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Barry · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 5

I'm working on a kiosk that will be sent via the web. I have a coupon printing function that I've created but I can't get by the Print Dialog box! I've tried several ahk scripts but nothing seems to work. Here is the last script I tried...

WinWait, Print,
IfWinNotActive, Print, , WinActivate, Print,
WinWaitActive, Print,
MouseClick, left, 337, 403

Could anyone help me with this, I would really appreciate it. My mind is about fried trying to work around this. The reason I want to bypass (or automatically press the Print button) is so that someone can't change the quantity and print a hundred coupons at once.

Thanks in advance for the help!

engunneer · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:07 am Post subject:

instead of mouseclick, try Send, {enter} or similar.

is the window actually popping up?

what kind of document are you printing? you may be able to print directly with the Run command (search the Run page for "print")

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ahklerner · Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1249 Location: USA

specifying absolute coordinates will definitely not work,(for a script that will be ran by a diverse group) IMO. You need to look at the controlclick command.

n00ge · Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 26

I'm looking into running this script for a kiosk setup as well. Whenever I run the script, it ends as soon as I print. How do I make it so that each time I print, it resets and I don't have to restart the script.

Here's the code I'm running (based off the previous sample):

silveredge78 · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Midwest, USA

Not exactly sure how you want it to be existing, but you could just throw a Reload at the end of your script. It will then sit and wait till the Print dialog box pops up again.
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n00ge · Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 26

Basically, each time a print dialog pops up, I'd like it to catch it (as it does the first time around) and press enter when it's active.

silveredge78 · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Midwest, USA

Then I think a:

Kiosk Guy · Guest

Here is the script I am currently using for multiple prints with success. Hope this helps you out.

poo_noo · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 129 Location: Sydney Australia

Have you tried the Run option in combination with windows inbuilt print command ?