[KevinH]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I agree. I don't know how feasible it would be, but the ability to continue (ignore) or abort in the event of a validation error would be optimal, I think.

So hopefully something along these lines:

bool MainWindow::Automate(const QStringList &commands)
{
    PluginDB *pdb = PluginDB::instance();
    QHash<QString, Plugin *> plugins = pdb->all_plugins();
    QStringList plugin_names = plugins.keys();

    foreach(QString cmd , commands) {
        bool success = false;
        QString plugin_type;
        int validation_error_count = 0;
        if (plugin_names.contains(cmd)) {
            ShowMessageOnStatusBar(cmd + " " + tr("running"));
            PluginRunner prunner(m_TabManager, this);
            prunner.exec(cmd);

            qApp->processEvents();

            success = prunner.getResult() == "success";
            plugin_type = prunner.getPluginType();
            if (plugin_type == "validation") {
                validation_error_count = prunner.getValidationErrorCount();
            }
        } else {
            ShowMessageOnStatusBar(tr("Missing or unknown plugin") + ": " + cmd);
            break;
        }
        if (!success) {
            ShowMessageOnStatusBar(cmd + " " + tr("failed"));
            break;
        }
        if (plugin_type == "validation" && (validation_error_count != 0)) {
            // Try to pause to see if can ignore or not in a non-modal way
            ShowMessageOnStatusBar(tr("Validation Plugin Found Errors") + ": " + cmd);
            QMessageBox msgBox;
            msgBox.setText(tr("Validation found errors - Abort or Ignore?"))
            QPushButton * abortButton = msgBox.addButton(QMessageBox::Abort);
            QPushButton * ignoreButton = msgBox.addButton(QMessageBox::Ignore);
            msgBox.show();
            if (msgBox.clickedButton() != ignoreButton) {
                break;
            }
        }
    
        qApp->processEvents();
    }
}

Not sure if this will even compile and that a non-Modal QMessageBox is even possible. But if so, the user can then decide to fix the validation errors before deciding on ignore or abort.

We then add 3 new icons and an automate toolbar to parse the 3 different automate0x.txt scripts and pass the results to the Automate routine above for processing.

Maybe?