Clipput () Question... Plz Help!

[mooboo]

(this is such a funny sample script... )

Ok... I'm trying to set variables to clipboard... but it will just copy over $1 as text... not a variable... look...

if winexists("window") then

$1 = InputBox("Question", "What is your name?", "Enter Name")

$2 = InputBox("Question", "Who do you love?", "Who you love")

$3 = InputBox("Question", "Do you love puppies?", "Yes or no")

clipput (Hello. My name is $1. I absolutely love $2. And if you asked me if I love puppies, I would scream $3.)

winactivate ("window")

send ( "^v", 0)

exit

endif

msgbox, 0, "Error", "There was an error."

exit

and when the window is activated and CTRL+v is pressed... It just shows...

Hello. My name is $1. I absolutely love $2. And if you asked me if I love puppies, I would scream $3.)

That's just a sample code I made up just for this. Can someone tell me how I can put variables to clipboard?

[Jos]

If WinExists("window") Then
   $1 = InputBox("Question", "What is your name?", "Enter Name")
   $2 = InputBox("Question", "Who do you love?", "Who you love")
   $3 = InputBox("Question", "Do you love puppies?", "Yes or no")
   ClipPut("Hello. My name is " & $1 & ". I absolutely love " & $2 & _
         ". And If you asked me If I love puppies, I would scream " & $3 & ".")
   WinActivate("window")
   Send("^v")
   Exit
EndIf
msgbox, 0, "Error", "There was an error."
Exit

[ben_josephs]

There is no variable substitution in strings (as there is in many shell and other script languages). You have to explicitly concatenate the fixed and variable text:

clipput ( "Hello. My name is " & $1 & _
           ". I absolutely love " & $2 & _
           ". And if you asked me if I love puppies, " & _
           "I would scream " & $3 & ".")

Note the line continuations.

Your example couldn't have worked, because the text parameter to ClipPut wasn't quoted.

[sykes]

The problem is in the formatting in the ClipPut line:

if winexists("window") then


$1 = InputBox("Question", "What is your name?", "Enter Name")

$2 = InputBox("Question", "Who do you love?", "Who you love")

$3 = InputBox("Question", "Do you love puppies?", "Yes or no")

clipput ("Hello. My name is " & $1 & ". I absolutely love " & $2 & ". And if you asked me if I love puppies, I would scream " & $3 & ".")
winactivate ("window")

send ( "^v", 0)

exit
endif


msgbox, 0, "Error", "There was an error."
exit

You have to use quotes for the Non variable stuff

[sykes]

Wow ... hows that for response LOL

3 answers in 5 minutes

[Wallfire]

lol, im still new with autoit so it took me longer to reply...i had to make a code that works so that i could understand why yours didnt.

i think your answer has allready been announced, but here is my solution:

you were making a one long string in the clipput funciton. you should instead be putting a bunch of small strings together. here is what i came up with:

$Q1 = InputBox("Question", "What is your name?", "Enter Name")

$Q2 = InputBox("Question", "Who do you love?", "Who you love")

$Q3 = InputBox("Question", "Do you love puppies?", "Yes or no")




$text=( "Hello. My name is " & $Q1 & ". I absolutely love" & $Q2 & ". And if you asked me if I love puppies, I would scream " & $Q3 & ".")

clipput($text)

the rest of your code i commented out, but you might want to go back and make sure you are using correct syntax for all the functions used. msgbox for example.

hope your answer was sovled