Feeling Stupid, need help!

[Necrotarch]

Hey there,

I'm currently writing on a small function library for some automatic testing tools.

I noticed that there will be a lot of repeated commands in those testing tools.

For example send("{tab}{tab}{tab}{tab}{tab}{tab}{tab}{tab}{tab}{tab}{tab}")

You can see how crappy that style is.

I allready managed to shorten this special case to:

Func _tabrepeat ($repetitions)

For $counter = 0 To $repetitions Step +1

Send("{TAB}")

Next

EndFunc

A call for that shortens the example to:

_tabrepeat(11)

Now i don't want to writea _XXXrepeat($repetitions) for every command i might Need.

The idea would be about this _dotimes($command, $repetitions) to load the command i Need repeated into the function and reproduce it $repetition times.

So the example called would look about like this:

_dotimes(Send("{TAB}"), 11)

Now i have to load the command "Send("{TAB}")" or any other command from the variable in a way i can actually use it.

Is that possible somehow?

[JohnOne]

Send("{TAB 11}")

from help file.

[PlayHD]

or

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled")
$ToDo = 'Send("{TAB}")'
_DoTimes($ToDo,11)

Func _DoTimes($dString,$dRepead)
For $i = 1 To $dRepead
Execute($dString)
Next
EndFunc

Edited October 25, 2012 by PlayHD

[water]

Which automation tool are you talking about? There are some threads on the forum talking about software automation tools.

[Necrotarch]

First of all: sorry for noobing around like this.

@Wayfarer

Thanks that was just what I ment!

@ AutoIt MVPs (MVP)

Well the tools dont even exist yet to be honest ^^'' in the end ist supposed to perform various checks on a certain programm that is under constant further decelopment. Regardless of that the in the end tool's suposed to run over night, check if everything is still working properly after changes in in the code, check for 0,00€ prices on articles in the integrated catalogue and basicly write an error protocoll to a .txt file

[water]

Hi Necrotarch,

our names are PlayHD and Water, Wayfarer and AutoIt MVPs (MVP) are our titles

As you are about to write a library I would stick with JohnOne's proposal.

IIRC I have seen such an automation library on the forum - but can't remember where. Will have a look.