PRESS CTRL

sylvain245 · Post by **sylvain245** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:03 pm

Hello,

I use a PRESS/RELEASE Ctrl in loop to open source, select all, copy, close...

The first time, all things work good, but after the first past of the loop, the source open, but not select or copy, any idea why ?

I tried to add some wait time or no, but dont change anything

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Let>k=1
Repeat>k
//Show page web source
Press CTRL
wait>0.1
Send>u
wait>0.1
Release CTRL
wait>3

//select all
Press CTRL
wait>0.1
Send>a
wait>0.1
Release CTRL
wait>3

//copie
Press CTRL
wait>0.1
Send>c
wait>0.1
Release CTRL
wait>3

//close
Press CTRL
wait>0.1
Send>w
wait>0.1
Release CTRL
wait>3


GetClipBoard>codeSource
Wait>3
Let>k=k+1

Until>k,10

Thx

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:20 pm

Your script works splendidly for me. Using Firefox, I sat on one web page and watched the text highlight three times. then I moved to another tab after the source window closed the third time and it continued working as I moved from tab to tab. After ten passes the source for the last website was in the clipboard. I don't see any problem.

sylvain245 · Post by **sylvain245** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:35 am

Hello, I use Firefox too, but for me, either on firefox or ie, the text highlight only 1 time. Dont know why.

So i soluce my problem with mouse move, lclick/rightclick, resize windows... but its longer...

Im on Windows Seven 64 bit, using Firefox 3.6.13

idiot · Post by **idiot** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:09 pm

use VK_KEYS it is much better for key presses
try this
this is link for wich code to use for what key you want to press
http://www.mjtnet.com/vkcodes.htm

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Let>VK_control=17
Let>ExtendedKey=1
Let>KeyUp=2

Press ctrl
LibFunc>user32.dll,keybd_event,r,VK_control,0,ExtendedKey,0
Wait>10
Release ctrl
Let>FLAGS={%ExtendedKey% OR %KeyUp%}
LibFunc>user32.dll,keybd_event,r,VK_control,0,FLAGS,0

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:52 pm

idiot wrote:use VK_KEYS it is much better for key presses

I might want to do just that... but can you tell me why it is better to use those two Win API calls instead of just using Send> ?

Is it faster? More reliable? And if so, can anyone explain why? I assume the Send> command must be using these same calls underneath?

And I take it, the following line actually presses (Sends) a key?

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LibFunc>user32.dll,keybd_event,r,VK_control,0,ExtendedKey,0

So then what are these two lines doing?

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Let>FLAGS={%ExtendedKey% OR %KeyUp%}
LibFunc>user32.dll,keybd_event,r,VK_control,0,FLAGS,0

Thanks for any info...

Marcus, any comments?

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:42 pm

Do a forum search for "keybd_event". Mostly what you'll find is that it is useful if you need to hold a key press for an extended period of time. I don't think it is "better" than Send> or Press [keyname] under ordinary circumstances.

idiot · Post by **idiot** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:52 am

in some cases like reading lines from a file and sending them to a window i would use send command but in most cases especially in gaming scripts if you want to hold down a vk_keys is more reliable and less detectable also and it actually performs differently then "send> f2*40" to hold down a key this actually just sends the command for pressing and releasing the key 40 times
while vk presses the key down and waits for next code to key up so is a more realistic key press but for sending a whole line the send key normally works fine in some instances in games it still dosent send the line corectly with the help of some of the people here i learned how to pipe code so i can still use vk_keys with that