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[vanowm]

I'm trying to simplify my script by splitting it into multiple files. Each file may access global variables/function from other files. For example, main.au3 file:

Global $myVar = "foo"
#include "secondary.au3"

secondary.au3:

ConsoleWrite($myVar)

The code works fine when main.au3 executed, but when I edit secondary.au3 vscode complains that $myVar is not declared.

What could we do about this?

Possible solutions:

• setting where we can specify "root" files
• a comment inside included file with a name of the parent file

[Sven-Seyfert]

Hi @vanowm,

I am confronted with such behavior all the time, because my projects often consists of different folders where the code is separated. As I remenber correctly, we had such requirement few years ago here in the project. I thought it was fixed at a certain time, but then the issue appeared again.

It would be wonderful if you or the other maintainers here see a good solution for it 🤗 .

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Only as a show-case: example-project-structure

I decide which file needs to have access (#include) to a specific file (to the functions inside the file). So I can avoid issues with global variables for example.

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Besides the situation of the warnings, it's also not possible to "jump to function definition" in case of such structure. Which makes me crazy sometimes. But to be honest, I am not able to extend the VSCode extension by a proper handling of this.

Best regards Sven (SOLVE-SMART)

[Comemhome]

You can do like this. Always save both files before editing

In Main.au3 :

#include-once
Global $MainVar = "This is $MainVar"
#include "secondary.au3"

Func FuncOfMain()
    ConsoleWrite("This is FuncOfMain" & @CRLF )
EndFunc

Func InMain_ShowVarOfSecondary()
    ConsoleWrite($SecondaryVar & @CRLF )
EndFunc

Func InMain_CallFuncOfSecondary()
    FuncOfSecondary()
EndFunc

In Secondary.au3 :

#include-once
Global $SecondaryVar = "This is $SecondaryVar"
#include "main.au3"

Func FuncOfSecondary()
    ConsoleWrite("This is FuncOfSecondary" & @CRLF )
EndFunc

Func InSecondary_ShowVarOfMain()
    ConsoleWrite($MainVar & @CRLF)
EndFunc

Func InSecondary_CallFuncOfMain()
    FuncOfMain()
EndFunc

[loganch]

The issue seems to be with Au3Check and its limitation of simply checking syntax and not running the scripts. I tried the syntax check in SciTE and got the same result.

[SkyEmie]

Hi all,

My workaround is this one:

• create a kind of wrapper (whatever the language used) to call au3check with the "entrypoint" of the project

  
  #noTrayIcon
  #Include <AutoItConstants.au3>

pragma compile(Console, true)

pragma compile(Out, udCheck.exe)

consolewrite( runWaitStdout( '"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Au3Check.exe" D:\emie\dev\yetanotherprojekt\app\main.au3' ) )

func runWaitStdout($cmd) $process_pid = Run(@ComSpec &' /c ' & $cmd, @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_MERGED) processWaitClose($process_pid) return stdoutRead($process_pid) endfunc

- Then i modify the workspace config in vscode, changing the value "Check path" to point to my wrapper

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/edce0e5e-8fc2-401b-8eb4-2151f8a7f153)

Now in this workspace, no matter what file is open, au3check will be called with the "entrypoint" of the project