how to get an exclamation mark "!" in a string

[relaxteb]

Hi,

I am quite a newbee with autoIt.

However i am eager into learning it.

Now i run against the problem where i can't put an "!" in a string.

In my case, i have an password input box where i want to put the password "password!!!!!".

This does not work, when i display the string it only shows the "password" part.

How can i solve this ?

regards,

Sebastian

[Jos]

Have you checked the Helpfile since its explained in there and there is a table showing all special characters/keys....

check for the Send() command

[relaxteb]

Have you checked the Helpfile since its explained in there and there is a table showing all special characters/keys....

check for the Send() command

Hi Jos,

Yes i have checked the helpfiles.

But in my case, it is hard to use that command.

I am trying to have a password input box which writes into a string.

Should i then convert the string to seperate asci characters and send them 1 by 1 ?

Or is there a more easy way to accomplish this ?

gr

Sebas

[DjDeep00]

@relaxteb...you can also do this by using ControlSetText()...Like this...

$passwd = InputBox("Security Check", "Enter your password.", "", "*")
ShellExecute("Notepad")
WinWait("Untitled - Notepad","")
ControlSetText("Untitled - Notepad","","Edit1",$passwd)
WinActivate("Untitled - Notepad")

[weaponx]

I'm pretty sure Jos was hinting that to send a literal exclamation point you have to use Send({!})

[Yar]

I'd like to do the same thing in order to make one of my scripts more user-friendly (make the keys that require {}s to not need them). If the InputBox could change when the user gives a "!", "?", etc., then it would be much easier for users to type, rather than having to find out how and when to use the pointy brackets.

[weaponx]

MsgBox(0,"",_PrepareSend("Yes!#^#"))
Func _PrepareSend($sString)
    $array = StringSplit("!+^#", "")
    For $X = 1 to $array[0]
        $sString = StringReplace($sString, $array[$X], "{" & $array[$X] & "}")
    Next
    Return $sString
EndFunc

[Yar]

Thank you for the help.

[Jos]

There is always the option to send the characters raw...

[relaxteb]

solved it by using the tips.

tnx !

sebas