User input, pasted into notepad

[sisdlm]

Extremely new to autoit and scripting in general, looking for some assistance.

I want to create an input box to prompt the user for ? then paste that users input into an active notepad session. Please help the newbie...

[Jos]

Extremely new to autoit and scripting in general, looking for some assistance.

I want to create an input box to prompt the user for ? then paste that users input into an active notepad session. Please help the newbie...

Have a look at the included example notepad1.au3 in C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples.

[big_daddy]

Extremely new to autoit and scripting in general, looking for some assistance.

I want to create an input box to prompt the user for ? then paste that users input into an active notepad session. Please help the newbie...

Try this:

$Input = InputBox("Title", "Enter whatever")
Run("notepad")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
ControlSend("Untitled - Notepad", "", "Edit1", $Input)

[flaxcrack]

Extremely new to autoit and scripting in general, looking for some assistance.

I want to create an input box to prompt the user for ? then paste that users input into an active notepad session. Please help the newbie...

Sure thing! Welcome to the fourms btw... You need to research: InputBox() ClipGet() Send()/ClipPut()

[Valuater]

Welcome to Autoit....

You should really see this great demo for newbies

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...opic=21048&hl=#

I just wrote a great one for a demonstarion

but this is what you asked for

$Input = InputBox("My Input Box","Please type in your text")

Run("Notepad.exe")
WinActivate("")

Sleep(200)
Send($Input)

Enjoy!!!

8)

EDIT

man... i must be getting slow...lol

Edited February 7, 2006 by Valuater

[sisdlm]

Thanks to all for helping.. and not beating up the new guy ...