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Notice that the Finish button doesn't have a keyboard shortcut - luckily it is the default button on this dialog so we can just press ENTER to select it. The picture of each dialog is shown along with the script lines needed to automate Setup', 'Quick Start Setup', 'switch between the two Setup', '&Express setup Setup', 'WinZip needs to associate itself with your is the final dialog of the setup. Wait for the window to appear and then press ALT-y to accept the continues in a similar fashion for a few dialogs.

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After the window has appeared we will want to press Setup', 'WinZip features License dialog will appear next: In this case I've chosen WinZip features include. Screen try to pick the most unique text you can.

Notice that this window has exactly the same title as the first of WinZip Setup - in fact all the dialogs in the setup have this title! In order to tell the difference between these windows we must also use the window text - on each The script lines Setup', 'into the following WinZip Features dialog will appear next:

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We need to wait for this screen to be active and then click ENTER to accept the install location. The installation location dialog will appear next: The resulting script lines 9.0 SR-1 Setup', to click on the picture to see the AutoIt v3 Window Info output, this is especially important as the title contains the special (R) character which would be difficult to type). We need to wait for this window to popup and become active, and then we need to send the keystroke ALT-s to click the Setup button. So the first line first dialog will pop-up: The first script line is easy, we want to run the winzip90.exe installer. The script lines to automate each dialog will be shown after each picture (remember to click on the picture to see the AutoIt v3 Window Info output). We will now run through the installation manually and write the script as we go. Copy the WinZip installer to this directory and create a blank script called 3. On the picture to see the AutoIt v3 Window Info output for that dialog.įirst create a directory that we will use for the WinZip installer and our script file. Screenshots of each dialog will be provided and you can click

As usual with these types of installations the window title of each dialog is the same (WinZip Setup) so we must use window text to tell the difference between windows. We are going to write a script that simply waits for these dialog boxes to appear and then clicks theĪppropriate buttons. The WinZip installation consists of approximately 10 dialog boxes that you must click buttons (usually Next) to continue. It is assumed that you are already familiar with creating and running AutoIt scripts and the use of the AutoIt v3 Window Info to read window titles and text, as shown in the HelloWorld and Notepad tutorials.

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This tutorial explains how to automate the installation of WinZip 9 SR-1.

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