Send (and alternatives) results in 'Send' itself being included Topic is solved

[RickC]

I used to use the following to create a horizontal line in a forum post:

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:*:---::[hr][/hr]  ; Send HTML tags for horizontal line by presssing 3 hyphens

However, whilst effective, the horizontal line was very faint. I found that using consecutive underline characters created a thicker horizontal line.

The docs for Send say: To repeat a keystroke: Enclose in braces the name of the key followed by the number of times to repeat it.

As a result I changed my code to:

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:*:---::Send {_ 63} ; Send 63 consecutive underscore characters to form horizontal line by presssing 3 hyphens

The line itself looks much, much better... but I don't understand why 'Send' is prefixed to the output.



The same behaviour happens if I use alternatives to Send like SendInput or SendRaw.

Can anyone explain and/or offer a fix or workaround? TIA

I'm using AutoHotkey 1.1.33.11 in Windows 10 Pro 1809.

Edit: I've just upgraded to latest version of AutoHotkey 1.1.34.03... it made no difference.

[wetware05]

Hi.
The line that you show in the first code does nothing by itself, other lines have to precede it, which is the one that takes the script to action. The line you show next isn't using the "send" code, it's just text.

Show more parts of your script. The ones above.

[BoBo]

You're using a Hotstring (AKA a string replacement) instead of a Hotkey (task processing).
Check out a Hotstrings 'x' (AKA execution) parameter.
… and sending 63 chars might end up quite slow. Pasting a concatenated string of that character in one go instead should do the trick.

[RickC]

Thanks, @BoBo, for the explanation.

Silly of me - you're right of course. I just wasn't thinking. I changed the line to the following and it now works perfectly.

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:*:---::_______________________________________________________________ ; Send 63 consecutive underscore characters to form horizontal line by presssing 3 hyphens