TestingUser Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) Hi, I am new to AutoIt and I tried to write a script for notepad. My script is - Run("notepad.exe") WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad") If WinExists("Untitled - Notepad") Then MsgBox(0, "Window", "Notepad Window Exists!",1) ; Wait for 1_second to close popup EndIf Send("This is some text.") ;click control+s to save file Send("^s") WinWaitActive("Save As") ;enter file name and path Sleep(1000) ; To supply some delay Local $MyDocsFolder = "E:\" $filename = $MyDocsFolder & "outputFile" & Random(1,100) Send($filename) ; Random number between (1-100).<ID> Sleep(1000) ;click the "Save" butto Send("!s") ; To select 'Save' Sleep(1000) Send("!fx") If Not WinExists($filename) Then ConsoleWrite("File is saved at - "& $filename & @LF) It works for the first time but when I try to run the same script mulitple times it hangs. After opening Notepad application it hangs and didn't execute remaining command--Send("This is some text.")......... At console I found a text->"C:Program Files (x86)AutoIt3SciTE..autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "F:OtherStudyMaterialsAutoITScript Filesnpad.au3" After this script didn't work, notepad application remain open. I have to forcibly terminate the script. Please help me regarding this issue and let me know if we missed something. Edited March 9, 2014 by Melba23 Added tags
thatnewguy69 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 you should look at the ControlSend() function at the help file, it could help you
water Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Welcome to AutoIt and the forum! Please enclose your script in AutoIt tags (the blue "A" in the editor). That greatly enhances readability My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 9, 2014 Moderators Posted March 9, 2014 TestingUser,Welcome to the AutoIt forum. Your script works multiple times for me. I did add a WinActivate("Untitled - Notepad") after the MsgBox line to ensure the Send command went to the correct place, but nothing more. And I added tags to the post as water suggested - see here how to do it. Then you get a scrolling box and syntax colouring as you can see above now I have added the tags. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area
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