WinActivate Problem

[kantaki]

Hey,

i have a problem with my sctipt

#include <Misc.au3>

While 1

If _IsPressed(43) Then

WinActivate("pickup.listchecker v1.0.592 (01/07/2008)")

sLeep(50)

$clip = CLipGet()

ClipPut("/hb "&$clip)

sLeep(50)

send("^v")

EndIf

WEnd

evertime i press "c" it should activate the window "pickup.listchecker v1.0.592 (01/07/2008)"

but it doesent and i dont know why.

if i solo the script

WinActivate("pickup.listchecker v1.0.592 (01/07/2008)")

it works . maybe u can help me ?

[BugFix]

_IsPressed("43")

[kantaki]

doesnt work either. :/

if the window is open the script works fine but it doesnt open the windows if i press the letter c i dont know why

is there an other way to solve my problem ?

maybe the script can react on my cache ?

$clip = CLipGet()

If $clip then

but its endless beacuse my cache is always full, maybe i can change this so that the script is only true if i copy a new text to my cache

Edited February 12, 2010 by kantaki

[PsaltyDS]

_IsPressed("43")

That's the correct syntax in the help file, but if you test it either the string or actual integer works. Which is weird because the native number format is decimal and _IsPressed() expects a Hex string. It works because there is a string conversion (not a dec-to-hex conversion) happening in the UDF:

Local $a_R = DllCall($vDLL, "short", "GetAsyncKeyState", "int", '0x' & $sHexKey)

This operation does the trick: '0x' & $sHexKey

Interesting.

[Melba23]

kantaki,

You need the second parameter for _IsPressed - it is not optional. I was wrong - see below.

So as you are using _IsPressed in a loop, you should open the DLL first, then use the handle in the _IsPressed call, and finally close it as you exit:

#include <Misc.au3>

$dll = DllOpen("user32.dll")

While 1

    If _IsPressed("43", $dll) Then
        ; Code
    EndIf
WEnd

; Do not forget to clos the dll when you quit like this:
; DllClose($dll)

M23

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Edit: Did not want to leave incorrect information in the post.

Edited February 12, 2010 by Melba23

[kantaki]

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ah ok ,

thanks but i know now why it didnt work. Funny but im using firefox and it is ignoring the winactivate command. If i use the ie it works fine ^^.

So firefox doesnt interrest if any windows have a higher priority than itself.

good to know^^

[PsaltyDS]

You need the second parameter for _IsPressed - it is not optional.

So as you are using _IsPressed in a loop, you should open the DLL first, then use the handle in the _IsPressed call, and finally close it as you exit:

Not quite:

#include <Misc.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Quit")

While 1
    If _IsPressed(43) Then
        ConsoleWrite("You hit c." & @LF)
        Sleep(100)
    EndIf
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func _Quit()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Quit

The syntax in the UDF does make it optional.

The thing is, there are certain DLLs that must be running already in a functional Windows environment, like kernel32.dll and user32.dll. There is no need to open/close those as DllCall() gets the handle just as quickly from the existing instance as if you passed it. I believe there was a Valik post about this a long time ago.

[Melba23]

PsaltyDS,

My turn to learn.

Fun this, isn't it!

M23