Send {ENTER} not working

[theocoza]

Digging out some old posts...

Im new to autoit and im trying to automatize my softwares installation on new PC.

this code is not working:

#include <IE.au3>
#RequireAdmin

; Chrome download
$o_IE = _IECreate ()
_IENavigate ($o_IE, "https://dl.google.com/update2/1.3.28.15/GoogleInstaller_fr.application?appguid%3D%7B8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96%7D%26iid%3D%7BC76EAF54-CD3B-5F21-FFDC-91E978A9E77F%7D%26lang%3Dfr%26browser%3D2%26usagestats%3D0%26appname%3DGoogle%2520Chrome%26needsadmin%3Dprefers%26installdataindex%3Ddefaultbrowser")

; Chrome installation
WinWaitActive("Fichier ouvert - Avertissement de sécurité")
Send("{LEFT}{ENTER}")
_IEQuit($o_IE)

this code is working:

#include <IE.au3>
#RequireAdmin

; téléchargement de Chrome
$o_IE = _IECreate ()
_IENavigate ($o_IE, "https://dl.google.com/update2/1.3.28.15/GoogleInstaller_fr.application?appguid%3D%7B8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96%7D%26iid%3D%7BC76EAF54-CD3B-5F21-FFDC-91E978A9E77F%7D%26lang%3Dfr%26browser%3D2%26usagestats%3D0%26appname%3DGoogle%2520Chrome%26needsadmin%3Dprefers%26installdataindex%3Ddefaultbrowser")

; installation de Chrome
WinWaitActive("Fichier ouvert - Avertissement de sécurité")
Send("{LEFT}")
WinWaitActive("Fichier ouvert - Avertissement de sécurité")
Send("{ENTER}")
_IEQuit($o_IE)

This second solution is not clean and i'd prefer using the first one, if someone finds out why it is not working.

I tried other keystrokes and it seems I only have problems with {ENTER}.

Edited September 30, 2015 by Melba23
Changed title

[Melba23]

theocoza,

Welcome to the AutoIt forums.

Please do not "dig up old posts" - particularly when they have only a tenuous link to your problem - just start a new thread as I have now done for you. We ask you to do this for two main reasons:

1. The language advances and the functionality might well be included in core or UDF code by now
2. The changes in language syntax mean that it is likely that code from more than a couple of years ago may well not run under the current release interpreter without significant modification.

M23

[theocoza]

Ok, thanks for creating new thread for me (though i cant edit it now).

just for background info, i tried what had been previously said in the old thread:

; installation de Chrome
WinWaitActive("Fichier ouvert - Avertissement de sécurité")
Send("{LEFT}")
Sleep(100)
Send("{ENTER}")
_IEQuit($o_IE)

It's not wokring neither, i really have to call WinWaitActive a second time just to send {ENTER} keystroke.

Edited September 30, 2015 by theocoza

[jguinch]

Instead of using _IECreate, you could download the installer with InetGet and then launch it after ?

#RequireAdmin

InetGet("https://dl.google.com/update2/1.3.28.15/GoogleInstaller_fr.application?appguid%3D%7B8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96%7D%26iid%3D%7BC76EAF54-CD3B-5F21-FFDC-91E978A9E77F%7D%26lang%3Dfr%26browser%3D2%26usagestats%3D0%26appname%3DGoogle%2520Chrome%26needsadmin%3Dprefers%26installdataindex%3Ddefaultbrowser", "GoogleInstaller_fr.application")
ShellExecute("GoogleInstaller_fr.application")

 

[theocoza]

Thx for answer.

I didnt know this function, its working great and makes the code more readable.

Any idea why i have problems with send("{LEFT}{ENTER}")?

My first thought was it's sending its commands so fast, the application may not have the time to apply all the keystrokes. But send("{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{ENTER}") is sending the correct amount of {TAB}, it only has a problem on {ENTER}. And using send("{LEFT}") -> sleep(1000) -> send("{ENTER}") is not working neither...

Why do I need to call WinWaitActive a second time just to send("{ENTER}")?

[jguinch]

I tried to download an run the GoogleInstaller_fr.application, but I have an error "Impossible de télécharger l'application", so I cannot get the same window than you.

Did you try do use the Window Info Tool, to identify the controls ? Maybe you could use ControlClick (it's more reliable than Send).

A+ (et boujour de Franche-Comté !)