Difference to know

[shiv]

Hi All,

I just want to know what is the difference b/w

send(" !H ")

and

send(" { !H } " )

Thanks

[Melba23]

vis,

If you are only sending a single keypress there is no difference between them. However, Autoit uses the curly brackets (strictly speaking they are called braces) to define special keys - so if you have multiple characters (either modifiers as here or several normal keys) the brackets are definitely incorrect.

Try running this and you will see that you really do need them for the special keys:

Send("F")       ; Sends F
Send("{F}")     ; Sends F
Send("AB")      ; Sends AB
Send("{CD}")    ; Sends only C
Send("ENTER")   ; Sends the string "ENTER"
Send("{ENTER}") ; Sends an {ENTER} keypress
Send("!f")      ; Sends Alt-f
Send("{!f}")    ; Sends nothing

Thanks for the question - I use Send very rarely and had to experiment to find out what did actually happen.

M23

Edited December 5, 2013 by Melba23
Amended

[shiv]

HI M23

Actually

send( "!H" )

is pressing the key stroke Alt+h

thanks

[FireFox]

Hi,

Indeed, read the documentation.

The braces are used to define the keys (for each key) on your keyboard, some are overrided by the key combination like the example below :

{!} ;"!" key
! ;"alt" key combination

Set the second parameter to 1 if you want raw output.

Br, FireFox.

Edited December 5, 2013 by FireFox

[Melba23]

vis,

You are correct - I did not notice that there was a modifier key in there. In that case you definitely do NOT need the { } or it will not work. I have amended my post above - thanks for pointing it out.

M23