Send keys (not copy!) from a notepad file

[CyVist]

Hi

I want autoit to search for a filename in a folder, but the filename in my situation is always changing, however logged in a notepad file.

What I did before the filename was changing, was opening a folder, then with Send("apple") and Send("{ENTER}") it would load the file called "apple".
But now the filename is always changing, and I want autoit to search for the right filename.

The right filename is always stored in for instance a Notepad or Excel file on the first row (this might not always be the case, but that's something I have to fix later on).
I know I can simply copy the name, but with paste I cannot search in a folder. I need to send the filename keys to make it really search.

Send("Alwaysthesametext")
to:
Send( pick up whatever is the first line from notepad and send that somewhere else)

Any suggestions?

Kind regards,

Igor

[LukeLe]

You need to get the data inside the notepad/excel to use in your Send() function? Just find a way to read it into a string parameter, then pass that string into Send.

For notepad, just read the first line.

About Excel, maybe you need Excel UDF to get the data you want.

If I misunderstood your idea, could you please explain more?

[rm4453]

Post a sample of the data file containing the name. As well as some code example of what you have tried (inside code tags).