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Hello and thank you for taking a look at this post.

I first want to thank all those involved with the creation and continued development of autohotkey. This program has greatly helped in my time management through automation.

Now on to the challenge.

I have a program called "Swifttalker" that (amongst other things) gives me the capability to convert txt files into wav files so I can listen to the words in the file aloud. A text to speech program. It makes this possible through manual efforts (manual clicking) and from command line submission.

I have been using the manual side for a while now and it works great for one or two files at a time.

Unfortunately I now have 219 pages (files) to convert and don't want to be sitting in front of my computer for days to complete this task.

So I started writing a script that would automate this process.

The challenge I'm having is with the loop (possibly other areas too).

If anyone would be willing to help it would be greatly appreciated. By the way, i have search the forum prior to this post to find and answer and found many answer regarding loops. Unfortunately, I did not find any related to this specific challenge.

Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thank you in advance for any actions and/or suggestions you may have.

Short script that has been tested and works:



Here is the current loop script that doesn't work:




Last two things:

1. Having the ability to stop a run away loop like the below code included shows would be wonderful (I've already had to shut my computer down several time due to this one):





And last one:

2. Replacing the msgbox at the end with a tooltip balloon that displays for a few seconds then goes away would bring about the quan (watch Jerry McGuire movie to find out; although I most likely misspelled it)

Thanks again and make sure you have a fantastic day!

I think I have the last two items handled.

So if someone would help me out with the loop ... that would be great.

The part that I seem to be having difficulty with is the runwait line and the filemove line.

what I would like to see happen:
I need the the runwait line to use one text file at a time from the text_to_wav_folder, convert it to wav using the swifttalker command statement, move the original txt file to the converted folder, and place the finished wav file in the wav_folder.

what is actually happening:
first file is chosen ?, black command page flashes on the screen, and no wav file is created. Then the filemove move all the files from the text_to_wav_folder to the converted_folder at one time instead of one at a time. Then the loop ends and script ends (according to the traytips).

Here is updated code:



Thank you and have a fantastic day!

Some remarks:

- Instead of Outputvar =... I suggest you look at the SplitPath command it is much easier to understand in my opinion.

- Your filemove command seems to move the entire folder, you are missing the file you just processed? So it should probably be

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@HugoV

Thank you for the reply.

I attempted SplitPath, which I was unable to get to function like OutputVar due to how it works with wildcards (* and ?). In the remarks section of SplitPath it says:



So that is why I went with OutputVar. It also is the only one that I could get to work in displaying the outcome correctly in a msgbox while testing.

If you know of a way that I over looked ... please share.


Also, in regards to the FileMove:

Thank you. I don't know how I missed that. I've been working on this issue for many hours. Perhaps a break would help. Anyway thank you again.

trstone,

It is hard to debug like this.
You should test one component at a time.
1. I dont see why you cannot use SplitPath to extract the the path components from A_FileLongPath

2. Comment out your FileMove and everything else that is not related to your problem at hand

3. If I got this correctly, your WAV is not generated? If thats the problem, than your command line call is invalid. MsgBox it and see what is the problem there. Maybe it cant find your swift talker command line EXE or maybe it cannot access your output folder or something else

4. Not related to your problem, but I noticed an extra slash here


5. You can use the HIDE option to hide that black console screen.

6. Why would you want to sleep for 10 seconds after each run?

7. If you submit a script asking for help, you should try and compact it as much as possible - remove what is not needed for your problem - this process alone can usually help you solve things.

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@Icarus

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

To answer you:

0. Testing one at a time:

You are absolutely correct. I figured that out after my first post. So that is what I did between the first and the last post (that being tested one item at a time).

1. SplitPath:

I don't know how to use SplitPath. I also don't really understand "OutputVar" either. I found that line of code in someone else's example.

2. Comment out:

I did while I was testing. I only posted the whole script on my last post, for anyone that is attempting to help me. I figured they could benefit from seeing the whole script instead of several little parts).

3. Command line call:

Your right, it is invalid or not functioning correctly. I did attempt to msgbox it and every thing shows in the msgbox correctly. As far as finding the swifttalk command line exe and the folder output, it worked when I manually typed the argument into the command line. This is the part that I currently don't understand and need help with.

4. extra slash:

Yes your right. Thank you. Fixed it.

5. Hide option:

Yes, I believe I will use it once this script is fully functional.

6. Sleep:

These were left over from my testing.

7. Compact & remove:

O.k. I can re-post only the command line loop if necessary.

Again thank you and have a fantastic day!