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Hello, New to AutoIT, loving the fun it brings

 

I am building a script to automate pdf creation for work, we make hundreds of Pdf's monthly. I have most of the process squared away, but I'm stuck. it gets to the point where it will not switch back to a previously maximized excel sheet for the next step.

Here is the code, with some window names removed

;switch to excel and create PDF cover
WinActivate ("MyExcelSheet2016")
Sleep (250)
;maximize excel
WinSetState("[ACTIVE]", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
Sleep (250)
;shift sheet left
send ("{HOME}")
Sleep (250)
;printing PDF Cover
MouseClick ("left", 1387, 550)
Sleep (5000)
;closing PDF converter
send ("!{f4}")
Sleep (250)
;switch to app for picture to Maximize
WinActivate ("Picture App")
Sleep (250)
;maximize Pictre App
WinSetState("[ACTIVE]", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
Sleep (250)
;switch to Picture Grabber
WinActivate ("Pictre Grabber")
Sleep (250)
;activate Picture Grabber hotkey
send ("^+{F3}")
Sleep (6000)
send ("^+ {END}")
Sleep (250)
;crop new diagram
send ("^+{C}")
Sleep (500)
send ("!{W}")
Sleep (500)
send ("!{C}")
Sleep (500)
send ("{ENTER}")
Sleep (500)
send ("!{s}")
Sleep (250)
send ("^{s}")
Sleep (500)
send ("!{f4}")
Sleep (1000)

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At this point, it does not do what I thought it would
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;return to Excel for PDF 2nd page
WinActivate ("MyExcelSheet2016")
Sleep (250)
;maximize excel
WinSetState("[ACTIVE]", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
Sleep (250)
MouseClick ("left", 748, 473)
Sleep (500)

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

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In case you are not sure what i mean by that just use this code.

 

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;switch to excel and create PDF cover
WinActivate ("MyExcelSheet2016")
Sleep (250)
;maximize excel
WinSetState("[ACTIVE]", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
Sleep (250)
;shift sheet left
send ("{HOME}")
Sleep (250)
;printing PDF Cover
MouseClick ("left", 1387, 550)
Sleep (5000)
;closing PDF converter
send ("!{f4}")
Sleep (250)
;switch to app for picture to Maximize
WinActivate ("Picture App")
Sleep (250)
;maximize Pictre App
WinSetState("[ACTIVE]", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
Sleep (250)
;switch to Picture Grabber
WinActivate ("Pictre Grabber")
Sleep (250)
;activate Picture Grabber hotkey
send ("^+{F3}")
Sleep (6000)
send ("^+ {END}")
Sleep (250)
;crop new diagram
send ("^+{C}")
Sleep (500)
send ("!{W}")
Sleep (500)
send ("!{C}")
Sleep (500)
send ("{ENTER}")
Sleep (500)
send ("!{s}")
Sleep (250)
send ("^{s}")
Sleep (500)
send ("!{f4}")
Sleep (1000)
;return to Excel for PDF 2nd page
WinActivate ("MyExcelSheet2016")
Sleep (250)
;maximize excel
WinSetState("[ACTIVE]", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
Sleep (250)
MouseClick ("left", 748, 473)
Sleep (500)

 

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@qwiqshot if you use EXCEL then you may use EXCEL UDF (if I remember well there was a similar question but related to WORD   ).

But I want to ask How you create PDF - is it a conversion or SaveAs option used from EXCEL ?

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You can use ObjGet() to connect to opened Excel Document (I never tried it).

Then you can use Excel.au3 UDF to print this document without doing all this GUI automation.

If I good understand the "Nuance / PDF Converter" should take care about creating PDF in a smilar to PDFCreator way.
I mean "Nuance / PDF Converter" should have AutoSave feature. If I'm right, then you should to know where is created PDF file.

 

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