How to set Default Directory Prior to a Save as... ?

[dkarjadi]

Greetings all,

My First Post here...

I'm trying to automate QuicktimePlayer.exe to do clip stitching... after struggling a bit learning AutoIt, I got most of it done...

with only 1 thing left to make it complete for me...

I need to be able to "tell" QuicktimePlayer where to save the resulting file to...

I've been able to Set the filename in the Save as... dialog box by using ControlCommand("Save A File","","Edit1","EditPaste",$File1&".mov")

I've also been able to set the "Save as a reference movie" using ControlClick

However I haven't been able to "pre-Set" the dialog to point to a default directory I wanted...

Doing a "FileChangeDir($Savedirectory)" prior to the save as... doesn't change the combo box, when the save as... dialog box comes up....

Any help pointing in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!

[celestialspring]

This is how I do it:

$windowname = "Save As" ; put the title of your window here
$control =    "ControlID" ; enter control ID of the box where the text goes
$initialdirectory = @programsdir/ & "{Enter}" ; your initial path here
$flag = 0             

winwait($windowname)

ControlSend($windowname,"",$control,$initialdirectory,$flag)

Hope this helps

cs

Edited September 18, 2009 by celestialspring

[dkarjadi]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

This is how I do it:

$windowname = "Save As" ; put the title of your window here
$control =    "ControlID" ; enter control ID of the box where the text goes
$initialdirectory = @programsdir/ & "{Enter}" ; your initial path here
$flag = 0             

winwait($windowname)

ControlSend($windowname,"",$control,$initialdirectory,$flag)

Hope this helps

cs