New to AutoIT simple question

[jdaly]

I am very new to AutoIT and just playing around with it right now. I am just trying to figure out a way of sending todays date to a notepad file.

Basically i just want to have autoit send "Todays date is 12-7-06" but cant figure out how. I checked the help file but it doesnt contain any info on variables for dates.

Thanks

[herewasplato]

Run("notepad.exe")

Send("@YDAY @MON @MDAY")

search @mon in the helpfile

Did you try to run the code that you posted?

[herewasplato]

...Basically i just want to have autoit send "Todays date is 12-7-06" but cant figure out how...

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWait("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("Today's date is " & @MON & "-" & @MDAY & "-" & @YEAR)

Send("{ENTER 2}")
Send("{F5}")

maybe just F5 will do for you or this info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260563

[mikehunt114]

I checked the help file but it doesnt contain any info on variables for dates.

Thanks

If you look a little closer, the helpfile has a Date Macros section. Cheers.

[jdaly]

Well Im not really doing it in notepad. I just said that because its similar to my application and the question was the same.

Thanks to all for the help. So far AutoIT looks like a really useful program.

[herewasplato]

@jdaly,

Welcome to the forum...

@Dethredic,

Sorry about that - I know that there is not always time to test code before you post.