unwanted scrambling of text strings

[Jose-phil]

Recently a text string has been scrambled - [email protected] is rendered as [email protected] That is the simplest example, another longer string has also not been rendered accurately. I've just noticed that it depends on where the string is pasted. Accurate in this thread and in Notepad, but scrambled in a different 'destination'. Is there a remedy ?

[gregster]

Like you said, it usually depends on the target application. There is no general solution, but you could try {text} mode.

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Sendinput {text}[email protected]

[Jose-phil]

The code I have been using was

Send [email protected]

if I change that to

Send {text}[email protected]

it still pastes [email protected] into Notepad,
but where the text was scrambled, it remains blank (totally disabled).

[gregster]

You can try different send modes and key delays.
Like said, it often depends on the target application - if you tell us what it is, some people might be able to help you testing. Otherwise, people can just give generalized advice.

Also, you could mention your AHK and Windows versions.

[Jose-phil]

The one application in which it NOW (not previously) fails (there may be others that I do not now remember) is 'Wordperfect 5.1+ for DOS' in x32Win10ProV21H1 using Autohotkey v1.1.33.01

Key delay is a concept I am familiar with - how would I apply that to 'send [email protected]' ?

[boiler]

Try this:

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Clipboard := "[email protected]"
Send, ^v

[Jose-phil]

Your code is so much more complex than what I have shown you I use, that I can not see how to apply yours.

My 'boilerplate.ahk' is a list covering most letters of the alphabet (plus 'characters') with left-win key and then with right-win key.

Only very few would ever be pasted into WordPerfect (where the scrambling is likely to happen).

[boiler]

Your code is so much more complex than what I have shown you I use, that I can not see how to apply yours.

Are you referring to the following two lines as “so much more complex”…

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Clipboard := "[email protected]"
Send, ^v

…as compared to the following?

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Send [email protected]

[mikeyww]

It sounds like a longer script is being used, but it is not posted here. Seeing the script may help readers debug it.

[Jose-phil]

My script has 60 to 70 lines, all variants of

<#3:: Send [email protected]

where '3' is any letter, digit or character
and '[email protected]' is whatever text string interests me.

There is NO

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Clipboard : =
or 'v

I cant see where or how to introduce those 'new terms', that is what makes it complex for me.
AND the suggested addition of

{text}

is missing.

Only now do I realise that

SendInput

also differs from my

send

and again, I don't know what how to implement that change.


A further difficulty is that while writing a reply, the previous posts are invisible, so the way this forum operates also takes me by surprise.

[mikeyww]

gregster suggested

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Sendinput {text}[email protected]

but you did not indicate whether you tried this script.

Testing this would be easy, fast, and informative. If it does not work, you can try running your script as admin.

[boiler]

There is NO

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…

You are mistaking the headers of the code box as part of the script. Your script has:
Send [email protected]

and I suggested replacing it with:
Clipboard := "[email protected]"
Send, ^v

[Jose-phil]

I made the substitution you suggested, and now nothing gets pasted.

[boiler]

How did you do it?

If you made it like this:
<#3::Clipboard := "[email protected]"
Send, ^v
….then nothing would get pasted because that’s a single-line hotkey that ends after executing the first line. It would need to be a multi-line hotkey definition, like this:
<#3::
Clipboard := "[email protected]"
Send, ^v
return

[mikeyww]

Jose-phil: please post a short test script that you are trying to get working. This will ease the debugging process. It's better than "I made the changes..." Will lead to a faster solution.

[Jose-phil]

Boiler - you 'guessed' correctly I did do as your first pic shows, but doing it as the second pic shows, produces a reaction that is totally inappropriate and unuseful in Word perfect (where I detected the problem).

Mikeyww
I dont know what else I can give/show you.
I have already written that my code is 60-70 repetitions of
<#3:: Send [email protected]
where the '3' can be any letter or digit or character, and the '[email protected]' is whatever text string I want.

[mikeyww]

As a first step, I would try the following script alone with no other code. Don't retype it; just paste it the way it is.

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F3::SendInput {Text}[email protected]

[Jose-phil]

That substitution resulted in NO response, both for the 'left-win-3' hotkey that I was using and for F3

[mikeyww]

If that is the entire script, and you have run the script and see the green icon in your system tray, then there are only a few possibilities, I think.

1. Antivirus killed it
2. Your active target window will not accept text
3. Conflicting software (hooks, keyboard shortcuts, keyboard & mouse utilities, etc.)
4. Some kind of admin rights issue

Perhaps there are one or two others. You mentioned that you are using Wordperfect 5.1+ for DOS. I have not tested this in DOS. Possibly helpful: https://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/12456-autohotkey-in-dos/

[Jose-phil]

I've had a look at the URL you provided. Yes it refers to DOS. My Wordperfect for DOS works (through TAME ?) in the latest Windows 10. I could not find any useful clues. By the way, the corruption has increased instead of 'com' being changed to 'ocm', now an 'l' gets inserted, so its 'olcm'.