Weird problem with ControlSetText/ControlSend

[d34ddr34m3r]

Hi,

I've written a script that tries to automate sending of file path strings into a Save Dialog.

$myfile="c:\somedir\somefile.someext"
controlsettext("Save As","","Edit1",$myfile)

Normally it would send the correct string into the text box but after some time (after running other apps) these happens:

1. Using ControlSetText, there would be times that the script couldn't set the text into the text box

2. So I tried using ControlSend instead

controlsend("Save As","","Edit1",$myfile)

and the following string is sent into the textbox

c;-somedir-somefile.someext
or sometimes
C:|SOMEDIR|SOMEFILE.SOMEEXT

I restart windows and ContolSetText/ControlSend already works fine. Kinda weird, does anybody know what might be the problem here?

I'm using the AutoIt 3.2.4.9.

Thanks.

[PsaltyDS]

Hi,

I've written a script that tries to automate sending of file path strings into a Save Dialog.

$myfile="c:\somedir\somefile.someext"
controlsettext("Save As","","Edit1",$myfile)

Normally it would send the correct string into the text box but after some time (after running other apps) these happens:

1. Using ControlSetText, there would be times that the script couldn't set the text into the text box

2. So I tried using ControlSend instead

controlsend("Save As","","Edit1",$myfile)

and the following string is sent into the textbox

c;-somedir-somefile.someext
or sometimes
C:|SOMEDIR|SOMEFILE.SOMEEXT

I restart windows and ContolSetText/ControlSend already works fine. Kinda weird, does anybody know what might be the problem here?

I'm using the AutoIt 3.2.4.9.

Thanks.

I've never experienced the scrambled text, but the occasional "missing" where the data doesn't get set/sent at all is usually fixed by doing ControlFocus() before Send/SetText/Click/etc.

[d34ddr34m3r]

I've never experienced the scrambled text, but the occasional "missing" where the data doesn't get set/sent at all is usually fixed by doing ControlFocus() before Send/SetText/Click/etc.

I'll try that one out next time I encounter the problem again.

Thanks for the advice.

Cheers!

[ResNullius]

controlsend("Save As","","Edit1",$myfile)

and the following string is sent into the textbox

c;-somedir-somefile.someext
or sometimes
C:|SOMEDIR|SOMEFILE.SOMEEXT

Thanks.

I've expereinced a similar problem on and off for some time with various versions of AutoIt3, using both Send() and ContolSend().

I've been able to minimize, but not entirely eliminate it, by checking, saving, and restoring the CapsLock state before/after the sending

(see gafrost's function http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...ost&p=96980 for checking keystates)

Also, setting the "SendKeyDelay" option to higher numbers (so sends happen slower). Can be especially problematic if set to "0", but I've even had to make it slower/higher than the default of "5".