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Hi all, i am trying to make an aplication with Visual Basic 6.0 and AutoHotKey. I want to make an Autohotkey script that lets me send parameters to him, and run a part of the code script acording the parameter sended.
I read the the part "Passing Command Line Parameters to a Script" from the Autohotkey's Manual but it doen't serv me. Because is a command line parameters on execute time and i want to pass parameters at the same time of the script is running. In this way i can "say" what i want to my autohotkey script do through Visual Basic.

For example, I send trough Visual Basic the word "E-mail", then the Script:

If var = "E-Mail"
{
code
}

Lot of thanks

Medium difficulty task.

Either have to use the clipboard to transfer the data, or use window messages.

I believe window messages would be the best solution, as it will not interrupt anything of the user, and wont rely on the clipboard issues you may run into (clipboard times out every now and then).

I don't know the relevant code for Visual Basic, but in ahk its

And in the ahk script you would do


Lookup OnMessage() in autohotkey help files.

Sure sounds like you're launching an AHK using VB...

This will pull your first command line param into the variable named "var" that you specified...

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Yes i tryed this way. But i want to send parameters after the script is running, not at execute time.
And if this way is posible i don't know how is the command ms-dos console.

Thanks a lot !!!

This is my ahk script:
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OnMessage(0x0C, "READTHE")

READTHE(wParam, lParam)
{
Send {F9 down}{F9 up}
Sleep, 100
MouseClick, left, 285, 330,2
Sleep, 100
MouseClick, left, 285, 330,2
Sleep, 100
}

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And through Visual Basic:

Dim l As Long, s As String
l = FindWindowEx(FindWindow("Autohotkey", vbNullString), 0, vbNullString, vbNullString)

s = "some"

SendMessage l, WM_SETTEXT, 0, ByVal s

But it still not working.
Thanks all.

You have the right idea with SendMessage, however you may want to take a look at the WM_COPYDATA message, rather than WM_SETTEXT.

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I get the same problem.

Any idea?

Thanks !!!

Here is the solution: (thanks to RaptorX in freenode chat irc)

ClipWait, 10


OnClipboardChange:
ClipSaved := Clipboard
msgbox % clipsaved

if ClipSaved contains keyword ; If it contains "keyword" string
{
CODE
}
return

A lot of thanks to RaptorX, a good person and with a lot of patience. xD.
Bye, and thanks to all.