Will AutoIT do this..... Help needed.

[Spikar]

Just wondering if AutoIT is the right software for my requirements, as I can't seem to find anything to be able to do this.

I want to be able to have a 'counter' recorder. What does this mean?. Basically, every time I press the combination 'Shift and NUM+" it will keep a count on how many times I've pressed that combination saving the results and adding each time. At the end of a working week, I'd like to be able to access the data (txt file or excel file ?? ) and be able to determine how many times the combination was pressed on that particular date (needs to be dated for each day and save the records, ie. 13/01/18 = 100, 14/01/18 = 50, so on and so forth). I'm wanting to do this in the background, therefore not wanting to have any particular window in focus in order to achieve this result.

Does that make sense?
It's a little hard to explain and therefore not sure exactly what to search to find details on it.

Hoping I can get some help from AutoIT Forum!

I am in no way script savvy, so would need some direction for a complete n00b.

Thanks!

 

[careca]

Hi, yes it can. There are a couple ways, but the way i would choose would be by using functions: _ispressed and iniwrite

[Subz]

Or use HotKeySet for example:

Global $sIniFile = @ScriptDir & "\Counter.ini"

HotKeySet("+{NUMPADADD}", "_Counter")
HotKeySet("+{ESC}", "_ExitScript")

While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func _ExitScript()
    Exit
EndFunc

Func _Counter()

    Local $iCount = IniRead($sIniFile, "Count Record", @MDAY & "/" & @MON & "/" & @YEAR, 0)
    $iCount += 1
    IniWrite($sIniFile, "Count Record", @MDAY & "/" & @MON & "/" & @YEAR, $iCount)
EndFunc

 

[Nine]

_ispressed is one solution but it requires that you embed it in a tight loop since pressing a couple of keys can be quite fast.  The drawback of a short loop is that it will grab a significant amount of CPU time.  One other solution is to define  HotKeySet ("+{NUMPADADD}") and have a very loose loop waiting for the key combo to be pressed.  One drawback of this function is that the key is usually "grab" by the function.  You will have to do a little trick to let it go thru slowing the key combo a few millisecs.

Happy scripting !

 

[Earthshine]

too late nine, Subz beat you to it....

[Nine]

2 minutes ago, Earthshine said:

too late nine, Subz beat you to it....

[careca]

It's one thing to help, another one is to spoon feed. Teach a man to fish, and he'll fish his entire life. Ya know?

[Subz]

Each to their own, I like to teach by example, I personally also like to learn by example.  If my post helps the OP to get interested in Autoit great, if not might help someone else searching the forums.

[Earthshine]

 Well I don’t think there’s anything wrong with posting some good working example— especially if there’s nothing in the help file 

It’s a fine line but some folks need a little help. I looked through UDF’s for examples as well of stuff that I need to do so I guess I’ll learn by example too

Edited January 13, 2019 by Earthshine