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I am writing an automation script for a game I play a lot, but I am in desperate need of some help with the ControlSend command using Subroutines in relation to Hwnds.

In the following piece of code (note this is only a small part of the script), I use the ControlSend command to send messages to the game after reading coordinates from a certain file:



Now, here is the issue:
Whenever I write the following it all works perfectly fine: ( the only thing different is the Send x instead of Send {up down} and {up up} )


But when using the arrow keys (yes, I have tested it using a normal Send command to make sure the keystrokes work in-game) it just does nothing at all.
Can someone explain to me how this is any different ? Or is there something else going on here ?

what about:


and what about:

I think you have (many) more problems than you think.

What do you expect this line to do?

What it will do is send the literal string "A_wSend". It in no way references the subroutine "wSend", and there is no way to make it do so.

Also your subroutine "A_wSend" is lacking a required "Return" statement and should look like this:

So then just out of curiosity, how would you use a "push key down" ({up down}) in a ControlSend? I just tested the following:


It doesn't work~

u can use for controlsend

o wait, help file did mention an example

Can you show the full syntax for that? I've tried figuring out a way to do SetKeyDelay with ControlSends and the following does absolutely nothing (In fact, it just breaks the ControlSend even further):

tested works for me on notepad

I appreciate the help guys !

@amazed, it was a wild guess if "A_ThisLabel" would work with a ControlSend, thank you for explaining.

I know a Return was lacking from the wSend subroutine, it was a mere copy paste mistake from my original code.

@the last guest posting, I know it works with normal text I'm talking about pushing keys down and releasing them again. {Up down}{Up up} etc.


I'm first trying out some other stuff and will post back here if anything resolves the issues.

Doesn't work.

o ic, sorry i misunderstood ur question
the below script still works perfectly in notepad

it does show "!@#ABC" instead of "123abc"

so the bottom line is down/up buttons works in ControlSend, probably the issue is the window u are using does not support it

I fail to understand why you're using ControlGet to get the window's HWND. Does it not work if you specify WinTitle in ControlSend itself? There doesn't appear to be any unique designation in your code that should stop it. There are also easier ways to retrieve the HWND:

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ControlGet does the same thing.

I still can't get it to work.. I guess the window isn't supporting it indeed.



Just does nothing. I've tried changing both parameter values, but it doesn't matter.

I might have found the problem.
For some reason ControlSend just ignores the second parameter in SetKeyDelay.
So it reads SetKeyDelay, 500, -1
but not SetKeyDelay, 500, 1000

It's not pressing down buttons, it just spams them.

Carnifex, have you tried any other send modes like SendPlay or SendInput? You may have already tried these, but I just thought I would check

I know those work, but that would require the game to be the active window, which I don't want.