Script Execution while System Locked : Automation Tools

[dal]

Hi Team,

Will the script execution happens if I lock my system, I mean I would like to kick-off the script execution, if the script execution is not completed I want to lock my system and look the results on the next day.

Regards,
Dal...

[Ciege]

1) If you lock your system, scripts that interact with the GUI will fail.

2) If you setup your system to lock automatically after some amount of inactivity, then when a script has completed the system will lock. Much like your system will lock when you don't move the mouse for 5 minutes (or whatever you have your timeout set to).

[sdaly]

Hi Dal

After running your tests simply use the two lines of code below to lock your PC.

Private Declare Function LockWorkStation Lib "user32.dll" () As Long
LockWorkStation


Also, if you have the inactivity lock set then you can use loop the below where ever there are long waits.

Public Sub randomMouseMove()
Mouse.MoveTo(Host.Local.Element, (New Location(random.Next(0, 1000), random.Next(0, 1000))))
End Sub

Hope that helps!
Scott

[Support Team]

And if you don't want anyone to influence your testing, you can disable the physical mouse and keyboard using the following code:

Ranorex.Keyboard.Enabled = false;
Ranorex.Mouse.Enabled = false;

Only input from the physical mouse and keyboard will be ignored, the only input that is accepted is the Keyboard.AbortKey which will abort the execution (if it is set in your code).

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Team

[dal]

Thanks all for your suggestions.

In order to handle this situation, we have used a Tool called "Caffine.exe" downloaded from the web, and its activated whenever I perform any execution to prevent the system from locked out.

Regards,
Dal...