Q: Function Send.

[Guest chiphead]

Howdy, is there a way to send keystrokes to a NOT activated window?

From AutoIt:

Send

Sends simulated keystrokes to the active window.

Send ( "keys" [, flag] )

So, send seems only to work with activated window?

Edited May 3, 2004 by chiphead

[Helge]

Check out ControlSend !

Good luck and happy scripting !

[Guest chiphead]

hm i cant get it to work properly

here is the code

Sleep(2000)
$Schlafen = 0
$i = 0
$x = 1000
$a = 50

Do

    $Zufall = Int(Random(700)+1)
;Send("1")
    ControlSend("", "", "OpWindow1", "1")
    $Schlafen = $x + $Zufall
    Sleep($Schlafen)


    $i = $i + 1

    If $i = $a Then
  MsgBox(4096, "Ergebnis", "Anzahl der Durchläufe: " & $i)
    EndIf

Until $i = $a

When the Opera browser window is activated the ControlSend works. But as soon as i activate an other window, the script stops. After reactivating the opera window it continues to work. Why?

[trids]

Try providing the "title" argument for the ControlSend function. There is an example in the helpfile which uses Notepad to illustrate.

HTH

[trids]

LOL! Lightning Larry beat me to the draw!

[Guest chiphead]

Specify the window title...

ControlSend("Some Opera Title Here", "", "OpWindow1", "1")

Lar.

Opera changes the titel on websites. eg. when im at lycos.com its titel is 'Welcome to Lycos! - Opera', at google.com its 'Google - Opera' and so on...

Without a titel parameter in ControlSend AutoIt runs through all browser-tabs. After adding the title to ControlSend it only runs only through the browser-tabs with this special titel. But this titel thing does not change the problem. It still does not work when opera-window is not activated.

[ezzetabi]

Usually I would answer something like "Read the fucking help file", but since you are a Opera user and like me you walk in the light I'll help you

AutoItSetOption ( "WinTitleMatchMode", 2)

and as title use "- Opera"

Or

AutoItSetOption ( "WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

and as title use "Classname:OperaWindow" (untested)

[Guest chiphead]

Thanks, it runs now through all tabs but the script still stops when operabrowser is not the active window. hm is it a system specific 'bug' ? I have Windows XP Pro..

modified code:

AutoItSetOption ( "WinTitleMatchMode", 2)

Sleep(2000)

$Schlafen = 0

$i = 0

$x = 1000

$a = 50

Do

$Zufall = Int(Random(700)+1)

;Send("1")

ControlSend("- Opera", "", "OpWindow1", "1")

$Schlafen = $x + $Zufall

Sleep($Schlafen)

$i = $i + 1

If $i = $a Then

  MsgBox(4096, "Ergebnis", "Anzahl der Durchläufe: " & $i)

EndIf

Until $i = $a