Can I run the same script twice simultaneously?

[Newbie2]

All,

I have a script that sends some keystrokes to a window. Can I run it again to send some keystrokes to another window?

10x

[pekster]

There's no reason why the same script can't be running as many times as you want while other instances of the same script are also active. If you are using global send commands, they will overlap with other active scripts. However, if you are using ControlSend, then this shouldn't be a problem.

[Newbie2]

10x, Pek, but I think u r wrong...

Let me prove it

Open 2 text files using notepad. Save the first as a.txt and the second as 2.txt.

Don't close the files.

Create 2 autoit files. a.au3 and b.au3

Paste the code for a.au3

Sleep (5000)
For $i=1 to 100
    For $x=1 to 300
  $message=$message & "a"
    Next
    WinActivate ("a.txt")
    send ($message)
    Send ("{ENTER}")
    Sleep (5000)
Next

Sleep (5000)
For $i=1 to 100
    For $x=1 to 300
  $message=$message & "b"
    Next
    WinActivate ("b.txt")
    send ($message)
    Send ("{ENTER}")
    Sleep (5000)
Next

Run the forst one and right after the second. You'll see that when to instances of 'Send' are running, it doesn't write all the " aaaaa" to the a window and vice versa.

[pekster]

Actually, that is excatally what I said would happen. Please look up the ControlSend function in the helpfile. A Send is a global send, and it will happen globally (as if you were typing it.) If you want to control text to two windows at the same time, you need to use ControlSend to prevent the key presses from interfering with the 2nd script, as you saw in your example.

[Newbie2]

Ohhh. I see. Thanks,