unable to enter text into edit field via script Topic is solved

[drizzt]

I have the following simple GUI

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Gui, Add, Text,, enter your name:
Gui, Add, Edit, vName
Gui, Add, Text,, enter your city:
Gui, Add, Edit, vCity
Gui, Add, Text,,  enter your phone:
Gui, Add, Edit, vPhone
Gui, Show
return

Then I use this script to enter info into the first field but its not working

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m:: 
WinGet, mywindow, ID, A
MsgBox, % mywindow
mydata:= "afdas"
guicontrol, mywindow:,  Edit1, %mydata%   ;the first data is the variable name associated with the edit field. the second %data% is thwe text to put in the field.
return

[wolf_II]

Try without mywindow: here:

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guicontrol,,  Edit1, %mydata%

that seems to work when all code is in one script.

[jeeswg]

Try this. Cheers.

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GuiControl, % mywindow ":", Edit1, % mydata

[drizzt]

Try this. Cheers.

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GuiControl, % mywindow ":", Edit1, % mydata

I tried this but still doesnt work.

[jeeswg]

Really? Maybe you already had a script open using the m hotkey.

[A_AhkUser]

Hi drizzt,

Assuming you worded with caution your problem - in particular:

Each script is a plain text file containing lines to be executed by the program (AutoHotkey.exe).

source: Scripts -Introduction

You might rather need to use ControlSetText instead - for example:

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ControlSetText, Edit1, % mydata, % "ahk_id " . mywindow

Actually, GuiXXX commands operate on windows objects created using the GUI command, within the limits of a given script.

[drizzt]

Yes this did the trick!. thanks,