Press "Start" button in a script

[AntonioGNAL]

Hello everyone,

I'm completely new to AutoIt and i would like to create a script to automatically create a windows print queue going through Start >> Control Panel >> Printers and Faxes ... Add printer, and so on.

The thing is i'm unable to start because i don't know how to send the Press Start Button command in the script.

I thought it might work as:

Send("{START}")

But it doesn't.

I'm sending Key pushes like that and they work fine, but not with the Start (Windows) button.

With the AutoIt info tool i can see the following data for that button:

>>>> Window <<<<

Title: Start

Class: Button

Position: 0, 1003

Size: 66, 46

Style: 0x94000C00

ExStyle: 0x00080088

Handle: 0x000000000001007E

>>>> Control <<<<

Class:

Instance:

ClassnameNN:

Name:

Advanced (Class):

ID:

Text:

Position:

Size:

ControlClick Coords:

Style:

ExStyle:

Handle:

>>>> Mouse <<<<

Position: 34, 1031

Cursor ID: 0

Color: 0xF8DB82

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> ToolsBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<

Can anyone help me?

Thanks a lot.

[somdcomputerguy]

There is no Start. Try Send("#").

[AntonioGNAL]

If there is no way to press the start button, could you tell me how to launch printers and faxes in a script?

Thanks!!

[rudi]

Hi.

Wrong approach ;-)

Google: printui.dll add printer command line.

Regards, Rudi.

[JoHanatCent]

If there is no way to press the start button, could you tell me how to launch printers and faxes in a script?

Thanks!!

You can start with:

Run("Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /?")

[somdcomputerguy]

There is no Start. Try Send("#").

Oops, sorry, try this instead Send("^{ESC}").

[AntonioGNAL]

You can start with:

Run("Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /?")

Thank you so much, this worked:

Run("Rundll32 Printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /il")