Question On Fileopen

[Snarg]

Success: Returns a file "handle" or use with subsequent file functions.

How do I know the name of the 'handle'?

I would like to open a file and then read from it, but I don't know what to put as the file handle after I open it.

FileReadLine ( filehandle or "filename" [, line] )

What do I put in the bold area?

[Valik]

$hFile = FileOpen("your file")
If $hFile = -1 Then Exit; Failed to open the file
$szLine = FileReadLine($hFile)

The handle is the return value of FileOpen. -1 indicates failure.

[Snarg]

Thank you.

[Snarg]

Sorry for the stupid questions, this is my first time using Version 3.

Ok, I see how to set a HotKey, that's pretty easy. Now I would like my script to pause untill a hotkey is pressed.

How would I go about that?

Edit: Ok, another question. I would like to send a set line of text, a variable, and then the Enter key. This is what I have:

Send ("Text" & $Variable & '{ENTER}')

It sends the text and the variable but does not press the enter key at the end. I have tried many variations of it with no luck. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Peeee Essss I didn't want to start a whole new topic for something so stupid

Edited February 24, 2004 by Snarg

[CyberSlug]

This should help accomplish what you want.

Global $PAUSED = 0  ; 1 = paused, 0 = not paused
HotKeySet("{Pause}", "TogglePauseState")

; body of script would go here
; To start the script in a paused state,
; you would say Call("TogglePauseState")
Exit

Func TogglePauseState()
   $PAUSED = Not $PAUSED ;toggle
   While $PAUSED
      Sleep(100)
   WEnd
EndFunc

I have no idea why the send is failing; it looks right. Where are you trying to send the text to? You might try using ControlSend (see help file).

[CyberSlug]

Larry pointed out something I forgot. Try this:

Send ("Text" & $Variable , 1)

Send("{Enter}")

The optional parameter, 1, forces the "raw" text to be sent.

[Snarg]

Oddly enough, this send works:

Send ("text" & $variable & "{ENTER}")

Thank you for your help.

[CyberSlug]

Oddly enough, this send works:

Send ("text" & $variable & "{ENTER}")

Are you saying that it works when {Enter} is enclosed in double quotes but does not work when enclosed in single quotes?!?

Try it again, please, and let us know. Perhaps there is some AutoIt bug

[Snarg]

Are you saying that it works when {Enter} is enclosed in double quotes but does not work when enclosed in single quotes?!?

Try it again, please, and let us know.  Perhaps there is some AutoIt bug 

That's odd. It works both ways. Bizzare.

[Valik]

That's odd. It works both ways. Bizzare.

Its not odd. What CyberSlug was trying to convey is this:

$var = "{SPACE}"

Send("abcd" & $var & "efgh")

Instead of sending the characters {,S,P,A,C,E,} as you might think, it interprets that as {SPACE}.

Output would be: abcd efgh

Using Send("abcd" & $var & "efgh", 1) tells it to send the characters raw, so none of the special {<word>} type things work.

Output: abcd{SPACE}efgh

In relevance to your situation, if $var would of contained a { or something, it would pretty much mess up all the rest of the stuff being sent in that line. So this will work as long as there is no { or a properly constructed {<word>} item in $var:

Send("test" & $var & "{ENTER}")