Custom Query

This problem was already raised in:

​https://www.autoitscript.com/trac/autoit/ticket/330

but no solution was given. The problem DEFINITELY exists still. My PC is Windows XP, SciTE-Lite Version 3.5.4.

The part of the responsible code is as follows:

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Run ( "putty.exe -serial $COM1 -sessionlog log_COM1.txt -sercfg 115200,8,n,1,N", "", @SW_MINIMIZE)
WinWait( "COM1", "", 10)
$Putty_handle=WinGetHandle ( "COM1" )	
WinActivate ( $Putty_handle )
WinSetState ( $Putty_handle, "", @SW_MINIMIZE )
Send ("SOURce:CALIbrate:SERIalnumber?", $SEND_RAW) ; just to check Send command
Send ("{ENTER}", $SEND_DEFAULT)	
Sleep ( 1500 )
ControlSend ($Putty_handle, "", "", "SOURce:FILE:RESUlts:DEBUg:ENTEr", $SEND_RAW) ; just to use ControlSend
Send ("{ENTER}", $SEND_DEFAULT)

I have run the same code again and again (Go by F5 in SciTE). What I get is that when it works (as it should) the Putty window shows:

SOURce:CALIbrate:SERIalnumber?
SOURce:FILE:RESUlts:DEBUg:ENTEr

But when it doesn't work it comes as:

SOURce:CALIbrate:SERIalnumber?
source;file;results;debug;enter

Please note how the capital letters are changed to lower case, and all the colons to semicolons. This indicates that a "shift" was "pressed" somewhere, somehow?

I run this code repeatedly 32 times. On 4th execution doesn't work (comes back as "source;file;results;debug;enter"), 5th works, 6th doesn't, 7-10th does, 11th doesnt, 12-31st does, 32nd doesn't, and so on.

There is just no pattern to it. However, I discovered that if the Putty window is opened maximised (@SW_MAXIMIZE, and WinSetState commented out in the code above) then it works EVERY TIME (20 additional runs, no problem).

But as soon as the target window is minimised (@SW_MINIMIZE) or hidden (@SW_HIDE) the problem appears immediately (1st run after hiding, 2nd run after minimising).

Hope this information helps to track it down?

AUTOIT3 is a great software. By automating it saves us a lot of time. But here is a problem I want to pose. When I am installing a huge software it takes a lot of time, during which time I tend to walk away and do something else other than waiting beside the computer. However, for security reasons, most of the time I will lock my computer (SHORTCUT: WIN+L) if I am away. I found functions such as "WinAvtivate" cannot be used when the screen is locked. Can AUTOIT3 support GUI manipulations at such circumstances? If yes, what functions should I use? If not, are there any methods by which I can still accomplish the automation task?

Many thanks for any reply.

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