Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

[jxw]

Hi,

New to the AutoIt and this forum.  Here's a weird behavior - can someone please tell me if it's a legit bug or if I'm doing something wrong?  The script is below.  The first part just makes sure all options are set to default.  The weird behavior is that ControlSend() of a quotation mark to Notepad can either result in a ' or "

It seems that you have to do a ControlClick() first in order to make the problem happen.   What is going on here?  Does it have to do with some unreliability of sending the SHIFT key state?  If I put a delay after the ControlClick(), the problem seems to become more infrequent with increasing delay.  Without the ControlClick(), the problem seems to go away completely.

 

;  Full AutoIt options list - default value is listed first
Opt("CaretCoordMode", 1) ;1=absolute, 0=relative, 2=client
Opt("ExpandEnvStrings", 0) ;0=don't expand, 1=do expand
Opt("ExpandVarStrings", 0) ;0=don't expand, 1=do expand
Opt("GUICloseOnESC", 1) ;1=ESC  closes, 0=ESC won't close
Opt("GUICoordMode", 1) ;1=absolute, 0=relative, 2=cell
Opt("GUIDataSeparatorChar", "|") ;"|" is the default
Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 0) ;0=disabled, 1=OnEvent mode enabled
Opt("GUIResizeMode", 0) ;0=no resizing, <1024 special resizing
Opt("GUIEventOptions", 0) ;0=default, 1=just notification, 2=GUICtrlRead tab index
Opt("MouseClickDelay", 10) ;10 milliseconds
Opt("MouseClickDownDelay", 10) ;10 milliseconds
Opt("MouseClickDragDelay", 250) ;250 milliseconds
Opt("MouseCoordMode", 1) ;1=absolute, 0=relative, 2=client
Opt("MustDeclareVars", 0) ;0=no, 1=require pre-declaration
Opt("PixelCoordMode", 1) ;1=absolute, 0=relative, 2=client
Opt("SendAttachMode", 0) ;0=don't attach, 1=do attach
Opt("SendCapslockMode", 1) ;1=store and restore, 0=don't
Opt("SendKeyDelay", 5) ;5 milliseconds
Opt("SendKeyDownDelay", 1) ;1 millisecond
Opt("TCPTimeout", 100) ;100 milliseconds
Opt("TrayAutoPause", 1) ;0=no pause, 1=Pause
Opt("TrayIconDebug", 0) ;0=no info, 1=debug line info
Opt("TrayIconHide", 0) ;0=show, 1=hide tray icon
Opt("TrayMenuMode", 0) ;0=append, 1=no default menu, 2=no automatic check, 4=menuitemID  not return
Opt("TrayOnEventMode", 0) ;0=disable, 1=enable
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText", 0) ;0=don't detect, 1=do detect
Opt("WinSearchChildren", 1) ;0=no, 1=search children also
Opt("WinTextMatchMode", 1) ;1=complete, 2=quick
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 1) ;1=start, 2=subStr, 3=exact, 4=advanced, -1 to -4=Nocase
Opt("WinWaitDelay", 250) ;250 milliseconds

Local $sWindow = "Untitled - Notepad"
Local $hWnd = WinWait($sWindow, "", 10)
Local $sControl = "Edit1"

; Send a mouse click to the edit control using the handle returned by WinWait.
ControlClick($hWnd, "", $sControl)    ; comment out this line and the problem goes away
ControlSend($hWnd, "", $sControl, '"')    ; seems to randomly send either ' or "

 

[Nine]

I am unable to reproduce your issue, all sends are correctly performed.  What version of autoit are you using ?

Edit : I remember awhile ago someone has a similar problem with ControlSend and using KB while script was running.  By using  my BlockInput UDF (see my signature), it has solved the issue. 

Edited May 27, 2020 by Nine

[abberration]

Try sending a Chr(34) instead of '"'.

 

[seadoggie01]

Strangely, I was able to reproduce this one time. (Version 3.3.14.5)

[Nine]

Try putting a sleep after ControlClick.  I also remember that using mouse while script was running could cause the issue too.  

[seadoggie01]

I only got it to work the very first time... I haven't been able to do it ever again. I think it's magic

Edit: Moving the mouse did it. I maximized Notepad and moved my mouse on my second screen. Putting the ControlClick & ControlSend in a loop helped catch it.

Edited May 27, 2020 by seadoggie01

[seadoggie01]

So this seems to fix it, but makes the mouse a bit jumpy

Func ControlSend_Fixed($sTitle, $sText, $sControlID, $sString)

    Local $tagRECT = "struct;long Left;long Top;long Right;long Bottom;endstruct"
    Local $tRECT = DllStructCreate($tagRECT)
    Local $aPos = MouseGetPos()
    DllStructSetData($tRECT, "Left", $aPos[0])
    DllStructSetData($tRECT, "Top", $aPos[1])
    DllStructSetData($tRECT, "Right", $aPos[0])
    DllStructSetData($tRECT, "Bottom", $aPos[1])
    DllCall("user32.dll", "bool", "ClipCursor", "struct*", $tRECT)

    Local $vRet = ControlSend($sTitle, $sText, $sControlID, $sString)

    DllCall("user32.dll", "bool", "ClipCursor", "ptr", 0)
    If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, False)

    Return $vRet

EndFunc

(Based off of Gary Frost's MouseTrap)

Edited May 27, 2020 by seadoggie01
(3 edits because I can't code without Au3Check)

[Nine]

Try my udf it worked quite nicely at the time.  It solved both problems : mouse and kb...

[ViciousXUSMC]

WinActivate() instead of sending a click?