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[fmate14]

The original SendU function is very good and useful, but some program (like Total Commander) cannot receive characters with them. I extend this with clipboard function: copy the unicode char to clipboard and paste it to the program. It works well. Now it has a dynamic mode: it uses the original function, if it works well with the active process. Currently there is only few program detected. Please, send me AN EMAIL (fmate 144 at google's mail), if you find a best mode for a program.

SendU.ahk, SendUTest.ahk, Changelog.txt, CoHelper

File name: SendUTest.ahk

[Laszlo]

Very useful collection of functions, and written cleanly, so they are easy to follow!

A few trivial (and unnecessary) simplifications:
- In the function SendUMode you could initialize the variable mode: “static mode = i”, so there will be no need to check if it is empty.
- In the function SendUSaveClipboard you could use “cb := ClipboardALL” to save non-text contents, too.
- In the function _SendUInput you can get rid of the variable “initialized”, if you check the allocated size of “buffer” (initially 0). Or, initialize it to an arbitrary value “static buffer = #” and check “if buffer = #”.
- The function _SendUGetGlobal could contain a single line: “ return %var% . "" ”.

[Laszlo]

For some reasons the Clipboard method does not work with the latest MS Word and Wordpad, under Vista. It is OK in Notepad.

Adding some delay (Sleep 50…500) in the _SendUClipboard function between “SendInput ^v” and “Clipboard = ;” fixes the problem. I guess, in the original the Clipboard gets cleared before the sent Ctrl-V could have pasted it.

[fmate14]

[engunneer]

please edit the first post to keep it updated.
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[fmate14]

I update my script with dynamic mode.
Clipboard mode for TotalCommander, original mode for Firefox, etc.
Easy to use, easy to switch.

[Piz]

Just a suggestion. Do all of the following:

Step 1. Remove the return that appears immediately before the gosub routine _SendU_Remove_Tooltip.

Step 2. Move the gosub routine _SendU_Remove_Tooltip from its position near the end of the file to inside the function _SendU_Dynamic_Mode_Tooltip, at the very end of the function, with a return immediately preceding it.

Step 3. In the same way, move the gosub routine _SendU_restore_Clipboard from its position near the end of the file to inside the function _SendU__SendU_Clipboard_Mode_Tooltip, at the very end of the function, with a return immediately preceding it.

Step 4. Comment out or delete the gosub routines _SendU_Try_Dynamic_Mode (which is co-labeled with _SendU_Change_Dynamic_Mode) and _SendU_Toggle_Clipboard_Restore_Mode, because they don't appear to be used at all. If they're meant to be used by a script that includes SendU, turn them into functions.

If you do this, the module can be #included anywhere within another script without fear that the return mentioned in Step 1 will cause non-execution of any code that follows the #include. This happened to me when I included SendU near the top of a script I wrote, so I made the above changes and everything works fine.

When you're done, the script should look like this (and if you delete the gosub routines at the end instead of commenting them out, the "LABELS AND INCLUDES" comment will be unnecessary):

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[Piz]

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[Bernd]

Szia Máté,

I need exactly this function, a SendU that can be switched to using the clipboard.
I just wanted to start programming it myself when I came across this thread.

However, your procedure is quite long (compared to the original Shimanov version that I currently use) and you seem to have added some functions that are convenient but not critically necessary.

How would the code loook like for a SendU just with additional clipboard mode?

Nagyon köszönöm

Bernd

[ghie]

can this functions handle Null character a.k.a CHR(0)?
I need this Null chraracter in AHK for my project.

Thanks in advance

[Lexikos]

It seems to send the appropriate message. I confirmed by watching KeyHistory for this: