Stuck...

[Shade]

Hey guys and girls. I was wondering if any of you could give me a hand with a script I wrote. It sends text strings to a window based on the configuration of an ini file. I can't seem to get it working right. Any help is appreciated.

;Define Variables

;Ini File
$ini = "Defaults.ini"
;Window
$window = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Windows", "Window", "")
;Sleep Time
$sleep1 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sleeps", "Sleep1", "")
$sleep2 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sleeps", "Sleep2", "")
$sleep3 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sleeps", "Sleep3", "")
$sleep4 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sleeps", "Sleep4", "")
$sleep5 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sleeps", "Sleep5", "")
;Send String
$send1 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sends", "Send1", "")
$send2 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sends", "Send2", "")
$send3 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sends", "Send3", "")
$send4 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sends", "Send4", "")
$send5 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sends", "Send5", "")
$send6 = IniRead ( "" & $ini, "Sends", "Send6", "")

;Body of Program
    MsgBox (0, "Auto Completer", "If Ini file is configured, Press OK to start.")
;Send the Strings
    ControlSend ("" & $window, "", "", "" & $send1)
    Sleep ("" & $sleep1)
    ControlSend ("" & $window, "", "", "" & $send2)
    Sleep ("" & $sleep2)
    ControlSend ("" & $window, "", "", "" & $send3)
    Sleep ("" & $sleep3)
    ControlSend ("" & $window, "", "", "" & $send4)
    Sleep ("" & $sleep4)
    ControlSend ("" & $window, "", "", "" & $send5)
    Sleep ("" & $sleep5)
    ControlSend ("" & $window, "", "", "" & $send6)
Exit

Attached is the ini file (without keys). Change the .txt extension to .ini.

Defaults.txt

[Thatsgreat2345]

wtf is this

"" & $ini

ur adding nothing to a file extension?

[forger]

What thatsgreat2345 meant is that you don't need to put "" & in front of a variable

ControlSend ($window, "", "", $send1)

Um don't you have to add a Control ID or ClassNameNN in order to send it somewhere in that window you want?

Use the "autoit window info" to find that:

Start Menu > Programs > AutoIt v3

Also, make sure your window is running

[Thatsgreat2345]

control send can also just be used to send something to a window doesnt have to have a specific ID

[Shade]

But it wont screw up the code if I use "" & var right? I'm still kinda wondering why it isn't working...

[Thatsgreat2345]

ok now u MUST include a controlID my bad or it wont work

Edited June 14, 2006 by thatsgreat2345

[Shade]

Ok, thanks guys. Is there any way I can send the string to the window without knowing the control ID? This program will be used on a computer without AutoIt installed, so I can not use the AutoIt Window Info program.

Edit:

Nevermind. I just substituted ControlSend() with Send() and made sure the window was focused. Thanks.

Edited June 15, 2006 by Shade