Darkglow Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Hey there, I searched the forum a little to make sure i wasent about to post this twice. I am slightly inexperienced with AutoIt but there was something i wanted to know. Is it possable to open a file with a compiled or normal AU3 script and have it perform a function. To be more clear, say i had a basic GUI with an edit box inside, if i asked a TXT file to open with my script it would open and read the file then input it's content into the edit box, roughly the same way it would open in notepad. This is just one of the examples of what i mean. I have tried to do this my self but the closest i can get is to create a FileOpenDialog then run the script and select the file and go from there. I hope i've made this clear enough Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted January 10, 2011 Moderators Share Posted January 10, 2011 Darkglow,Welcome to the AutoIt forum. What you want to do is very easy to achieve. Just use FileRead to get the contents of the file into a variable and then load it into the Edit control with GUICtrlSetData. Have you taken a look at the excellent tutorials you can find here and here? They will give you a good grounding in how AutoIt works. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEOSoft Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 GUICtrlSetData($My_Edit, FileRead("C:\Some\File.txt")) George Question about decompiling code? Read the decompiling FAQ and don't bother posting the question in the forums.Be sure to read and follow the forum rules. -AKA the AutoIt Reading and Comprehension Skills test.*** The PCRE (Regular Expression) ToolKit for AutoIT - (Updated Oct 20, 2011 ver:3.0.1.13) - Please update your current version before filing any bug reports. The installer now includes both 32 and 64 bit versions. No change in version number. Visit my Blog .. currently not active but it will soon be resplendent with news and views. Also please remove any links you may have to my website. it is soon to be closed and replaced with something else. "Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkglow Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 I don't think this is the same as what I thought however I do appreciate the help, thanks! I've posted some screen shots below to show what I mean. Open With> Choose default program... Browse Open With> The script.AU3 The final result I hope this is clear... and I also hope I'm not getting myself confused either! Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted January 10, 2011 Moderators Share Posted January 10, 2011 Darkglow,A glimmer at the end of the tunnel! I believe that what happens when you use "Open With" is that the selected file is passed as a parameter to the chosen application. You therefore need to create your script to look for command line parameters - see <Using AutoIt - Command Line Parameters> in the Help file. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEOSoft Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 also take a look at ShellExecute(). George Question about decompiling code? Read the decompiling FAQ and don't bother posting the question in the forums.Be sure to read and follow the forum rules. -AKA the AutoIt Reading and Comprehension Skills test.*** The PCRE (Regular Expression) ToolKit for AutoIT - (Updated Oct 20, 2011 ver:3.0.1.13) - Please update your current version before filing any bug reports. The installer now includes both 32 and 64 bit versions. No change in version number. Visit my Blog .. currently not active but it will soon be resplendent with news and views. Also please remove any links you may have to my website. it is soon to be closed and replaced with something else. "Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkglow Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 I've been doing some experimenting but sadly i've hit another hard bit I've been using the parameters that you advised me Melba23, after compiling and opening with the txt file it the variable contains the path of the file i selected to open so I thought It would read the file but it doesn't want to. #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1) Edit() Func Edit() Local $msg GUICreate("EDIT") GUICtrlCreateEdit(FileRead($CmdLineRaw) , 20, 20, 260, 260) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg() If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop WEnd GUIDelete() EndFunc I suppose you can see my silly mistake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted January 10, 2011 Moderators Share Posted January 10, 2011 Darkglow, I suppose you can see my silly mistake?I believe I can! Try putting in this line at the top of your script and see what $CmdLineRaw is set to - you might be surprised. ConsoleWrite($CmdLineRaw & @CRLF) What you need to do is use the [1] element of the $CmdLine array like this: Func Edit() Local $msg GUICreate("EDIT") GUICtrlCreateEdit(FileRead($CmdLine[1]), 20, 20, 260, 260) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg() If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop WEnd GUIDelete() EndFunc ;==>Edit Then I can get it to work without problem. By the way, you do realise that you can test for commandline parameters in SciTE rather than having to compile each time? Look under the <View - Parameters> menu option - you can set up to 4 parameters. You may need the full SciTE4AutoIt3 package - which you can find here - lots of goodies to help you code in Autoit. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkglow Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Ah yes i have it working now! Thanks very much! sorry for the late reply too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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