Copy - paste with hotkeys

[erikson]

Hi all,

i try to make a script that copy some selected text and with a press on a hotkey will write that text in a .txt file. Can you give some hints where to start?

[water]

You already found the solution

Open the AutoIt help and search for "Hotkey". If you need example scripts please search the forum for "hotkey" or even "hotkey copy paste".

This will get you started.

If you then have some code and still have questions please post question and code and we will try to help.

[erikson]

belive me that i first search the help file and the forum, but i don`t fine anything helpful ...

[water]

Ok, to get you started. I use the following code in my scripts to mimic Ctrl+A (mark all) and Ctrl+C (copy to clipboard):

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; Set two Dummy fields in the GUI
Global $hButtonStrgA = GUICtrlCreateDummy()
Global $hButtonStrgC = GUICtrlCreateDummy()

; Set accelerators for Strg+a and Strg+c
Global $asAccelKeys[2][2] = [["^a", $hButtonStrgA],["^c", $hButtonStrgC]]
GUISetAccelerators($asAccelKeys)

While 1
    $vMsg = GUIGetMsg(1)
        Case $vMsg[0] = $hButtonStrgA
            _SelectAll()
        Case $vMsg[0] = $hButtonStrgC
            _Clipboard()
    EndSelect
WEnd

Func _SelectAll()

    ; Mark all Entries in SysListView
    If ControlGetFocus($hForm1) = "SysListView321" Then
        _GUICtrlListView_SetItemSelected($hGUIUserList, -1, True)
    EndIf

EndFunc ;==>_SelectAll

Func _Clipboard()

    ; Copy selected items to clipboard
    $vZf = _GetSelectedItems()
    If $vZf = "" Then
        MsgBox(16, $sFormTitle, "Sie haben keine Datensätze ausgewählt!")
        Return
    EndIf

    ClipPut(StringStripWS($vZf, 2))

EndFunc ;==>_Clipboard

[erikson]

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Edited November 21, 2009 by erikson

[erikson]

So i figured out a little bit

hotkeyset ("{ESC}", "copy")
sleep (100)

func copy()
Send("{LCTRL}") ;Holds the A key down
send ("{c}" )
Send("{LCTRL}") ;Releases the A key

endfunc
$bak = ClipGet()
MsgBox(0, "Clipboard contains:", $bak)


$file= "G:\1.txt"
fileopen ($file, 1)
filewrite ($file , $bak )
fileclose ($file)

the question is , how do i make to run function only when i press ESC key

[water]

Yes, this is just a code snipped and no complete solution for your problem.

The snipped shows how to establish CTRL+A and CTRL+C in a GUI. The functions _SelectAll and _Clipboard are tailored to my needs. They definitely have to be adapted by you.