Very new and want to write a script but don't know how...

[matthewd253]

Hello, so i am very new to autohotkey. I also do not know much about scripts or any programing... I would like to create a script that types a word for instance " testing" and sends in x amount of time lets say like 20 times. Can someone help me with this...

[gregster]

Welcome to the forum!
Have you worked through the beginner's tutorial? Your script seems quite doable with even basic knowledge...

Look into the commands loop, send and sleep... there are examples in the docs.

If it doesn't work, show the code you tried and explain what didn't work.

[matthewd253]

The only thing i am not seeing anywhere is anything about looping...? i think those are the only other things i need.

[gregster]

The only thing i am not seeing anywhere is the symbol for enter, and anything about looping...? i think those are the only other things i need.

Look into the commands loop, send...

Send says:

Key Names: The following table lists the special keys that can be sent (each key name must be enclosed in braces):
[...]
{Enter} Enter key on the main keyboard

From the tutorial - section 3:

The gigantic table on the Send page shows pretty much every special key built-in to AHK. For example: {Enter} and {Space}.

[matthewd253]

thank you, i just found the enter thing now im looking through loop. thank you!

[matthewd253]

Okay so i am very confused with the whole loop thing....

Loop, 3

{^x::
Send, testing one {Enter}
}
return

This is what i have..... the loop wont work and i don't know what i did wrong...

[gregster]

I assume you want to do this:

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^x::   		 ; Ctrl + x
Loop, 3
{
	Send, testing one {Enter}
}
return

The key combo has to go to the top of a hotkey definition.

[matthewd253]

Yes!!! thank you, i just ran into a slight issue with it though.... it types to quickly so it sends it as
testing one
esting one
ting one.
how could i fix this?

[gregster]

It is probably caused by the receiving application. Try other send modes, like Sendinput instead of send.

[matthewd253]

Okay that worked, with the loop being three it only sent it twice. so i changed it to 10 and it sent it 6 times with it only messing the word up once. so getting very close here lol. what could be causing this issue??

[gregster]

That's weird... where are you posting it?
Perhaps add a sleep between the lines...

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^x::   		 ; Ctrl + x
Loop, 10
{
	SendInput, testing one {Enter}
	sleep 50		; sleep 50 ms
}
return

[matthewd253]

I posting it in a message on facebook. and okay ill try that.

[matthewd253]

well i added the sleep but now it sent 7 times with two of them being 1 letter..
getting closer but also farther away.

[gregster]

I don't use Facebook, I cannot check... perhaps some javascript is messing up the edit field on the website.
Someone else might chime in.

[matthewd253]

hope so, i would like to figure this out.

[hymal7]

you may need to define where this code will send the text to:
For example if it is a notepad, it goes like this:

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^x::   		 ; Ctrl + x
Loop, 10
{
	winactivate ahk_exe notepad.exe		;assuming you are sending this code to notepad. 
	SendInput, testing one {Enter}
	sleep 100		; sleep 50 ms
}
return

If it is in a specific location in a web browser, e.g. google chrome, then:

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^x::   		 ; Ctrl + x
Loop, 10
{
	winactivate ahk_exe chrome.exe		;assuming you are sending this code to chrome. 
	MouseClick, left, 250, 300		;sending left-click on x,y co-ordinates in the browser.
	SendInput, testing one {Enter}
	sleep 100		; sleep 50 ms
}
return

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/WinActivate.htm
https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/MouseClick.htm