How to get modern example scripts?

[Gorlash]

Hi all;
I have been a professional programmer for over 30 years, mostly in C/C++, but I am new to AutoIt...

I am having quite a challenge finding example programs which actually work with AutoIt v3, on Windows 10 Pro ...
After trying several other sources, I am currently working through "Learning to Script with AutoIt v3" by @BrettF, but it has a variety of errors already, even in the Notepad examples (section 2.3); some I can figure out, but others I have no idea!!  As one example, I got WinClose() to work; I realized that it needed the star in the filename (indicating that the file had been modified)... I also needed to update the text in WinWaitActive() to actually match what the current message box displays... however:
Send("!n")
is not closing the program - and I have no idea what is wrong with the line!!

I have tried several other tutorial sites, but most of them start with very advanced examples, and the ones that have simple examples, do not actually work...
How do I proceed??

[Gorlash]

Oops, I should have included relevant data; apparently I cannot edit a message once posted...
I am enclosing an image of the dialog that I'm getting, and will include the relevant couple of lines of code...

WinClose("*Untitled - Notepad")
WinWaitActive("Notepad", "Do you want to save changes to Untitled?")
Send("!n")

Note that the original example had "Do you want to save changes", which did not work, so I assumed that the function had to exactly match the text in the message box... but this doesn't work either... apparently something else is missing...

[Melba23]

Gorlash,

Welcome to the AutoIt forums.

Reading the Help file (at least the first few sections - Using AutoIt, Tutorials and the first couple of References) should help. We do try to keep those tutorials up to date every time Windows changes the way it presents dialogs! This thread might be of help:

I would also recommend this really useful book:

Although it might be a little basic for you, given your background.

M23

[Gorlash]

Hi @Melba23 !!  Thank you for the prompt response!!  I will check out all the leads that you offered...

 

[argumentum]

WinClose("*Untitled - Notepad")
WinActivate("Notepad")
Sleep(200)
Send("!n")

...it's simple once you get acquainted with the notions. A good tool is ControlViewer, if I say so myself

[Gorlash]

Hey, @Melba23... it turns out that your first suggestion (the AutoIt help file) is *exactly* where I should have started...
It starts with the same three examples that the tutorial that I referenced did - except that they all work!!!

Amazing... well, I'll continue working from there, as well as reading the other guide that you recommended...

 

[quickbeam]

I'll agree not all the documentation is up-to-date. This tutorial for example, doesn't have correct formatting, making it hard to follow right from the start:

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/tutorials/notepad/notepad.htm

(I tried it on Brave (Chrome variant), Firefox and Edge, none of them displayed the code segments correctly). As I recall, there were a couple minor errors in the code examples as well.

 

But the language reference, function reference, etc at https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/ is all very helpful.

Edited November 27, 2023 by quickbeam