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problem with Cutting and Pasting in EditPlus editor

 
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dragonfly



Joined: 09 Jun 2005
Posts: 18
PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:57 pm    Post subject: problem with Cutting and Pasting in EditPlus editor Reply with quote
I can't see why this script does not work .. I am trying to ......


  • highlight some text in EditPlus editor window

  • cut the selected text to clipboard

  • run an external text filter (*bat file) which processes the text and responds in clipboard

  • paste the clipboard content back into the EditPlus window to replace the original selected (highlighted) text which has been cut.


Code:

WinActivate,  EditPlus - [hotkeys.ahk]
WinWaitActive,  EditPlus - [hotkeys.ahk]
Send, ^X
MsgBox, Control-X cut the following contents from editor into the clipboard:`n`n%clipboard%

; process text filter
Run, "c:\AHK\textfilters.bat"  A ; text filter
FileRead, Clipboard, *c "c:\temp\output.txt"

WinActivate,  EditPlus - [hotkeys.ahk *]
WinWaitActive,  EditPlus - [hotkeys.ahk *]
Send, ^V
MsgBox, Control-V paste the following contents into editor from the clipboard:`n`n%clipboard%


Note that the second reference to active window (EditPlus) has an asterix * in window title indicating that the file has been changed (after the Ctrl+X cut).
This window title is verified using Window Spy.

...

I end up with expected focus on the EditPlus window .. with the selected text having been cut (but the result not pasted).

If then I manually execute Ctrl+V (paste) in EditPlus the correct content (in clipboard) is pasted.

The puzzle is, the final command in the script .. Send, ^V .. seems not to work as expected .. to paste the clipboard content.
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dragonfly



Joined: 09 Jun 2005
Posts: 18
PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:57 pm    Post subject: solved .. Reply with quote
I have solved my newbie problem .. after studying more commands ..

added line .. SetTitleMatchMode, 2 ; partial match
which allows a partial matching of active Window Title

e.g. IfWinExist, EditPlus

instead of exact title (which changes after editing).

Now I can highlight text in EditPlus and pass cut text back to a textfilters.bat utility to perform various parsing operations.
Results are pasted back into EditPlus to replace original highlighted text.
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