ControlSend faster alternative?

[Undutchable]

Hi guys,

I'm using ControlSend to fill an edit field of an external program.

I'm sending a string of 200 lines but it's so slowww..It's character by character..

Even if I set Opt("sendkeydelay", "1"), it's still slow.

Is there a way to dispatch a long string to that external edit field faster?

The alternative I can think is using clipboard? Is there another way?

Thanks!

[bogQ]

  Undutchable said:

The alternative I can think is using clipboard? Is there another way?

clipget & clipput with sending Ctrl+v will probably b best solution for this

[MrCreatoR]

Using clipboard (the smart/safe way ):

_ControlSendEx("Title", "", "Edit1", "New Data")

Func _ControlSendEx($hWnd, $sText, $iCtrlID, $sString)
    ControlFocus($hWnd, $sText, $iCtrlID)
    
    Local $sOldClip = ClipGet()
    ClipPut($sString)
    
    Send("+{Insert}")
    ClipPut($sOldClip)
EndFunc

Or you can use ControlSetText(), or if you need to append the text, then use ControlCommand() with EditPaste:

ControlCommand("Title", "", "Edit1", "EditPaste", "New Data")

Edited November 4, 2008 by MrCreatoR

[LarryDalooza]

truly a standard "edit"... perhaps ControlSetText()

LAr.

[Undutchable]

Very, very good. I implemented it successfuly.

Thank you!