How to perform shorcut key (Ctrl C + Crtl V)

[tauruzian]

Hi,

How do I perform short cut key in Auto It. For an example I need to copy a text from text file. How do I perform 'Ctrl C' and 'Ctrl V' using Auto It. Any suggestion or reference links is highly appreciated. Thanks.

[JLogan3o13]

Is there a reason you need to use a shortcut key rather than using the built in FileRead or FileReadLine functions?

[tauruzian]

I need to read certain text for the entire document. For an example, if user just highlight(using mouse and highlight the text) the first paragraph of the entire document, I just need to read those. I cannot predefine which line to be read since the user might select any text in the document.

[somdcomputerguy]

The easiest way to do this is to read the help file. You may want to use the Send() or ControlCommand() or maybe even the ClipPut() function.

Edited November 13, 2014 by somdcomputerguy

[tauruzian]

The easiest way to do this is to read the help file. You may want to use the Send() or ControlCommand() or maybe even the ClipPut() function.

Func addToClipboard()
Send ("^c")
sleep(1000) ;
EndFunc

and




Func printOutput2()
Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("^v")
EndFunc

does the trick, but how do I refer to particular document. For an example get ctrl c for test.txt. Please advice. 

[somdcomputerguy]

Run("notepad.exe test.txt")

or

ShellExecute("notepad.exe", "test.txt")

or

ShellExecute("test.txt")

if files with .txt extension are associated with notepad.

[tauruzian]

Run("notepad.exe test.txt")

or

ShellExecute("notepad.exe", "test.txt")

or

ShellExecute("test.txt")

if files with .txt extension are associated with notepad.

The notepad is active. For an example, I open the test.txt, highlight some text in the txt file, run the auto it script. How do I point the script to the active document.

[somdcomputerguy]

How do I point the script to the active document.

o:)

Post your script code. Use the AutoIt code tags!

[czardas]

You don't need to point the script to the active window. Send commands only interact with the active window. If the window loses focus you can use WinActivate().

[SmOke_N]

WinGetHandle for notepad window

ControlGetHandle for notepad edit area

_GUICtrlEdit_GetSel to get the selected character positions

StringMid to retrieve data

Modified helpfiles "example" for a quick example of use:

**Edit**:  Please don't think to just use this out of the box without error checking, this is just an example!

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiEdit.au3>
#include <GuiStatusBar.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    Local $hStatusBar, $idEdit, $hGUI
    Local $sWow64 = ""
    If @AutoItX64 Then $sWow64 = "\Wow6432Node"
    Local $sFile = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" & $sWow64 & "\AutoIt v3\AutoIt", "InstallDir") & "\include\_ReadMe_.txt"
    Local $aPartRightSide[3] = [190, 378, -1], $aSel

    ; Create GUI
    $hGUI = GUICreate("Edit Get Sel", 400, 300)
    $idEdit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 2, 394, 268, BitOR($ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_VSCROLL))
    $hStatusBar = _GUICtrlStatusBar_Create($hGUI, $aPartRightSide)
    _GUICtrlStatusBar_SetIcon($hStatusBar, 2, 97, "shell32.dll")
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    ; Set Margins
    _GUICtrlEdit_SetMargins($idEdit, BitOR($EC_LEFTMARGIN, $EC_RIGHTMARGIN), 10, 10)

    ; Set Text
    _GUICtrlEdit_SetText($idEdit, FileRead($sFile))

    ; Set Sel
    _GUICtrlEdit_SetSel($idEdit, 15, 20)

    ; Get Sel
    $aSel = _GUICtrlEdit_GetSel($idEdit)
    
    Local $sz_selected = StringMid(ControlGetText($hGUI, "", $idEdit), $aSel[0], ($aSel[1] - $aSel[0]) + 1)
    MsgBox(64, "Selected Text", $sz_selected)

    ; Loop until the user exits.
    Do
    Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
    GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example

Edited November 14, 2014 by SmOke_N

[SorryButImaNewbie]

Hello

If you want to use ctrl-c/v i use: Send("{CTRLDOWN}v{CTRLUP}") usually

There are a good number of other method to do it (as we can see above). Also if you want to save it as a variable you can use ClipGet()

(If I misunderstood the question then sorry )