Converting .bat to .exe using AutoIt

Converting .bat to .exe using AutoIt.md

There are many ways to convert Windows batch script files to .exe files;

Unfortunately, most of hit methods when searching with https://www.google.co.kr/?gws_rd=ssl#newwindow=1&q=bat+to+exe
may not work or may not satisfy your quality demand;

Many of these naive implementations may let most of antivirus apps consider your result .exe file as a malware;

I tested several tools but until now, AutoIt is the best tool to convert .bat to .exe

Workflow:

1. Install AutoIt from its site
2. Edit an .au3 script file to call your .bat script

• See the example script below
• Or see https://github.com/suewonjp/civilizer/blob/master/tools/run/civilizer-win32.au3

1. Compile it to .exe

• Using Aut2Exe.exe that comes with the installation is recommended because it can let you embed an icon file into the .exe
• https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/intro/compiler.htm

example.au3

### This script is actually used for Civilizer (https://github.com/suewonjp/civilizer),
### the open source personal knowledge management/note taking application

#pragma compile(AutoItExecuteAllowed, True)

#include <Constants.au3>

Local $pid = Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'where java', "", @SW_HIDE)
If $pid == 0 Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "civilizer-win32.exe ERROR", "Can't find JRE (Java Runtime Environment)!" & chr(13) & chr(10) & "Download and install JRE from Oracle unless you haven't")
EndIf

Run("run-civilizer.bat", "", @SW_HIDE)