Using AutoIt with Windows 7 pro

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I just downloaded and installed AutoIt v3.3.8.1.

I am running it on a Windows 7 Pro 64 bit system.

Wonderful document you put together for the newbie!

I am using the wonderful tutorial posted under - Learning to To Script with AutoIt V3.

I am having trouble with the second example, the notepad automation.

It will open notepad just fine, but does not send the text to notepad.

Any ideas on how to make it work in Windows 7?

Here is my code (from the tutorial):

Run("notepad.exe")
WinActive("Untitled - Notepad")
SendKeepActive("Untitled - Notepad", "This is some text.")

[water]

Either change WinActive to WinWaitActive (so the script waits until the window is active) or check the window title of Notepad - maybe the title has changed with Windows 7.

[Jfish]

I am also on Win 7 64 bit.  I think you are using "sendkeepactive" by accident.  Try "send" as in the help file to actually send the text.

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("This is some text.")

The sendkeepactive function is just to keep the window open during send ... not to send text.

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and use

WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]")

Otherwise, non English systems will wait forever
In German locale e.g., the title is "Unbenannt - Editor"
 
This code runs perfectly on my German machine

Run("notepad")
WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]")
WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]")
SendKeepActive("[CLASS:Notepad]")
Send("This is some text.")

Edited November 25, 2013 by Exit

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Thanks to everyone who responded!

It is now working, the revised code is:

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]")
Send("This is some text.")

I have 2 follow on questions:

1) Why does SendKeepActive not work?

2) While this works, I get aUser Account Control popup where I have to click on "Yes" to proceed. Any ideas on how to avoid the UAC popup?

[Jfish]

Please refer to my earlier post as to why SendKeepActive does not work.  That is not the intended use of that function.  It is also not what is in the tutorial example you were trying to follow.  You accidentally used the wrong function.  Perhaps you were using Scite and it auto-completed the command for you and you?  Either way, please read the help file.  It explains what each function does.