How to get a variable in a folder path?

[Zwettenduvel]

I wrote a script that take a screenshot of a certain area and saves it in a map.

However I want to take multiple screenshots in a row, without it erasing the same picture every time.

dim $sFilePath = "C:\Users\Deeters\Desktop\aze\$key.jpg"

$key is a variable that is different each time.

 

And alternative that I also would like to try is add a date and time in the name of the screenshot.

Thank you

[jguinch]

You must concatenate the string and the variable, using the character "&" :

$sFilePath = "C:\Users\Deeters\Desktop\aze\" & $key & ".jpg"

For the rest, look at the help file, please

 

[Zwettenduvel]

When I 

2 minutes ago, jguinch said:

You must concatenate the string and the variable, using the character "&" :

$sFilePath = "C:\Users\Deeters\Desktop\aze\" & $key & ".jpg"

For the rest, look at the help file, please

 

Thank you for answering but I already tried that and when I do that my image has no name.

[Jos]

Well, that is the valid way of doing it so show the code that you have issues with so we can check whether there is something else wrong.

Jos

[Zwettenduvel]

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("k", "drukknopK")

Global $key
Global $som
#include <ScreenCapture.au3>
dim $sFilePath = "C:\Users\Deeters\Desktop\aze\" & $key & ".jpg"
dim $OCR_Rectangle[4] = [434, 256, 750, 447]

Func Terminate()
   Exit 1
EndFunc

MsgBox(0, "test", "ok")

Func drukknopK()

_ScreenCapture_Capture($sFilePath,434, 256, 750, 447,False)
Local $som = PixelChecksum ( 434, 256, 750, 447 )
$key = "k"

sleep(300)
MsgBox(1,"test","de som =" & $key & " " & $som)
sleep(300)
WinActivate ("azebeze - WordPad")
WinWaitActive("azebeze - WordPad")
Send(1 & " " & $som & "{ENTER}")

EndFunc

While 1
   sleep(250)
WEnd

[Zwettenduvel]

Replace $key with $som, I forgot I was testing things.

[Jos]

So why do you expect that $key is anything else than empty ("") at the time you concatenate it into the $ sFilePath  variable?

Jos

[Zwettenduvel]

I have no idea, I am sorry.

[Jos]

Well, I hope you have some expectations what that filename actually should be...right?
Explain what your intent was for the $Key variable and what is supposed to contain.

[Zwettenduvel]

I found it!

 

This is what I wanted to achieve:

Thank you for helping.

Func drukknopK()
Local $som = PixelChecksum ( 434, 256, 750, 447 )
_ScreenCapture_Capture("C:\Users\Deeters\Desktop\aze\" & $som & ".jpg",434, 256, 750, 447,False)
$key = "k"
sleep(300)
MsgBox(1,"poes","de som =" & $key & " " & $som)
;dim $sFilePath = "C:\Users\Deeters\Desktop\aze\" & $som & ".jpg"
sleep(300)
WinActivate ("azebeze - WordPad")
WinWaitActive("azebeze - WordPad")
Send(1 & " " & $som & "{ENTER}")

EndFunc

[Zwettenduvel]

17 minutes ago, Jos said:

Well, I hope you have some expectations what that filename actually should be...right?
Explain what your intent was for the $Key variable and what is supposed to contain.

This is maybe to much to ask but.

If you look at my code you might understand what im trying to do.

I want to make a list of all the pixelvaluesums of an area that is chaning on the screen in wordpad.

But now my script automatically goes to wordpad, types the pixelvaluesum and then I have to go back to the screen I want to take screenshots from manually, is there a way that I can make this list in the background without changing windows?