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Email Templates - Can I use variables?

 
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djmundy



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Posts: 3
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:23 am    Post subject: Email Templates - Can I use variables? Reply with quote
Hi,

Currently I have a hotkey where I type -status and it types in an email for me. Eg:

::-status::
Send Hi, please update the status of this ticket

I'd like to be able to type something like -status:John and for it to type "Hi John, please update" etc.

But I don't want to hard code every name into the script, as there are hundreds, and I'd like to be able to easily update the content of the email from time to time.

Is this possible?

Thanks and regards,
Daniel Mundy
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poo_noo



Joined: 08 Dec 2006
Posts: 248
Location: Sydney Australia
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
maybe use an inputbox ??

Code:
::-status::
InputBox, thename, Enter the name, What is the name, hide
Send Hi %thename%, please update the status of this ticket
Return

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djmundy



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi poo_noo,

Thanks for your reply. That looks like a step in the right direction! It works as it should, but I have a lot of text for this email and my script actually looks like this:

; Respond to new ticket
::-respond::
{
InputBox, thename, Enter the name, What is the name, hide
(
Hi %thename%,
How are you?
)
Return
}

Sorry about the confusion I have caused, I tried to simplify my example script a little too much!

I did read that the brackets are a continuation section causes the hotstring to default to raw more, and I think this is my problem, but I would have thought it would at least type %thename% without substituting the variable... but it doesn't type anything.

Do you know how to make this work with a continuation section?

Thanks again,
Daniel Mundy
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:19 am    Post subject: Re: Email Templates - Can I use variables? Reply with quote
Another approach...

Code:
:b0:-status::
A_ThisHotstringName:=RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "^:.*:")
Input, input, v, {Enter}{Escape}
if (errorlevel="EndKey:Enter") {
   name:=input!="" ? " " input:""
   bslen:=StrLen(A_ThisHotstringName input)+2
   SendInput, {BS %bslen%}
   SendInput, {Raw}
   (LTrim
      Hi%name%, please update the status of this ticket
   )
} else {
   bslen:=StrLen(A_ThisHotstringName)+1
   SendInput, {BS %bslen%}
}
return

...type "-status" & press enter twice to get...

Code:
Hi, please update the status of this ticket

...type "-status:Name" & press enter to get...

Code:
Hi Name, please update the status of this ticket

...I even added a continuation section to my example, so you could see one working...

Would it be better to have a -name Hotstring that don't expand to anything, but sets a name var for the rest of the Hotstrings?...do you use more than one Hotstring at a time on the same name?
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djmundy



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Posts: 3
PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow, thanks for that, I never could have figured that out on my own! It works awesomely.

I switch back and forth a lot, each time I use a hotstring it's with a new name. So I don't think having a -name hotstring would help me out much.

The one you've just written for me is exactly what I need and I'll get so much use out of this. Thank you very much for your efforts.

Kind regards,
Daniel Mundy
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:39 am    Post subject: Re: Email Templates - Can I use variables? Reply with quote
Slightly better (updated)...

Code:
:b0:-status::
A_ThisHotstringName:=RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "^:.*:")
Input, input, v, {Enter}{Escape}
bslen:=StrLen(A_ThisHotstringName input)+1
if (errorlevel="EndKey:Enter") {
   bslen++
}
SendInput, {BS %bslen%}
if (errorlevel="EndKey:Enter") {
   name:=input!="" ? " " input:""
   SendInput, {Raw}
   (LTrim
      Hi%name%, please update the status of this ticket
   )
} else {
   ;//SendInput, <EndKey:Else>
}
return
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