SciTE4AutoIt3 Full won't show official function definitions

[Mbee]

I have SciTE4AutoIt3 v21.203.1500.3 installed along with the latest versions of the rest of AutoIt. I haven't used it on this computer for a while, but SciTE used to work perfectly. Now, however, when I highlight an official function name and press F1, nothing happens, In fact, no matter what function key I press, I never get the function definition.

I'm running the latest version of 64-bit Windows 10. I uninstalled and then re-installed SciTE4AutoIt3 from this official site.

What can I do to troubleshoot this issue? I appreciate your help!

[argumentum]

1) does the help file load at all pressing F1 from SciTE ?
2) does AutoIt.chm load when open from explorer ?
3) does it load from AutoIt3Help.exe ?

That is a good start for troubleshooting.

Edited January 13, 2024 by argumentum
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[ioa747]

45 minutes ago, Mbee said:

from this official site

https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit-script-editor/downloads/

[Mbee]

54 minutes ago, argumentum said:

Thanks very much for your help!  Here are my replies...

1) does the help file load at all pressing F1 from SciTE ? No
2) does AutoIt.chm load when open from explorer ? Yes
3) does it load from AutoIt3Help.exe ? Yes

That is a good start for troubleshooting.

Thanks for helping me out...

Edited January 13, 2024 by Mbee

[Mbee]

22 minutes ago, ioa747 said:

https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit-script-editor/downloads/

Thanks for pitching in! Unfortunately, that's just where I got it from when I re-installed it from scratch.

[argumentum]

Would clicking help:

brings help at all ? ( pardon the baby steps but I could not fathom a reason )

Edit: Also, what's the full path name to the installation folder.

also run this:

Func nothing()
EndFunc
If HotKeySet("{F1}", "nothing") Then
    ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & "+ looks good" & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & "! looks like the key is taken" & @CRLF & @CRLF)
EndIf

to see if F1 is captured by something else.

Edited January 13, 2024 by argumentum
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[Mbee]

17 minutes ago, argumentum said:

Would clicking help:

brings help at all ? ( pardon the baby steps but I could not fathom a reason )

>>> Yes, choosing Help in the Help menu brings up the correct page (and I don't mind baby steps in the least!)

Edit: Also, what's the full path name to the installation folder.

>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3
and >>> C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE

also run this:

Func nothing()
EndFunc
If HotKeySet("{F1}", "nothing") Then
    ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & "+ looks good" & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & "! looks like the key is taken" & @CRLF & @CRLF)
EndIf

to see if F1 is captured by something else.

>>> The result I get is "+ looks good"

Thanks so very much for sticking with me!

[ioa747]

if you open notepad and press f1 does it work?

[Mbee]

10 minutes ago, ioa747 said:

if you open notepad and press f1 does it work?

No, and that seems like an important clue. It also doesn't work with Notepad++

[argumentum]

35 minutes ago, Mbee said:

Yes, choosing Help in the Help menu brings up the correct page

Therefore the problem is with F1.
Clicking "help" or pressing F1 is the same as far as running AutoIt3Help.exe to bring about the selected page in AutoIt.chm.

Now is a question of what is up with the keyboard.
If running this:

Exit Send("{F1}") ; select the word send to see if it works

works then is the keyboard maybe ?. Give it a try. Maybe an Fn key thing ?

[Mbee]

Your example with Send({f1}) works!
BTW, all I did was type it in and "Go", I didn't select anything.

Here's the full output...

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\MyScripts\AutoIt Scripts\MyBasicFileCombiner\Another F1 test.au3" /UserParams    
+>22:49:11 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper (21.316.1639.1) from:SciTE.exe (4.4.6.0)  Keyboard:00000409  OS:WIN_10/2009  CPU:X64 OS:X64  Environment(Language:0409)  CodePage:0  utf8.auto.check:4
+>         SciTEDir => C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\mjb\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\mjb\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE
>Running AU3Check (3.3.14.5)  from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3  input:C:\MyScripts\AutoIt Scripts\MyBasicFileCombiner\Another F1 test.au3
+>22:49:11 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.14.5):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3_x64.exe "C:\MyScripts\AutoIt Scripts\MyBasicFileCombiner\Another F1 test.au3"    
+>Setting Hotkeys...--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart or Ctrl+BREAK to Stop.
->22:49:11 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:1
+>22:49:11 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 1    Time: 0.9453

 

Edited January 13, 2024 by Mbee

[argumentum]

1 minute ago, Mbee said:

Send({f1}) works

Then is the keyboard ? 

[Mbee]

I'm going to go with that for now, but I have to go to bed. Thanks enormously guys!