Exit Script Question

[JTSmith]

I want to perform a script, within a script...  I want the first script to run and I have an If step in there that ends with Exit Script.  When it exits the script, it goes to the next step in the parent script.  Is there a way to have a complete exit script? 

 

Here is what I am trying to accomplish...

I want some scripts to require a password to run.  If there is a way to "Require Account Password" type step, I'd love the option.  I don't believe there is, so I have a script that runs a check.  Rather than cut and paste the steps on each script, i'd like to just "Perform Script: Password" on each one.  

 

Any advice would be appreciated.  Thanks!

[eos]

Try Halt Script.

[Fitch]

You could use the Re-Login script step to ask for a password.

 

But if the user is already logged in, why bother? Is this a shared computer, where different people walk up and enter data? If not, then I would think it makes more sense to simply test for the account as you say, e.g., with Get ( AccountPrivilegeSetName ).

 

If you're doing that in a separate script, there are various approaches. For example, you could pass the required privilege set name in as a script parameter. The Password script could then compare that to the actual privilege set, and Exit Script with a result of "pass" or "fail". You'd then use Get(ScriptResult) in the parent script to Exit or proceed.

 

Generally I avoid Halt, it feels messy to me. However, a password sub-script like your is one place where I might use it. So, rather than Exit with a "fail" result, you could simply Halt, and it would never return to the parent script. I've worked with a solution like that, and I put HALT in the name of the subscript to remind me that that might be the result if I called it.