Looking for guidance , with 'ini' and variables:)

[NoobieAutoitUser]

Hi, thanks for looking at my post.

I have a script that does 'auto answering' for Pidgin (chat client, using XMPP). I use OTR (off the record - encrypts conversations) with Pidgin. Their is a pause when someones connects to you (some times it takes seconds, other minutes), as the OTR kicks in. I made a script that works with it and is so far is flawless. I am using an 'ini' to read from to get the info that is needed for each user (~10 users).

I understand how to read the different sections on the ini. How do I tell the script what section to use based on who logged in?

Example = !Mycell logs in and uses Buddy1 in the ini.

Example = Webpage logs in and uses Buddy2 in the ini.

How do I tell the script what part to use? I have one main script. Do I need to make a script for each ini?

Thanks for any help. I feel so close to being done with this, and this part has me stumped.

 

 

 

[Buddy1]
Wname=!My-Cell-Q1
ClipWrite=!My-Cell-Q1ClipWrite.txt
TextToRead=!My-Cell-Q1-Read-Text.txt
Ran=Yes

[Buddy2]
Wname=Webpage
ClipWrite=Webpage.txt
TextToRead=Webpage-Read-Text.txt

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; Maine script
#include <File.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>

; sleep(5000000000000000000000000)



$sIniFile = 'ini-begin.ini'
; S- Read the INI file for the values.
Local $sReadIni0 = IniRead($sIniFile, "Buddy1", "Wname", "Default Value")
Local $sReadIni1 = IniRead($sIniFile, "Buddy1", "ClipWrite", "Default Value")
Local $sReadIni2 = IniRead($sIniFile, "Buddy1", "TextToRead", "Default Value")




; S-Delete File for 'clip write' , so file is blank on first use.
; FileDelete - Do not use quotes, with viariables. Use quotes with full name.

FileDelete($sReadIni1)
; sleep(500000000000000000000000)
; E-Delete File for 'clip write' , so file is blank on first use.

; S- Read the INI file for the values.
; Display the value returned by IniRead. (Works)
; MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The value of 'Buddy1' in the section labelled '$sReadIni0 ' is: " & $sReadIni0)
; MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The value of 'Buddy1' in the section labelled 'ClpWrite' is: " & $sReadIni1)
; sleep(5000000000000)
; MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The value of 'Buddy1' in the section labelled 'TextToRead' is: " & $sReadIni2)
; Write the values to an INI file (Works).
; IniWrite($sIniFile, "Buddy1", "Ran", "Yes")
; E- Read the INI file for the values.



; S - Wait for message window to appear.
; The 10 is in seconds (not milliseconds)
; WinWait($sReadIni0 , "", 10)
If WinExists($sReadIni0 ) Then
  ;MsgBox(0, "", "Window exists")
Else
  ;MsgBox(0, "", "Window does not exist")
  Exit
EndIf
; E - Wait for message window to appear.

$counter = 0
While $counter <= 5
    Sleep(10)
    ;MsgBox(0, "Value of $counter is:", $counter)
    winactivate($sReadIni0)
    Send("^l")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)
Send("!c")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)
Send("{RIGHT}")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)
Send("{RIGHT}")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)
send("{ENTER}")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)
Send("{F6}")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)
Send("^a")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)
Send("^c")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)
Send("^l")
winactivate($sReadIni0)
Sleep(1500)

; S - Write Clipboard to a file
; the & '@CRLF' adds a line break afer paste form clipboard
filewrite($sReadIni1,clipget() & @CRLF)
; E - Send keys to pidgin to copy text and send to ClipWrite.
; S - Look for matching text in file.)
Sleep(1500)
$textToFind = ("successfully refreshed")
$AllText = FileRead($sReadIni1)
If StringInStr($AllText ,$textToFind)  <> 0 then
;it's there
;MsgBox($MB_OK, "Crap", "Yes")
exitloop
else
;it isn't there
;MsgBox($MB_OK, "Crap", "No")
Sleep(100)
endif
; E - Look for matching text in file.

    $counter = $counter + 1
WEnd

For $i = 1 to _FileCountLines($sReadIni2)
$line = FileReadLine($sReadIni2, $i)
;Send($line & @CRLF)
Send($line)
Send("{ENTER}")
Sleep(5000)
Next
; FileClose($file)
; end read form text fiel and send to pidgin

 

Edited August 8, 2017 by NoobieAutoitUser
Spellcheck was off

[TheSaint]

39 minutes ago, NoobieAutoitUser said:

How do I tell the script what part to use? I have one main script. Do I need to make a script for each ini?

I have only looked at your script quickly, but if you are talking about multiple users and some doing conversations simultaneously, then it would indeed be better to have a separate script monitoring each person, especially as AutoIt is not multi-threaded. Perhaps an even better way, is for each person to have their own script on their PC, and they upload to a shared file or similar.

At least, that's how I would deal with it ... but another boffin here, much smarter than me might have an alternate option or method.

[mikell]

Do you really need to name the ini sections Buddy1, Buddy2 etc ?
It would be much easier to do it like this :

[!My-Cell-Q1]
ClipWrite=!My-Cell-Q1ClipWrite.txt
TextToRead=!My-Cell-Q1-Read-Text.txt
Ran=Yes

[Webpage]
ClipWrite=Webpage.txt
TextToRead=Webpage-Read-Text.txt

and once you get the name of the logged user, just look into the corresponding section
You might also read the ini to a 2D array when the script starts, and deal with this array while the script is running