MaxU77 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) Hi, I'm writing script that should install some software. The software installation requires system variable to be created. I want Autoit to emulate "Win+Break" then goto "Advanced" tab and then emulate "Alt+n" etc... Thus I tried the code like: Send ("#{BREAK}") WinWaitActive ("System Properties","General") Send ("{LEFT}") Send ("{LEFT}") Send ("{LEFT}") Send ("!n") But <Send ("#{BREAK}")> seems not working. What is my mistake? Thank in advance. PS: OS is WinXP 64bit SP2 Edited November 25, 2010 by MaxU77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFX Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) Better to not use Send command. get the Control names from AutoIt's window info tool and try with ControlClick or ControlCommand, ControlSetText you could start like this: ShellExecute('rundll32.exe', 'shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,3'); Should open the Advance tab WinWait('System Properties') ControlClick('System Properties', '', 'Button7') Edited November 25, 2010 by JFX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxU77 Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 Great! Thanks! Its much smarter. Could you also recommend the way to fill Name and Value. I guess Send ("NAME") Send ("{TAB}") Send ("VALUE") Is not the best bet But ControlCommand("Environment Variables", "", "Edit1", "EditPaste", "NAME") ControlCommand("Environment Variables", "", "Edit2", "EditPaste", "VALUE") ControlClick('Environment Variables', '', 'Button1') Doesn' work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFX Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 try this: ControlClick('Environment Variables', '', 'Button2') WinWait('New User Variable') ControlSetText('New User Variable', '', 'Edit1', 'YourNamehere') ControlSetText('New User Variable', '', 'Edit2', 'YourValuehere') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxU77 Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 Yeah - that works! Thanks again I think I tried something alike but I guess I've mistaken "Window title" value thus failed to get it working. The script now works perfectly on English Windows but it don't work on Localized Win. Of course I can create script for each OS, but probably there is a better way? I even guess that I can combine two scripts into one using some "if" in the begining. IF OS UI Language =EN do first set if =RU - second and so on. But I wonder if it is possible to create uni script that would work regardless of OS UI language. I thought it could be done if use "Window class" rather then "Window title" when referencing window controls ... but I've found Class stays the same for different window titles. For example both windows (title "System Properties" and "Environment Variables") has Class "#32770" Thus Winwait looses its meaning. Please comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 You're trying to set an user environment variable correct? If so there's a registry setting that stores them. Look in HKCU\Environment, that's where the user env. variables are stored. The system evn. variables are stored in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment. You can use the AutoIt3 registry functions to set and/or delete those values which would probably be a single line rather than a long keystroke sequence. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxU77 Posted November 26, 2010 Author Share Posted November 26, 2010 You can use the AutoIt3 registry functions to set and/or delete those values which would probably be a single line rather than a long keystroke sequence.Yeah, that seems the best bet for my case. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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