Swirl 0 Posted March 7, 2013 I am new to Autoit, but i believe the macro "DesktopDir" does not allow enough characters to read the path to my Windows 7 desktop. When called it comes back showing a path that is just part of the real path. I wil appreciate knowing another macro that will read the right path, or how "DesktopDir"can be corrected. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guinness 1,515 Posted March 7, 2013 What should it be and what does @DesktopDir show? UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaotkbliss 146 Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) Sometimes, if a path has a space in it, you need to add quotes before and after like ""&DesktopDir&"" Edited March 7, 2013 by kaotkbliss 010101000110100001101001011100110010000001101001011100110010000001101101011110010010000001110011011010010110011100100001My Android cat and mouse gamehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.KaosVisions.WhiskersNSqueekWe're gonna need another Timmy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhoenixXL 168 Posted March 7, 2013 does this help ? #include <WinapiEx.au3> ; parameter $iFlag possible values Global Const $SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT = 0; // current value for user, verify it exists Global Const $SHGFP_TYPE_DEFAULT = 1; // default value, may not exist function MsgBox ( 64, "Result:", _WinAPI_ShellGetKnownFolderPath( "{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}", $SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT ) ) My code:PredictText: Predict Text of an Edit Control Like Scite. Remote Gmail: Execute your Scripts through Gmail. StringRegExp:Share and learn RegExp.Run As System: A command line wrapper around PSEXEC.exe to execute your apps scripts as System (LSA). Database: An easier approach for _SQ_LITE beginners. MathsEx: A UDF for Fractions and LCM, GCF/HCF. FloatingText: An UDF for make your text floating. Clipboard Extendor: A clipboard monitoring tool. Custom ScrollBar: Scroll Bar made with GDI+, user can use bitmaps instead. RestrictEdit_SRE: Restrict text in an Edit Control through a Regular Expression. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LarryDalooza 42 Posted March 7, 2013 Sometimes, if a path has a space in it, you need to add quotes before and after like ""&DesktopDir&"" Ten bucks says... this is your problem AutoIt has helped make me wealthy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swirl 0 Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks all for quick response, The path the macro @DesktopDir should be looking for is C:UserschuckDesktop. The program starts and and returns a dialogue box saying path: "serschuckDesktop" does not exist; that is, it truncates the path.I tried " " &@DesktopDir& " ". It also truncated the path. It tcame back with "serschuckpublicDesktop". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nessie 31 Posted March 8, 2013 Try this: #Include <APIConstants.au3> #Include <WinAPIEx.au3> ConsoleWrite('Desktop => ' & _WinAPI_ShellGetSpecialFolderPath($CSIDL_DESKTOP) & @CR) Hi! My UDF: NetInfo UDF Play with your network, check your download/upload speed and much more! YTAPI Easy to use YouTube API, now you can easy retrive all needed info from a video. NavInfo Check if a specific browser is installed and retrive other usefull information. YWeather Easy to use Yahoo Weather API, now you can easily retrive details about the weather in a specific region. No-IP UDF Easily update your no-ip hostname(s).My Script: Wallpaper Changer Change you wallpaper dinamically, you can also download your wallpaper from your website and share it with all! My Snippet: _ImageSaveToBMPConvert an image to bmp format. _SciteGOTO Open a file in SciTE at specific fileline. _FileToHex Show the hex code of a specified file Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaotkbliss 146 Posted March 8, 2013 are you doing something along the lines of "Send(@DesktopDir)? I've had send lines get cut off many times. 1 solution which may work is to add Opt("SendKeyDelay", some number to change the speed) at the top of your script Another would be to perhaps do something like $DesktopDir = StringSplit(@DesktopDir,"") And then Send the Different elements of the new $DesktopDir array seperately Send($DesktopDir[1]) Send($DesktopDir[2]) ect. 010101000110100001101001011100110010000001101001011100110010000001101101011110010010000001110011011010010110011100100001My Android cat and mouse gamehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.KaosVisions.WhiskersNSqueekWe're gonna need another Timmy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
