How can I clean the console after something was written ?

[Rickname]

How/what command to use to clean the console window, after I ConsoleWrite something ? Just like the clrscr(); function from C++. Thanks

[Xenobiologist]

For $x = 1 to 100
ConsoleWrite($x & @CRLF)
Next
ConsoleWrite("clear output in 1 sec" & @CRLF)
Sleep(1000)
SendSciTE_Command("menucommand:420") ; Clear Output pane "IDM_CLEAROUTPUT"
ConsoleWrite("cleared" & @CRLF)
;~ For $x = 1 to 100
;~ ConsoleWrite($x & @CRLF)
;~ Next
Exit
;
; Send command to SciTE
Func SendSciTE_Command($sCmd)
Local $Scite_hwnd = WinGetHandle("DirectorExtension")
Local $WM_COPYDATA = 74
Local $CmdStruct = DllStructCreate('Char[' & StringLen($sCmd) + 1 & ']')
DllStructSetData($CmdStruct, 1, $sCmd)
Local $COPYDATA = DllStructCreate('Ptr;DWord;Ptr')
DllStructSetData($COPYDATA, 1, 1)
DllStructSetData($COPYDATA, 2, StringLen($sCmd) + 1)
DllStructSetData($COPYDATA, 3, DllStructGetPtr($CmdStruct))
DllCall('User32.dll', 'None', 'SendMessage', 'HWnd', $Scite_hwnd, _
'Int', $WM_COPYDATA, 'HWnd', 0, _
'Ptr', DllStructGetPtr($COPYDATA))
EndFunc ;==>SendSciTE_Command

[Rickname]

Thanks alot ! Wow seems alot of work for just one thingie. Maybe in the future this will be implemented atleast as a UDF in the Help file in the SciTe Editor. Thanks !

[water]

Usually you don't use the Output pane of SciTE in production. Either use MsgBox or the Debug UDF to write data to a Console - or use your own GUI.

[Rickname]

Usually you don't use the Output pane of SciTE in production. Either use MsgBox or the Debug UDF to write data to a Console - or use your own GUI.

Yes but is not more work to do to output a msgbox and then it pauses my script. Also I didnt know about the Debug UDF, but the output scite pane is just "closer to my hand"

[Jos]

Try:

ConsoleWrite("Line 1" & @crlf)
ConsoleWrite("Line 2" & @crlf)
ConsoleWrite("Line 3" & @crlf)
Sleep(2000)
ControlSend("[CLASS:SciTEWindow]", "", "Scintilla2", "+{F5}")

Jos

[Rickname]

Try:

ConsoleWrite("Line 1" & @crlf)
ConsoleWrite("Line 2" & @crlf)
ConsoleWrite("Line 3" & @crlf)
Sleep(2000)
ControlSend("[CLASS:SciTEWindow]", "", "Scintilla2", "+{F5}")

Jos

Wow really awesome it works just great ! Thanks a lot !!

[Zero_T]

Sorry for a little necrophilia, but since it is on subject and updates the info from previous posts: the method above will not work if there is a key binding for 'Test Run' in SciTE. The binding used is SHIFT+F5, same as the one used for Clear Output and I think it is a default one, since I haven't touched my SciTe install and it's there.

I managed to get it to work by commenting out whole Test Run section in .../SciTe/Properties/au3.properties file but it's not the best solution. There is better solution (found on this forum): 

ControlSetText('', '', 'Scintilla2', '')

 

[Jos]

Yea, I have indeed reused the Shift+F5 for testRun so that means that the shortcut doesn't work anymore but that is easily solved  by changing the example to:

ConsoleWrite("Line 1" & @crlf)
ConsoleWrite("Line 2" & @crlf)
ConsoleWrite("Line 3" & @crlf)
Sleep(2000)
ControlSetText("[CLASS:SciTEWindow]", "", "Scintilla2", "")

Jos

[Zedna]

Or you can use standard {Select All + Delete} = Ctrl+A and Del