NewMem-Howto"Save-As"

[nailit]

New to this (but not to programming) Win 2000pro, I'm scanning a huge amount of photos with a HP simple scanner and I want to automate the process by selecting the "Save-As" in the HP software window and saving each scan as the same type (.tif) and doc name + (integer 1), all with hitting one "hot-key." Any ideas of scripts that are available?

Thanks

[Andreik]

Read in help file about WinMenuSelectItem() to click Save as in your software menu and ControlSend() to set name of file and ControlClick() to press save button. I don't know how look your software but an example could help you:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",2) ;This is used when you don't know or don't want to type full name of windows.
Run("notepad.exe") ;Run notepad
WinWait("Notepad") ;Wait for notepad window

For $INDEX = 1 To 5 ; start of for loop (from 1 to 5)
WinMenuSelectItem("Notepad","","&File","Save &As...") ;click on save as menu item
WinWait("Save As","Save &in:") ;wait for Save As window
ControlSetText("Save As","Save &in:","Edit1","File_" & $INDEX) ;Set the name of saved file
ControlCommand("Save As","Save &in:","ComboBox3","SelectString","Text Documents (*.txt)") ;Set type of file to save from combo control
ControlClick("Save As","Save &in:","Button2") ;Click on save as button
Sleep(2000) ;wait 2 seconds
Next ;go in the start of loop with next index (if index = 5 then continue script)
WinClose("Notepad") ;close notepad

Edited March 28, 2010 by Andreik

[nailit]

I must digest this first. It loks like this script will open and close otepad everytime? I would like to keep the program open and just hit "save-as" and set the file name (name+1),type (.tif) and location (same). Can you post comments at each line? I don't understand "sleep 2000"

Thanks

[Andreik]

No man, script do not open notepad every time. There is a for loop. Is just an example of saving with notepad 5 diferent files names. I will put the comments.

Edited March 28, 2010 by Andreik

[nailit]

Ahh, yes. This looks good. I will work with this today, and see what I can get from it. The trick is the HP program wants to scan after "save-as" so I must provide a space in this script to pause for user input (i.e. changing the photo to be scanned each time)

This is very cool. Thanks you Very Much!