Unable to send the 'SOH' character

[Thijs]

Hello everyone,

Im trying to send the 'SOH' Character but it makes my script unable to compile.

I looked it up and came across this webpage: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/appendix/ascii.htm

It says: 'Start of heading, = console interrupt'.

Since this is the first day im using AutoIt i hope my question isn't too much of a noob question, but I really need to be able to send this character to the application im writing this script for.

Global $channels[2];

$channels[0] = "SOHSOH name SOHSOH"
$channels[1] = Chr(1) & Chr(1) & " name " & Chr(1) & Chr(1)

for $channel in $channels
Send($channel)
Next

The first line makes my code crash, the second line doesn't return the right character.

Thanks in advance!

Edited January 4, 2013 by Thijs

[guinness]

It's not crashing, but is throwing an error in your code. You're using an Array with 2 dimensions but accessing the 3rd element, as arrays start from 0 not 1. Look in the Wiki about arrays.

Local $aArray[2] = ['SOHSOH name SOHSOH', '']
$aArray[1] = Chr(1) & Chr(1) & ' name ' & Chr(1) & Chr(1) ; I don't think you can send this chr?!
Send($aArray[1])

Note: Please use [autoit][/autoit] tags when posting AutoIt code. Thanks.

Edited January 4, 2013 by guinness

[Thijs]

Thanks for your reply!

About the array, the real code looks different, you can see below how the array is built, I dont think that the problem lies here because if I modify the value of $channels[2] it does work, but when using the SOH character it throws in an error.

Global $channels[3];

$channels[0] = "SOHSOH name SOHSOH"
$channels[1] = Chr(1) & Chr(1) & " name " & Chr(1) & Chr(1)

for $channel in $channels
Send($channel)
Next

As an alternative for the SOH character (since it throws in an error), I use Chr(1), but it doesn't seem to return the right value, or my code isn't right ofcourse.

It's hard to explain what I mean, but I basicly just want to send the SOH character, and since i've been struggling with it the whole day I need some help.

Edited January 4, 2013 by Thijs

[Colyn1337]

This code worked for me

#include <array.au3>
Global $aRray[1], $x
ConsoleWrite(chr(1) & @LF)
_ArrayAdd($aRray, "test")
_ArrayAdd($aRray, chr(1))
_ArrayAdd($aRray, "done")
for $x = 1 to 3
ConsoleWrite($aRray[$x] & @LF)
Next
Send($aRray[2])

p.s. The array's here and in the previous examples are single dimension arrays... A multi dimensional array would look like $aTest[1,1]

Edited January 4, 2013 by Colyn1337

[czardas]

$aTest[1,1]

Surely you mean $aTest[1][1]

[FireFox]

Surely you mean $aTest[1][1]

He just invented the syntax for the next beta update.

[Jos]

Try something basic like:

Send("{ASC 001}",1)

[Colyn1337]

Surely you mean $aTest[1][1]

Yes, so true.