vargadanis 0 Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Hello everyone, fisrt post! I would like to send a CTRL+A keystroke with Send however for some reason the script fails to do it. It doesn't return any errors of any sorts just doesn't do it. Here is how i did it: Send( "^a" ) Did I miss something? Thanks, Regards Edited December 13, 2010 by vargadanis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fett8802 1 Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Putting this in Scite and running cause all my code to be selected in Scite. MouseClick("left") Send("^a") I'm not sure why it isn't working for you. You are trying to select all of something, correct? Not use Alt+A? -Fett Edited December 13, 2010 by fett8802 [sub]My UDF[/sub][sub] - Basics and Time extensions. Great for those new at AutoIt, also contains some powerful time extensions for pros.[/sub][sub]ScrabbleIt[/sub][sub] - Scrabble done in pure AutoIt. (In Progress)[/sub][sub]Nerd Party Extreme | My Portfolio | [email="fett8802@gmail.com"]Contact Me[/email][/sub] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vargadanis 0 Posted December 13, 2010 Yeah I am trying to select all, which is the CTRL+A key combination. Dunno why as I did click into the field before sending it. I'll try to figure it out :S PS: what did you enter for the code block to do autoit syntax highlighting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Melba23 3,456 Posted December 13, 2010 vargadanis,Welcome to the AutoIt forum. You get the syntax highlighting (or a form of it) when you post code between Code tags. Put [autoit ] before and [/autoit ] after the posted code (but omit the trailing space - it is only there so the tags display here). M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrewManNH 1,305 Posted December 13, 2010 @vargadanis You might have to use a WinActivate on the window you're trying to send the CTRL-A to. If it's not the window with focus when you send the keys, it's not going to work as intended. 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
omikron48 0 Posted December 14, 2010 Try lengthening the SendKeyDownDelay to 50ms or more. If it's not the window focus, it might be that the window can't detect to sent keys fast enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
