odexed Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) help me please. i need to make a simple script which starts notepad and open a new file. I trying it: Run("notepad.exe") Send("^o") Send("{ENTER}") but it just prints letter "o" in notepad. is it problem in my system? how can i do this? P.S. autoit v.3.3.8.0 Edited December 25, 2011 by odexed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjoshi Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Try this: Run("notepad.exe") Send("{CTRLDOWN}") Send("o") Send("{CTRLUP}") Send("{ENTER}") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylomas Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 odexed, After starting NotePad (or whatever) you want to make sure that it has focus. kylomas Forum Rules Procedure for posting code "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." - Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odexed Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 Try this: Run("notepad.exe") Send("{CTRLDOWN}") Send("o") Send("{CTRLUP}") Send("{ENTER}") it also doesn't work. window is active and focus sets after run it seems there is some problem with my windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedna Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Run("notepad.exe") WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]") Send("^o") Send("{ENTER}") Resources UDF ResourcesEx UDF AutoIt Forum Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odexed Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) When i press Ctrl+O on the keyboard manually it's ok Edited December 26, 2011 by odexed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedna Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) Look hereTry to switch keyboard layout to english and see if problem remains.In Notepad you can use WinMenuSelectItem() instead of Send() Edited December 26, 2011 by Zedna Resources UDF ResourcesEx UDF AutoIt Forum Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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