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Hi!!
I've just discover this splendid "autohotkey" utility....
I would like to know how is it possible reading char text in a win32 console based program...... (video is text char 80x25)very similiar to old dos application....
I have read the manual, but, I'm newbie, so I've not found the answer

May you help me please?

Thanks to all

Danrevella

What's his name?

This f.e.:
http://www.dposoft.net/
hdd regenerator

This has been asked and answered many times (but I don't remember just where). Search the forums and you will find the answer(s).

Search tips:
method 1 (forum), method 2 (site), method 3 (Google).

I have search for......
But, maybe I don't understand or maybe I think that all the process may be really simple, but I'm unable in solving the problem (me guilty..)

For example, in row: 21 and column:6 we may read the start of the text:
"Enter choice [ ]", but I have NOT found any command able in manage these simple "dos" coordinate....
This is a real program, who run in his win32 console process, I may send key to him, but I'm unable in reading the text...

Thanks for your patience.

Because you know that static text, and you know which option you wanna select, simply detect the window, set it on focus, send the key. Done

As I told before, I may send key to the window, but I have to read the generate text AFTER, and then perform a CONDITIONAL selection, but I may NOT know what have to do after if I'm unable in reading text.
For example I may select option 1) Then if is ok I may pass to the next job, but if it failed, I have to perform another selection...

Many thanks, BTW

Uhm....
Maybe I have to read a char one pixel at time? ))

Hi:

I've tried WinGetText (which I have in a hotkey), but doesn't work.

I don't know by heart the exact commands, but I would look in the manual how to:

Select all the window contents by Right click on the upper frame region, Edit, Select All. SendInput {Enter} to copy its contents to the Clipboard (but maybe someone else knows how to extract the text directly to the Clipboard).

var = Clipboard

Parse the var looking for the line and chars you need.

Good luck

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Regards.

Actually you probably could do it that way, or just use WinMove to position/size the window the same every time, and then use PixelGetColor to check if a certain area has changed from black to white. If you know the options and where they will appear on the screen, you could do it by having a SetTimer check only one or two pixels every few minutes or so... Maybe RunWait too if that works with console tasks...

Note: I'm not suggesting anyone actually use the pixel method, except as a last resort. I'm sure there are better ways. For example, I've been reading up on the console functions posted by corrupt (see links below) - if you understand how to use them, perhaps they could work - I'm still trying to learn his method.

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtop ... 87&start=0

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8606

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Hardware: 1.8 GHz laptop with 4 GB ram, Windows XP/SP3
Software: Prevx, Privatefirewall, KeyScrambler.

danrevella,

try the following:

1. activate the console window
2. Open its system menu (Alt+Space)
3. Choose Edit
4. Choose Select All
5. Press Enter

Now the text of the console should be in your clipboard.
Maybe step 3+4 are not quite exact as I only have a German Windows and guessed the English names of menu items.
If that works for you it would be easy to tranform it into an AHK script.

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Hasso

Programmers don't die, they GOSUB without RETURN

yEAH!!
I understand..... unfortunelly while I try to clip the screen, the running program crash......
Thanks