How to Pass Text to AutoIt Script

[Alan1234]

I have and AutoIt script exe file.  I want to pass a number in a notepad text file to a compiled AutoIt script file it can perform a calculation.s  Being new to AutoIt scripting I cannot figure out how to do this.  Can someone show me how to do this?  Thanks in advance...

[JLogan3o13]

@Alan1234 welcome to the forum. There are a couple of different ways you could accomplish this (as with most things AutoIt). Probably the easiest would be to have your script call fileread in a variable, and use that variable for your calculations. The help file section on FileRead has a nice example.

Try the example out on your own and see how it fits for your needs. If you run into problems, post your script here and we will do our best to assist

 

[Alan1234]

JLogan3o13 - Thanks for the help and the quick response.  I ran the example file you suggested and studied the script.  I then wrote the attached simple script to do what I wanted to accomplish and ran it.  It works.  Is the script too simple, too amateurish ?  What recommendations would you suggest?  Thanks!

file read2.au3

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[czardas]

It's a good start. You don't need to include WinAPIFiles.au3, so you can delete line #13.