*Solved* IniRead with Send using Delphi

[Casper2400]

Hello all, it has been a very long time since my last post and I am stummped.

I am learning delphi and how to use autoit with delphi.

I have AutoItXWrapper and AutoItX3.dll

most of the code is quite simple and almost the same as just coding with autoit.

However I have ran into a bit of a snafu:

AU3_IniRead('./OH_BOT.ini', 'UserInfo', 'AccountName', '');

after a few seconds I will get a debugger fault notification error.

so I just use delphi inifile.ReadString('UserInfo', 'AccountName','');

now I need AU3_send to post the result of ini "accountname" to the active window where the curser is waiting.

any ideas?

Edited June 26, 2007 by Casper2400

[Richard Robertson]

So what is the problem? Just use the return value from the Delphi function to call the send function with.

[Casper2400]

So what is the problem? Just use the return value from the Delphi function to call the send function with.

The "return" value is not working, thats the problem...

When I type AU3_Send (result) I get an error "not enough peramaters

When I type AU#_Send (result,0) I get error "string and PAnsi... incompatible

When I type AU3_Send ('result',0) it sends "result" to the box not the ini string.

In Delphi I can not find a "return" function for a string to post to the active window (not mine)

[Richard Robertson]

What is PAnsi? Is that a Delphi string type? It looks as if you need to use a compatible string type, "string", to call AU3_Send.

[Casper2400]

the PAnsi... is a delphi type code (unknown to me)

The au3_send code I got directly from autoit.

The problem is when I read the ini with au3_readini I get an error, SO I read the ini with delphi code.

NOW I want to post the result to the open window.

Delphi does not (that I have found) have a way to post string to another application, only post key strokes)

AU3_send is what I need to use, what I am not finding is HOW to send with au3_send from a delphi Ini read...

If I use AU3_Send ('what I type here shows up',0) I need it to post the result from the iniread....

[Richard Robertson]

What I am saying is that the type returned from the Delphi INI function returns an abnormal string type according to your message. I don't know anything about Delphi at all, but can you cast the PAnsi returned from the Delphi INI function to a string? Like in C++ where you do (string)variable?

[Casper2400]

I think I found the problem.

in my wrapper I changed this code:

procedure AU3_Send(const szSendText: PChar; {[in,defaultvalue(0)]} nMode: longint); stdcall; external AU3_DLL;

to this

procedure AU3_Send(const szSendText: string; {[in,defaultvalue(0)]} nMode: longint); stdcall; external AU3_DLL;

now it sends the ini info with no problems. So after a lot of reading I found that Delphi dont much like PChar code

so continuing on with the remainder of my project.

Thank you all for your assistance

Edited June 26, 2007 by Casper2400

[Richard Robertson]

Edit: You replied while I was researching. Sorry I couldn't have been of more assistance. Edited June 26, 2007 by Mr Icekirby

[Casper2400]

Nonsense!!!

You have been helpful, your comment got me looking in the area where the code was trying to get the pchar rather than a string

[Richard Robertson]

Ok, well, I'm glad I was available then. I may not know much about some languages, but I can guess at most syntax problems.