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superdave2k



Joined: 15 Oct 2004
Posts: 19
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:56 pm    Post subject: ControlSend question Reply with quote
I have a hotkey that sends some keystrokes to a window. The strange thing is, for it to do what I want, I have to break the code into two distinct statements. For example,
Code:
ControlSend, , !f{DOWN}{ENTER}, A


Only seems to do the first part (the Alt-F to bring down the menu bar). The {DOWN} and {ENTER} seem to have no effect.

If I break it into two, it works!
Code:
ControlSend, , !f, A
ControlSend, , {DOWN}{ENTER}, A


Any idea why? I've played with SetKeyDelay (both params) since I figured it was possible the keys were being sent too quickly, but that did not help.

Also, I tried grabbing the WM_COMMAND via Winspector Spy so I could use PostMessage or SendMessage to accomplish what I want, but no messages appeared Crying or Very sad

Thanks in advance,
Dave
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jonny



Joined: 13 Nov 2004
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Location: Minnesota
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Send and it's relatives do a lot of stuff in the background, most of it fixing bugs. I suspect this is being caused by the separation making AHK do something it wouldn't otherwise.

But I can kinda guess what you're trying to do here, and I think the WinMenuSelectItem command would suit you better.
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superdave2k



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
jonny wrote:
But I can kinda guess what you're trying to do here, and I think the WinMenuSelectItem command would suit you better.


Unfortunately the window is non-standard (a Trillian IM window to be exact, which is skinned). I've already tried that function and it doesn't work.
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jonny



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If this doesn't work, you'll just have to keep them separate (is that so bad, anyway?):

Code:
controlsend,,{alt down}f{alt up}{down}{enter},a
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superdave2k



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
jonny wrote:
If this doesn't work, you'll just have to keep them separate (is that so bad, anyway?):

Code:
controlsend,,{alt down}f{alt up}{down}{enter},a


Thanks, but that doesn't work either. I don't have a problem keeping them separate, I was just curious why that was necessary...
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Chris
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Offhand, I'm not sure why separate commands are necessary in this case. Since ControlSend uses tricks to get keystrokes to windows in the background, its reliability generally isn't as high as Send or ControlSetText.

If you ever discover a script that requires two ControlSends instead of one for something standard like Notepad, please post it.
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