Problem with ControlSend

[Miranda]

A few hours ago I had trouble with my PC... I restarted a few times, disabled a few services, and it works again...

However, now my script (which I've had for... 2-3 years more or less, working) suddenly stops working properly... the ControlSend acts just like a Send...

this little line:

ControlSend ("VLC media player", "", "", "{SPACE}")

used to work fine, now it just sends space to whatever has focus...

I've tried adding

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 3), it didn't change a thing. I've tried changing the tile, didn't work..

I've decided to try with the handle, and it works...

the controlsend line is now:

ControlSend ("", "", $a, "{SPACE}")

and the function to find it is:

Func _Rewindow()

$var = WinList()

For $i = 1 To $var[0][0]

If $var[$i][0] = "VLC media player" Then

$a = $var[$i][1]

EndIf

Next

EndFunc

Can anyone explain why this might be?

[Monamo]

A few hours ago I had trouble with my PC... I restarted a few times, disabled a few services, and it works again...

However, now my script (which I've had for... 2-3 years more or less, working) suddenly stops working properly... the ControlSend acts just like a Send...

this little line:

ControlSend ("VLC media player", "", "", "{SPACE}")

used to work fine, now it just sends space to whatever has focus...

I've tried adding

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 3), it didn't change a thing. I've tried changing the tile, didn't work..

I've decided to try with the handle, and it works...

the controlsend line is now:

ControlSend ("", "", $a, "{SPACE}")

and the function to find it is:

Func _Rewindow()

$var = WinList()

For $i = 1 To $var[0][0]

If $var[$i][0] = "VLC media player" Then

$a = $var[$i][1]

EndIf

Next

EndFunc

Can anyone explain why this might be?

Not sure offhand, but for the sake of validation -> I'm using VLC and tried your ControlSend() line:

ControlSend ("VLC media player", "", "", "{SPACE}")

and it triggered the "pause/play" shortcut without issue.

[enaiman]

A well known issue with ControlSend and empty controls.

I had the problem myself some time ago and discussed it and it is decided that this is the way to behave.

When using ControlSend with an empty control (empty=no handle for that control) the command acts exactly like Send = it will send to whatever window is ACTIVE.

A fix to your script: be sure that the desired window is active before attempting to ControlSend to an "empty" control (use right before this comand something like WinActivate or something similar)

Edited November 19, 2007 by enaiman

[Miranda]

A well known issue with ControlSend and empty controls.

I had the problem myself some time ago and discussed it and it is decided that this is the way to behave.

When using ControlSend with an empty control (empty=no handle for that control) the command acts exactly like Send = it will send to whatever window is ACTIVE.

A fix to your script: be sure that the desired window is active before attempting to ControlSend to an "empty" control (use right before this comand something like WinActivate or something similar)

Hmm, are you sure about this? Because it worked fine for me for... ever... until last night, as Monamo also states...

And well, my script is "fixed", with a workaround, so I'm happy, but I find this rather odd and am wondering what is going on

[Monamo]

Hmm, are you sure about this? Because it worked fine for me for... ever... until last night, as Monamo also states...

And well, my script is "fixed", with a workaround, so I'm happy, but I find this rather odd and am wondering what is going on

Just for additional clarification, the test I performed had VLC *not* in focus when running the test, yet sent successfully.

Side note: for a script of my own which I've got setup with a similar toggle, I'm actually using ControlSend() with a target one of the internal controls on VLC (since I wasn't sure how an empty value ("") would perform).