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[Nioku]

Dear Community,

as you can read on the title I'm new to AutoIt and actually have an easy task. I've tried to read through certain FAQ's and guides but I'm overwhelmed by all these informations that I still can't figured it out myself. Please help me on this "easy" task.

What I want to do with AutoIt:

Every 23 seconds I would like to "AutoIt" the following

1. Pressing V

2. Then Q followed by a right-click

3. W followed by another right-click

4. X

5. V again.

I'm pretty sure I had such a script already but I just can't find it. Please help me out on this one.

Best regards,

Sphirex

[monoscout999]

Hi and welcome.

I left you a list of functions that will do the job.

Sleep() - Pause script execution.
Send() - Sends simulated keystrokes to the active window.
MouseClick() - Perform a mouse click operation.

You can search the usage of any of those functions in the help file. if you have some doub`t ask here.

You can put the functions in a loop.

A loop is how you refer to a section of script that you repeat a number of times. You might want to loop a given number of times or you might wish to repeat a section of script as long as a certain condition is true or false.

While true
;...(Your code)
Wend

If you read the help file there are some tutorial there that might be useful. Like the Simple "Notepad Automation" or "WinZip installation".

Also you can use Control Functions as ControlSend() and ControlClick() if you want to do this in a unactive window.

EDITED: some misspelled

Edited July 5, 2011 by monoscout999

[Nioku]

First of all thank you, your help is pretty decent and should help me on my task but there is an additional question, I would like to send multiple keystrokes as written in my first post. How do I seperate them, can I just repeat the Send() function as often as I want to?

[monoscout999]

First of all thank you, your help is pretty decent and should help me on my task but there is an additional question, I would like to send multiple keystrokes as written in my first post. How do I seperate them, can I just repeat the Send() function as often as I want to?

yes you can do as often you want.

you can do this way.

send("CQ") ; this Send CQ

you can also put a sleep between.

send("C") ; this Send C only
Sleep(1000) ; Waits 1000 miliseconds / 1 second
Send("Q") ; Send Q

Edited July 5, 2011 by monoscout999

[Nioku]

Alright that is what I have so far:

send("V")
send("Q")
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(2000)
Send("W")
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(2000)
Send("V")
Sleep(23000)

But somehow it keeps closing on its own, do I have to add anything or did I do something wrong. Once again thanks for your patience as I said it is my first time using AutoIt.

Edited July 5, 2011 by Nioku

[monoscout999]

Alright that is what I have so far:

send("V")
send("Q")
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(2000)
Send("W")
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(2000)
Send("V")
Sleep(23000)

But somehow it keeps closing on its own, do I have to add anything or did I do something wrong. Once again thanks for your patience as I said it is my first time using AutoIt.

Don`t worry we all learn somehow from these questions..

If you want to repeat the secuence, you will need to put in a loop, the loop makes that all what is inside of it, will be repeated until some condition is accomplished.

While true ; everything is inside this loop will be repeated indefinitely.
send("V")
send("Q")
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(2000)
Send("W")
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(2000)
Send("V")
Sleep(23000)
Wend ; close the loop

If you want to ask something else, just do it we are here for that

EDITED: Some typing

Edited July 5, 2011 by monoscout999

[somdcomputerguy]

But somehow it keeps closing on its own, do I have to add anything or did I do something wrong. Once again thanks for your patience as I said it is my first time using AutoIt.

You've been pointed there once, I'll point you there again, Loop Statements. Please do yourself a favor, read thru the whole Help file. There's tutorials and other helpful links in the Wiki also.

[Maffe811]

[code'autoit']send("V")
send("Q")
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(2000)
Send("W")
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(2000)
Send("V")
Sleep(23000)

Just remember this will end up as a 27second loop due to the Sleeps inn the middle

[Nioku]

Wow thats quite simple, it actually works, thank you!

But still not the way I want it to. How can I add a function that the key X is just pressed when a certain value drops below 30 for example?

[monoscout999]

Just remember this will end up as a 27second loop due to the Sleeps inn the middle

There´s no loop there :S

How can I add a function that the key X is just pressed when a certain value drops below 30 for example?

Ass Statements... search in the help about If Else statement.

Something like this.

If $var < 30 then
send("X")
Endif

Look the help and look the example from the help and try to figure out how to apply and use it.

[Nioku]

Ok it is working now as I want it to but why does AutoIt always skip one step? The first two times the script runs just fine but on the third turn it always skip the last simulated "V". I've tried to change the pauses because I thought its depending on it but it doesn't.

[monoscout999]

Ok it is working now as I want it to but why does AutoIt always skip one step? The first two times the script runs just fine but on the third turn it always skip the last simulated "V". I've tried to change the pauses because I thought its depending on it but it doesn't.

:S Strange. can you post your script?

[Nioku]

It's the same as before just changed the intervals a bit.

While true
Sleep(4000)
send("V")
Sleep(2000)
send("Q")
Sleep(2000)
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(3000)
Send("W")
Sleep(2000)
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(3000)
Send("V")
Sleep(23000)
Wend

[monoscout999]

For my it is working fine. My guess is that the problem happend when the mouse send Rightclick maybe some menu popup so the key is sended to the menu and not where you want to send it.

[Nioku]

I'm actually using it for different things but rightclicking doesn't cause a pop up though this shouldn't be the problem. I'm sure the intervals are right but still it keeps skipping certain steps after two turns.

[monoscout999]

Where are yoe using the script? Maybe i can run some tests myself.

Edited July 5, 2011 by monoscout999