How to trigger hotstring from inputbox?

[burton666]

If I for example have a script which looks like this:

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F2::
inputbox,input, enter something...
send %input%
return

::aa::
send 1{enter}
send 2{enter}
return

How can I press F2 and enter "aa" to have both 1 and two entered in notepad or similar.
When I try it out the hotstring triggers instantly in the inputbox and I only get "1" in notepad.

[Guest]

You're creating a problem yourself here When you no doubt press enter after typing AA it already executes the AA hotstring and then you also try to fire it. So make it unique by adding _ for example and check if it is a label or end what you've typed, so you can now type AA + enter and it will fire the aa_ hotstring, if you don't need the AA as hotstring at all just make it a normal label. Hotstrings and Hotkeys double as labels (check the docs) which is why you can use IsLabel here in the example below.

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F2::
Inputbox, input, enter something...
If IsLabel("::" input "_")
	Gosub, % "::" input "_"
Else
	Send %input%
WinClassOutputVar:=""
Return

::aa_::
Send 1{enter}
Send 2{enter}
Return

[burton666]

Ok, the problem is that I have some dynamic hotsstrings which looks like this:

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Hotstring("(\b[A-O])(\d)(\d)([012])\s","expand3",3)

Expand3:
{
Send % ($.value(4) = 0 ? "^kPLOCK_LOW{ENTER}PLOCK_LOW." : "^kPLOCK{ENTER}PLOCK.") $.value(1) "." $.value(2) $.value(3) "." $.value(4)"{ENTER 3}"
}
Return

So when I enter for example "A032" it sends:
PLOCK{enter}
PLOCK.A.03.2{enter}

Now I want to be able to use a inputbox in the middle of some tasks and be able to send the correct hotstring. I know I managed to get help from this forum before to accomplish the exact same task. But I lost the script and cant find my post in the forum.

I want to be able to use hotkeys like:

F3::
do some tasks
more tasks..
inputbox(A032)
send PLOCK{enter}
send PLOCK.A.03.2{enter}
some more tasks
return

[burton666]

Nobody else have any ideas?

[Guest]

Rule number one: always make multiple backups, including offsite. As this is work related so you should never be able to loose it.
Its just plain dumb, sorry to be rude. But I hope you've learned your lesson. And one backup = no backup, you need multiple.

Two: I forgot you always omit half the information in your first few posts So please provide more info in future. Help us to help you.

Three: You can find all your own posts in the current forum by simply clicking your name.
If it is the really old forum (which I doubt) you can simply use Google with your username and https://autohotkey.com/board/ (the old forum) the current forum is /boardS/ (so board/ vs boards/).
Your post is here https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19452

Four: So with the function from the linked forum post it becomes something like this

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F2::
Inputbox, input, enter something...
input:=convert(input)
Send % input
Return

You're welcome to thank me, but ONLY after you've ensured you have setup a proper backup strategy.
If you thank me before you've done so I will not be happy.

[burton666]

Ok, thanks. To my defence I quit the job where I used the previous script so I did not think I would ever use it again. But now I am back to the same job for a few weeks and realized that it would be really useful.