Repeating Function.

[Zombie1982]

Good evening,

Basically I've been working on a small automation to make my life eaiser... now I've come across something thats not really a problem, but more of a curiosity. I've got a function that I'm going to have to copy/paste to repeat 16 times, as I'm grabbing one line from an excel spreadsheet and pasting it into another application. Below is a example of part of my script.

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Func FillSecondRow()
    Sleep(500); waits 1/2 a second
    WinActivate("Microsoft Excel - Confirm pay sheets"); Selects the excel window
        If WinActive("Microsoft Excel - Confirm pay sheets") = 0 Then; Checks to see if claim is there or not (0 means NO)
            MsgBox(48, "Massive Error", "Claim Sheet failed to open"); Shows the error
            Exit; Stops the script
        EndIf; Ends the if statment
    Send("^{HOME}"); sets the excel cell to A1 again
;$ExcelGrab = _ExcelReadSheetToArray($oExcel, 14, 4, 20, 9); row, colum, number of rows, number of colums to be read
    $ExcelGrab = _ExcelReadArray($oExcel, 14, 3, 10, 0); row, colum, number of cells, direction(0=right)
;_ArrayDisplay($ExcelGrab); Displays array for testing
    _ArrayToClip($ExcelGrab,1,1); sends the work item to the clipboard
    WinActivate("[TITLE:Labor Claiming]"); Selects winodw
    Send("{F4}"); brings up add work item
    Sleep(500); waits 1/2 a second
    Send("^v"); pastes work item into claim
    Send("{ENTER}"); Enters the work item
    Sleep(1000)
    Send("{ENTER}"); Searches for work item
    Sleep(3000)
    Send("{ENTER}"); Adds work item
    Sleep(1000)
    Send("{TAB}"); Moves to OK
    Sleep(1000)
    Send("{ENTER}"); Clicks ok
    Sleep(3000); waits 3 seconds
    MouseClick("LEFT", 655, 225, 0); Clicks the middle of the screen
    Send("^{HOME}"); sets the excel cell to A1 again
    Send("{DOWN}"); drives down to the second row
    Send("{F3}"); selects activitys
    Sleep(500); waits 1/2 a second
    Send("{TAB 2}"); Gets into selecting the activites
    Send("{DOWN 7}"); drives down to AH Helpdesk
    Send("^{TAB}"); Tabs once
    Send("^{TAB}"); Tabs twice
    Send("{ENTER}"); enters work item
    _ArrayToClip($ExcelGrab,3,3); sends saturday item to the clipboard
    Send("{TAB 8}"); tabs to saturday
    Send("{SPACE}^v"); pastes saturday
    Send("{TAB}"); Tabs to Sunday
    _ArrayToClip($ExcelGrab,4,4); sends sunday item to the clipboard    
    Send("{SPACE}^v"); pastes sunday
    Send("{TAB}"); Tabs to Monday
    _ArrayToClip($ExcelGrab,5,5); sends monday item to the clipboard
    Send("{SPACE}^v"); pastes monday
    Send("{TAB}"); tabs to tuesday
    _ArrayToClip($ExcelGrab,6,6); sends tuesday item to the clipboard
    Send("{SPACE}^v"); pastes tuesday
    Send("{TAB}"); tabs to wed
    _ArrayToClip($ExcelGrab,7,7); sends wed item to the clipboard
    Send("{SPACE}^v"); pastes wed
    Send("{TAB}"); tabs to thurs
    _ArrayToClip($ExcelGrab,8,8); sends thurs item to the clipboard
        Send("{SPACE}^v"); pastes thurs
    Send("{TAB}"); tabs to fri
    _ArrayToClip($ExcelGrab,9,9); sends fri item to the clipboard
    Send("{SPACE}^v"); pastes fri
    Send("{TAB}"); tabs to total
EndFunc

Its basically only the "$ExcelGrab = _ExcelReadArray($oExcel, 14, 3, 10, 0); row, colum, number of cells, direction(0=right)" that changes in each instance. There is no big drama if this can't be done... as I said, I'm more curious.

Thanks in advance.

[James]

Look at a For Next loop

[Zombie1982]

Look at a For Next loop >_<

Thanks man! I'll investigate that as soon as I can