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Trying to use InputBox command string for typing

 
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TThot



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:13 pm    Post subject: Trying to use InputBox command string for typing Reply with quote
Hey

Can't get the below script to work the way i want to. I wan't to type some letter on the pop up box and then it would type that letter on notepad, before the numbers.
If i example give a letter A on pop up box, it would type this in notepad: A012345
What this script does at the moment is that, it just types the numbers and not the letter at all: 012345

Thanks for the help at before hand.

Code:
InputBox, letter[, Alphabet, Give an alphabet `n`n Example: a/b/c, ,300, 100]
Sleep 400
Run, Notepad.exe
Sleep 400
Send %letter%012345
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TLM



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Try this
Code:
InputBox, letter, Alphabet, Give an alphabet `n`n Example: a/b/c,,,300, 100
    Run, Notepad.exe,, , npPid
    WinWait, ahk_pid %npPid%
   ControlSetText, Edit1, % letter " 012345", ahk_pid %npPid%s


A couple of things:
- The pid in run (npPid) gives that specific window an id. This allows WinWait and ControlSetText to apply to the newly run window ONLY (in case theres other Notepads open).
- The WinWait gets rid of the need for sleep.
- The ControlSetText gets rid of the unreliable and interuptable send.

edit:

and then you could...

Code:
start:

InputBox, letter, Alphabet, Give an alphabet `n`n Example: a/b/c,,, 300, 100,
    if Errorlevel ; Exits if cancel is pressed.
   {
   Msgbox, Process Canceled
   ExitApp
   }
    if letter is not alpha ; Checks to make sure theres letters only.
   {
   Msgbox, Please enter letters only!
   Goto, start
   }
    Else if !letter ; Checks to make sure that something was written.
   {
   Msgbox, You did not write anything!
   Goto, start
   }

    Run, Notepad.exe,, , npPid
    WinWait, ahk_pid %npPid%
   ControlSetText, Edit1, % letter " 012345", ahk_pid %npPid%s

Also, if you wanted to just have the letter info placed into a new or existing txt file use FileAppend.

hth
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for wide answer Smile

Get me to think several thinks and while testing your script i realise what was the mistake on my own script, it was the [] marks in InputBox command that were messing it up. Works now the way i need it for the simple case...

But thx for the tips, can surely use them in future for more complex scripts.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anonymous wrote:
Get me to think several thinks..

Quotable of the day Laughing

Hey you could have just probably just kept it simple with
Code:
Send %lette]%012345
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