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Petru

Post subject: Storing AHK code in a variable

Posted: August 8th, 2011, 12:25 pm

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I need to store some AHK code in a variable for use with AHK.dll. How do you advise me to do this?

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 12:45 pm

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Two ways I can think of however since you've provided no examples of this code or what you wish to accomplish with it I'll hav eot generalize a bit.
This first way would be to store it in a variable like your post states:

Code:

variable =
(
;your code
)
msgbox % variable

The second way would to store it in a seperate .ahk file and run it through your original script.
main.ahk

Code:

run, test.ahk

test.ahk

Code:

msgbox, you've just run test.ahk

This way you can also create and/or update a file with text and save it.

Again since I don't know what your wanting to do that's the best I can come up with.

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Petru

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 1:14 pm

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I know exactly what I am doing, and I need to store the code in a variable, not in a file. I want to know whether I should use Join, LTrim, etc and preced problematic characters with the escape character `, or maybe there is another simpler way.

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 1:21 pm

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Again no one can help you if you don't A post your code and B explain what your trying to do.

>>I need to store the code in a variable

Tells me nothing.

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Petru

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 1:44 pm

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I am not able to post the code right now; I'm working on a complex program with which I am going to participate in an IT contest, and I am forbidden to do so by the rules of a contest. (I promise I'll post the program and code afterwards, btw a very old version of it is in my signature)

Let me take an example

Code:

;; Example of the code I want to include
x := "This is a test."
msgbox, Value of x is %x%

;; plus some other few hundred lines of code

Code:

;; Example of the script main file
hModule:=DllCall("LoadLibrary","Str",dll_location) ; load the Autohotkey.dll file
code := ??? (how should I assign the code above?) 
pointerLine:=DllCall(dll_location "\addScript","Str",code)

Thank you for helping me, and please excuse me if I am a bit grumpy, I'm in a rush to add as many new features as I can to the program.

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HotKeyIt

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 1:50 pm

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I suggest to use CreateScript, which was written for this.

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Petru

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 4:12 pm

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Now here's another problem...

Code:

DllCall(MultiDLL1  "\addFile","Str",A_ScriptDir . "\_player.ahk","Uchar",1,"Cdecl UInt")

This gives me access violation. What's wrong?

Note: MultiDLL1 is the location of AHK.dll.

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 7:50 pm

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addFile is used to add files to running script. First start script using ahkdll or ahktextdll :!:

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Petru

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 9:15 pm

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Changed I still get 0xc0000005 when it loads.
Edit: fixed it. Thanks. But still, how can I store the script in a variable? (so that I do not use "ahkdll" but "ahktextdll") Should I just use Join or LTrim and preced all problematic characters with ` ?

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HotKeyIt

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 9:18 pm

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Can you post your script?

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Petru

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 9:20 pm

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Forgive me, I fixed it. I'm just very clumsy. See post above.

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HotKeyIt

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 9:37 pm

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Quote:

how can I store the script in a variable?

However you like, e.g.

Code:

script:="MsgBox % A_Now`nMsgBox % A_UserName`nExitApp"

Code:

script:="
(
MsgBox % A_Now
MsgBox % A_UserName
ExitApp
)"

You can also use CreateScript() as I suggested above:

Code:

dll:=AhkDllThread()
dll.ahktextdll(CreateScript("<MyDll:MyDll>`nfunc{}"))
While !dll.ahkReady()
   Sleep 10
While dll.ahkReady()
   Sleep 100
ExitApp


;start of dll script
<MyDLL:
Gui,Add,Button,gMyDllButton,Test Dll
Gui,Show
Return
MyDllButton:
MsgBox % func()
GuiClose:
ExitApp
;end of dll script
MyDLL>:
Return

func(){ ;function is also included
   Return "message from AutoHotkey.dll"
}

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Petru

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Posted: August 8th, 2011, 10:00 pm

Joined: December 17th, 2007, 6:39 pm
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You are very kind but I am really unable to use your function, because my functions depend on other functions which in turn depend on other ones... my code is too tangled for your function to work.

Now I'm having trouble with something else...

Code:

DllCall(A_ScriptDir . "\MultiDLL" . th . ".dll\ahkpostfunction",...)

Again this gives me access violation. I hope I'm dreaming...

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Posted: August 9th, 2011, 5:58 am

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Please note, all Dll function names are case sensitive, so it is

Code:

ahkPostFunction

Can you please post your full script, or at least one that reproduces the problem :!:

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Petru

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Posted: August 9th, 2011, 11:51 am

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Location: Galati, Romania

See this. The dll inside is your dll.

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