Alex123456 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) Welcome to AutoIt and the forum! Please try #include <AutoItConstants.au3> Global $filename = "C:\BLX\print\output.pdf" Send($filename, $SEND_RAW) Edited August 18, 2022 by water My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedna Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) Use ControlSetText() instead of Send() / ControlSend(). For more detailed info about ControlSend() problems/limitations & workarounds look here Edited August 19, 2022 by Zedna Resources UDF ResourcesEx UDF AutoIt Forum Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex123456 Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 Ok. Thanks for the suggestion. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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