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Autoit Send sometimes convert : to ; (colon to semi colon) and \ to | (backslash to pipe)


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I have an autoit script that uses the Send function to send keyboard typing to input boxes.

In particular, it is sending file name paths to a "Save File" dialog box in windows (printing a PDF file).

So the command is something like:

$filename = "C:\BLX\print\output.pdf"

Send($filename)

 

This seems to work most of the time.  However, sometimes, the keys that are sent are actually converted:

:   becomes  ;

\ becomes |

 

You can see this in the error message below.  I'm 100% sure my $filename variable does NOT contain the ; or | characters.  I've even done:

StringReplace($filename, ";", ":")

StringReplace($filename, "|", "\")

just before the call to:

Send($filename).

 

The problem is somewhat intermittent.  Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas as to how to fix this?

 

Thanks

Alex.

 

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Please try

#include <AutoItConstants.au3>
Global $filename = "C:\BLX\print\output.pdf"
Send($filename, $SEND_RAW)

 

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