ControlSend confusion

[7121]

i'm have a small problem understanding ControlSend.

I have notepad2 so this might a little bit harder.

What i want to do is copy a title of a certain window (ex: firefox) into the notepad file. Unfortunately, i do not want the notepad window to pop up, basically i do not want the window to be active during teh pasting.

KEEP IN MIND it's NOTEPAD2 so yeah =/.

Every time i do send it to the notepad, the window keeps popping back up so yeah.

[Nahuel]

And... why not write directly to a txt file? It needs to be on notepad?

[7121]

well the thing is that the NOTEPAD or TXT file is already open and has to keep track on how the firefox title changes. Basically its recording a list of the firefox titles that pop up. So yeaah...

but please, do enlighten me by WRITING DIRECTLY?

do u mean actually writing to the txt file without opening it??? o_0?? is that possible???

*I still want to know how to use ControlSend though for future references

[Nahuel]

You can find all this in the help file. It's 100% better to simply write the txt file.

Look at this code:

HotKeySet("{esc}",'_exit')

$FilePath = ''
$FirefoxClass = '[CLASS:FirefoxWindow]'
$sOldTitle = ''
$FileHandle = FileOpen($FilePath,1)

While 1
    $s_Title = WinGetTitle($FirefoxClass)
    If $s_Title <> $sOldTitle Then 
        FileWriteLine($FileHandle,$s_Title)
        $sOldTitle = $s_Title
    EndIf
    Sleep(500);
WEnd

Func _exit()
    FileClose($FileHandle)
    Exit
EndFunc

What you need to do before you run that, is check Firefox properties with Autoit Window Info. (You find it at Start->All programs->Autoit v3->Autoit Window Info). You need to check Firefox's class under Basic Window Info. Once you have it, replace 'FirefoxWindow' in $FirefoxClass, since I made that up.

Read the following in the help file:

FileOpen

FileWrite

FileWriteLine

Window Special Title Definition

[Zedna]

Use ControlSetText() instead of ControlSend()

[7121]

You can find all this in the help file. It's 100% better to simply write the txt file.

Look at this code:

HotKeySet("{esc}",'_exit')

$FilePath = ''
$FirefoxClass = '[CLASS:FirefoxWindow]'
$sOldTitle = ''
$FileHandle = FileOpen($FilePath,1)

While 1
    $s_Title = WinGetTitle($FirefoxClass)
    If $s_Title <> $sOldTitle Then 
        FileWriteLine($FileHandle,$s_Title)
        $sOldTitle = $s_Title
    EndIf
    Sleep(500);
WEnd

Func _exit()
    FileClose($FileHandle)
    Exit
EndFunc

What you need to do before you run that, is check Firefox properties with Autoit Window Info. (You find it at Start->All programs->Autoit v3->Autoit Window Info). You need to check Firefox's class under Basic Window Info. Once you have it, replace 'FirefoxWindow' in $FirefoxClass, since I made that up.

Read the following in the help file:

FileOpen

FileWrite

FileWriteLine

Window Special Title Definition

hmmm, can it be consecutively??? as in , it can keep adding a NEW line of titles everytime....

[Authenticity]

That is what it's doing, compares the old written title to the new title and if they're different write a line to the file. You may want to change the loop a little bit to get the title of the active FF window.

Edited April 25, 2009 by Authenticity

[7121]

ooh i seee. THANKS ^__^. unfortunately this forum does not do REP =/.

OH, i manage to get the ControlSend to work =). Switched back to notepad though instead of notepad 2 .

I do however have a new question....

does anyone know if ControlClick work on firefox (minimized) ???

[FinalVersion]

ooh i seee. THANKS ^__^. unfortunately this forum does not do REP =/.

OH, i manage to get the ControlSend to work =). Switched back to notepad though instead of notepad 2 .

I do however have a new question....

does anyone know if ControlClick work on firefox (minimized) ???

Go look in example scripts and look for FF.au3.