to hang (I guess because they were initiated from within what I am trying to shutdown).
Does anyone have any ideas of how I can shut PH down programatically either from within or outside of PH?
In the PH ini file, and have already turned off the setting that asks for confirmation on exit.
Edited by smarty - May 13 2009 at 19:50
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Smarty,
Try
Code:
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OK, Still no luck....
Maybe I am testing this wrong....
I make a one line formula macro, using one of the formula's suggested above (I have tried this with the "value" column both posted or immediate). When I run the macro, the PH window doesn't close, but rather it freezes, and I have to end up forcing the window to close by using the "end now" Windows function.
There should be a way to programaticly (sp?) gracefully exit PH from within (or at least from an external bat/cmd file)....right?
Edited for bad spelling!!
Edited by smarty - May 15 2009 at 08:55
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Hmmmm...I just tried this myself and was able to do it successfully. I created a one line macro that looks like this:
10 Formula Post ph_closewindow(ph_handle())
Saved, and executed right from the macro screen of the PH Explorer. No lockups.
One other thing I might mention...you CANT close PowerHome if you're running it as a service using these methods. Services must be closed a different way. I would have to check the exact syntax, but to close PH when its running as a service would require something like:
ph_run("c:\program files\powerhome\phservice.exe -k PowerHome")
I just checked the above and this does work.
HTH,
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I am not running PH as a service, so
Hmmm....
I turned the MacAfee service off and it STILL does not exit gracefully (not at home and also not at work).
I am trying to think of common running programs or services between work and home (MacAfeee was one) that might cause PH not to exit properly.
....Er....help????
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OK, I think I figured it out....
Initially I stated.... "In the PH ini file, I have have already turned off the setting that asks for confirmation on exit."
I turned the EXIT confirmation back on, but then I set the confirmshutdowndefault to YES, and now I can exit exit gracefully.
See below:
[System]
CONFIRMSHUTDOWN=yes
ConfirmShutdownDefault=yes
If I turn the EXIT confirmation OFF, PowerHome hangs no matter what I set the conformationshutdowndeafult to be.
A slight bug?
Edited by smarty - May 16 2009 at 17:52
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Smarty,
I'll check this out and let you know what I find.
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