what the heck happened here?

[NELyon]

OK, this is messed up. here was my EXACT code:

run('Notepad.exe")
sleep(200)
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
send("you can type text now")
sleep(500)

It ran fine as a au3 code, but when i compiled it, it ran notepad just fine... about 500 times, killing all my ram and i had to restart... also each notepad window, instead of sending "you can type text" it sent ("yyyyyyooooooouu caaaaaaaaaaaaannnn ttttttypeeeeeeeeee texxxxxxxt nnnnnooowwwww")

[Jos]

OK, this is messed up. here was my EXACT code:

run('Notepad.exe")
sleep(200)
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
send("you can type text now")
sleep(500)

It ran fine as a au3 code, but when i compiled it, it ran notepad just fine... about 500 times, killing all my ram and i had to restart... also each notepad window, instead of sending "you can type text" it sent ("yyyyyyooooooouu caaaaaaaaaaaaannnn ttttttypeeeeeeeeee texxxxxxxt nnnnnooowwwww")

This is not the exact code since it has a syntax error in the run statement, but let me guess....

You called your script notepad.au3 and compiled that .... right ?

[Valuater]

the script you posted wont even run

run('Notepad.exe")

8)

[Valuater]

This is not the exact code since it has a syntax error in the run statement, but let me guess....

You called your script notepad.au3 and compiled that .... right ?

very good guess JdeB...

I'll bet your right

8)

[CyberSlug]

So what JdeB is saying is that you have at least two solutions:

1) Rename your compiled script.

2) (Better) Change the run statement to Run(@WindowsDir & \notepad.exe")

[herewasplato]

Run(@WindowsDir & "\notepad.exe")

...something about this thread...

[theguy0000]

I think we need a FAQ on this...

Lar.

I had this problem from the day I started with AutoIt and to this day I never knew what I did wrong. I guess I do now lol

[NELyon]

yeah, i did name it notepad.au3... guess that was the problem

[MagickCrafter]

yeah, i did name it notepad.au3... guess that was the problem

Also, you may want to change

send("you can type text now")

To

send("you can type text now", 1)

The second one will send the keys RAW so it won't like press alt f4 if you put send("Guess what I press!{F4}", 1)

=)

[NELyon]

yeah, but i just made this for my friend who hates going to run>>notepad.exe on his computer every time and he can't find the notepad.exe file on his comp to make a shortcut XD

[Paulie]

yeah, but i just made this for my friend who hates going to run>>notepad.exe on his computer every time and he can't find the notepad.exe file on his comp to make a shortcut XD

As much as i love autoit, wouldn't this have been much easier?

Start>>Search>>Notepad.exe

then make a shorcut

Edit: I Spelled notepad wrong

Edited June 15, 2006 by Paulie

[jefhal]

yeah, but i just made this for my friend who hates going to run>>notepad.exe on his computer every time and he can't find the notepad.exe file on his comp to make a shortcut XD

Why not just put Notepad in the startup folder and leave it running all the time?