Not sending special characters like "!" why?

[AutoHero331]

I am currently working on a auto typer for a small project im working on and its printing our letter fine but when it comes to printing out special characters like !@/: its not working, it doesnt type any of the characters at all

 

#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 AutoIt Version: 3.3.14.2
 Author:  User

 Script Function:
    Auto Type

#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

HotKeySet("{ESC}","Quit")
$msg = InputBox("Please Enter The Message", "Please enter the message that you want the auto typer to type.","","",300,150)
MsgBox(0,"The Bot Has Started!", "The bot has started. Press [ESC] to stop it!")
$x = WinActivate("text - Notepad")
WinMove("text - Notepad", "", 0, 0)
Sleep(2000)



While(1)

Send($msg)
Sleep(2000)
Send("{ENTER}")




Func Quit()
    MsgBox(0, "Notification", "Bot has quit")
    Exit
EndFunc

 

[Reizvoller]

Heya!

I believe if you confine the ! within { } so that it's {!} , it should work!

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/Send.htm

I am basing my answer off of that. 

Hope this helps!

-Reiz

[jaeger52]

Reizvoller's solution should work. Unless special characters are isolated or confined as demonstrated in Reiz's post, they often have a secondary function that the script does not know how to interpret. That usually results in a crash or a hang.

[AutoHero331]

It worked! Thank you guys you are awesome! <3