autoit to write text like from a source text file

[vinnyMS]

is it possible to create a script that writes in a text file exactly the text from another text file

it has to point at the source text file address

the cursor focus has to be on an empty text file window

press a key to start writing letter by letter with the same formatting exactly

also it could have a writing speed value

both source and target text file should be 100% identical when finished

[Nine]

48 minutes ago, vinnyMS said:

is it possible

Yes I don't see anything in your requirements that would not be doable in AutoIt.

[caramen]

You could do that copying the file itself or copying the strings inside the file. Both are possible without any problem. 

 

You may check these function in the helpfile : 

FileCopy

DirCopy

FileRead

MouseMove

Mouseclick

WinActive

WinActivate

Send

ClipPut

ClipGet

Edited November 6, 2020 by caramen

[vinnyMS]

thank you

 

can someone post a script i can start with?

[caramen]

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

 AutoIt Version: 3.3.14.5
 Author:         myName

 Script Function:
    Template AutoIt script.

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

; Script Start - Add your code below here

Give it a try comon ;), then after we will help you. 

 

Type any of the function I gave you then you hit the F1 key when you have the cursor on it. And watch what happen. 

Edited November 6, 2020 by caramen

[abberration]

I don't know if the parts about writing each letter is a necessity, but if you just want to accomplish the task of creating a 2nd text file with identical text, this will get you started:

#include <file.au3>

$aText = FileReadToArray("test.txt")

Now you need to do is write one line of code (hint: _filewritefromarray).

[vinnyMS]

I want the script to type everything from the source text file to a new file window letter by letter with a timer of half a second

[Nine]

You truly need to make your "wantings" clearer.  Maybe it seems to you that it is obvious, but it is not for us.  If you want some help (and you will get I assure you), provide an example of the input and the expected output.

[pseakins]

5 hours ago, vinnyMS said:

I want the script to type everything from the source text file to a new file window

What do you mean by "new file window"? That's not a thing. It sounds like you may be automating a game or something, where the keystrokes are defined in the input file and the chars are injected into the game one at a time. Is that what you are doing?

Or do you want the text from the source file to be typed into perhaps a Notepad window, to make it look as though someone was typing it out slowly?

Edited November 14, 2020 by pseakins
typo

[vinnyMS]

i want the text from the source file to be typed into a notepad window

 

i want to record the screen while the autoit program types on a notepad window

[pseakins]

5 hours ago, vinnyMS said:

i want the text from the source file to be typed into a notepad window

We are not supposed to write scripts for you, you are supposed to figure it out for yourself and then we help when you get stuck. But this will help you get started, It is taken in part from the Notepad automation tutorial in the Scite help.

Copy this example into your Scite editor and then save it, giving it a suitable name. Then just press F5. This example uses itself as the source file and copies it character by character into a Notepad window. Whether you save the file and/or run screen capture is up to you.

$iDelay = 10 ; number of milliseconds to pause between characters
MsgBox(0, "", "Click ok when ready")
Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Sleep(5000) ; allow operator time to start the capturing process
$hFile = FileOpen(@ScriptDir & "\" & @ScriptName)
$x = FileReadLine($hFile)
While Not @error
  For $i = 1 To StringLen($x)
    Send(StringMid($x, $i, 1))
    Sleep($iDelay)
  Next
  Send(@CR)
  $x = FileReadLine($hFile)
WEnd
FileClose($hFile)
WinClose("Untitled - Notepad")

 

[JockoDundee]

50 minutes ago, pseakins said:

Copy this example into your Scite editor and then save it, giving it a suitable name.

Nice work.!

Actually kinda cool to watch.

One thing for the OP to be careful of since he says:

On 11/5/2020 at 8:28 AM, vinnyMS said:

both source and target text file should be 100% identical when finished

is the encoding of the file when saving in notepad.  Source files, as one example, saved in Scite may be encoded UTF-8 with BOM.

Which is not the default in Notepad.

[vinnyMS]

thanks a lot

 

for some reason the "+" sign cannot be typed

[pseakins]

1 hour ago, vinnyMS said:

for some reason the "+" sign cannot be typed

My bad. Try again with this.

$iDelay = 10 ; number of milliseconds to pause between characters
$iLineDelay = 100 ; number of milliseconds to pause between lines
MsgBox(0, "", "Click ok when ready")
Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Sleep(5000) ; allow operator time to start the capturing process
$hFile = FileOpen(@ScriptDir & "\" & @ScriptName)
$x = FileReadLine($hFile)
While Not @error
  For $i = 1 To StringLen($x)
    Send(StringMid($x, $i, 1), 1)
    Sleep($iDelay)
  Next
  Send(@CR)
  Sleep($iLineDelay)
  $x = FileReadLine($hFile)
WEnd
FileClose($hFile)
WinClose("Untitled - Notepad")

 

[vinnyMS]

thanks a lot, it works well