darkjohn20 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I have seen programs that, instead of creating new lines of text, overwrite previous lines. This is used mainly for tracking progress. For example, the console will show 0.0%, and as something loads, the 0.0% will be replaced by the new percent, instead of just writing more and more lines. Does anyone know of a way to do this? I was thinking ControlSetText but I couldn't find the Control. Only the window class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsaltyDS Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 It's all in how you format the output. Compile this and run the EXE from a command line: #AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=Yes For $n = 1 To 10 Consolewrite("Test0 = " & $n) Sleep(500) Next ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & @CRLF) ; Compare with... For $n = 1 To 10 Consolewrite("Test1 = " & $n & @CR) Sleep(500) Next ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & @CRLF) ; And compare with... For $n = 1 To 10 Consolewrite("Test2 = " & $n & @LF) Sleep(500) Next Notice that when you only use @CR without the @LF it overwrites the same line. Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkjohn20 Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Thanks, but what if I was in need of going back multiple lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsaltyDS Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I don't think you can do that on a standard CMD console. It's just basic line formatting (inherited from teletypes). You could define the display size of the console (default is 24 lines), and output one full "page" of data at time, which will have the same effect as a display refresh: #AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=Yes ; For 24 line console For $x = 1 To 10 $sMsg = "Test Console -- Top" & @CRLF ; Line 1 For $n = 1 To 6 ; Lines 2 thru 7 = whitespace $sMsg &= @CRLF Next For $n = 1 To 5 ; lines 8 thru 17 = data $sMsg &= "Test" & $n & " = " & $x & @CRLF & @CRLF Next For $n = 1 To 6 ; lines 18 thru 23 = whitespace $sMsg &= @CRLF Next $sMsg &= "Test Console -- Bottom" & @CRLF ; line 24 ConsoleWrite($sMsg) Sleep(2000) Next Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchd Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I believe you can do this using commands to the ANSI driver for DOS, but I lost interest in that layer loooong ago. Google is yo... This wonderful site allows debugging and testing regular expressions (many flavors available). An absolute must have in your bookmarks.Another excellent RegExp tutorial. Don't forget downloading your copy of up-to-date pcretest.exe and pcregrep.exe hereRegExp tutorial: enough to get startedPCRE v8.33 regexp documentation latest available release and currently implemented in AutoIt beta. SQLitespeed is another feature-rich premier SQLite manager (includes import/export). Well worth a try.SQLite Expert (freeware Personal Edition or payware Pro version) is a very useful SQLite database manager.An excellent eBook covering almost every aspect of SQLite3: a must-read for anyone doing serious work.SQL tutorial (covers "generic" SQL, but most of it applies to SQLite as well)A work-in-progress SQLite3 tutorial. Don't miss other LxyzTHW pages!SQLite official website with full documentation (may be newer than the SQLite library that comes standard with AutoIt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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