Renaming a File in a loop

[TJCochran]

I am trying to write a short program that can basically click a mouse (over say the scan button for a scanner) every 2 minutes for a few hours. I now have a program that can do the clicking, but I am having trouble figuring out the loop (I literally started using AutoIt today). I want the file name of each scan to change (otherwise it is overwritten) to scan01, scan02, etc. Any suggestions?

Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)

MouseClick("left", 1180,200,3)

;figure out how to rename file
Sleep(60000) ; 60 seconds so the scanner can finish before the program tries to move and rename the file
FileMove("C:\Users\TJCochran\Documents\doc.jpg", "C:\Users\TJCochran\Desktop\Bacteria Scans\Scan", 0)
Sleep(120000) ; 2 minutes

[kylomas]

TJCochran,

Some possibilities, see the help file for syntax / usage.

Also, use the full version of SCITE.

#include <date.au3>

Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)

local $file_incr = 1        ; suffix file with a number...could also be a data/time stamp

while 1                        ; start loop

    MouseClick("left", 1180,200,3)

    ;figure out how to rename file
    Sleep(60000) ; 60 seconds so the scanner can finish before the program tries to move and rename the file

    ; using an incrementing number

    FileMove("C:\Users\TJCochran\Documents\doc.jpg", "C:\Users\TJCochran\Desktop\Bacteria Scans\Scan" & $file_incr, 0)
    $file_incr += 1                ; increment file sequence number

    ; using timestamp

    FileMove("C:\Users\TJCochran\Documents\doc.jpg", "C:\Users\TJCochran\Desktop\Bacteria Scans\Scan" & _nowcalc(), 0)

    Sleep(120000) ; 2 minutes

wend                        ; end loop

kylomas

edit: incidentally, none of the above was tested, just suggestions

Edited April 8, 2013 by kylomas

[TJCochran]

This is wonderful! It works perfectly. Thank you very much!