I'm trying to get Autokey to work like Autohotkey worked for me in Windows.
One very useful function that was possible to set up in Autohotkey was assigning a keyboard key to grab highlighted text, then go to url, grab that url, and then insert the highlighted text and URL in specific places within a predetermined phrase.
It was extremely useful to create text with links in different formats.
The Autohotkey script for what I'm describing looked something like this:
insert::
clipboard =
Send, ^c
ClipWait
myText = %clipboard%
Send, !d
clipboard =
Send, ^c
ClipWait
myURL = %clipboard%
myLink = %myText%
clipboard = %myLink%
return
Is there a way to translate that into a working Autokey script?
# assigning a keyboard key to
# `hotkey - a key or combination of keys that, when pressed, will trigger AutoKey to do something; run a script, insert a phrase or display a menu. A hotkey can be created using any key on the keyboard (within reason), with or without one or more modifier keys. The modifier keys are Shift, Control, Alt and Super (a.k.a. Windows).`
# [Guide](https://github.com/autokey/autokey/wiki/Beginners-Guide)
import os, time
# grab highlighted text
myText = clipboard.get_selection()
# then go to url
myCmd = "/usr/bin/firefox --new-window http://www. your site .biz/"
os.system(myCmd)
time.sleep(0.25)
# grab that url, and then
keyboard.send_keys('<F6>')
time.sleep(0.25)
myURL = clipboard.get_selection()
# insert the highlighted text and URL in specific places within a predetermined phrase.
# run a window wait, then paste the texts there. Following example opens a msgbox2sec.ahk (create it first):
myCmd = 'wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkey.exe /home/administrator/Desktop/msgbox2sec.ahk'
os.system(myCmd)
time.sleep(0.25)
active_class = window.get_active_class()
if not active_class == "your class name": # for example: "autokey-gtk.Autokey-gtk":
time.sleep(0.25) # sleep longer
myLink = "" + myText + ""
# paste your link, then copy it:
keyboard.send_keys(myLink)
# select select a line:
keyboard.send_keys('<home>')
keyboard.send_keys("<shift>+<end>")
# copy line to clipboard:
keyboard.send_keys('<ctrl>+c')
# or copy line to variable:
c = clipboard.get_selection()
Related
I need to determine the path and file name of an open text file, whether it is opened in Notepad3 or in Emacs.
For both editors the path and file name are displayed in the window title of the opened file. Hence, I can use the AHK function WinGetTitle to extract the window title, and then the function SubStr to extract the path and file name from the window title.
However, the two editors differ in how the path and filename are displayed in the window title. In Notepad3 the title format is [filename][path], while in Emacs (my configuration) the format is [path][filename].
I would like my code to be usable regardless which of the two editors the text file is opened in. I guess I have to use some sort of an if-statement.
My pseudo code looks like this:
::uuu::
; find the window title of the opened txt file
WinGetTitle, windowTitle, A
; determine if text file is opened in Notepad3 or in Emacs
appName = <some function>
; construct file name and file path from window title
if appName = notepad3
fileName := SubStr(windowTitle,3,24)
filePath := SubStr(windowTitle,29,-12)
elseif appName = emacs
fileName := SubStr(windowTitle,-23)
filePath := SubStr(windowTitle,1,-24)
end
; send input to file
SendInput, %windowTitle% {enter}
SendInput, %fileName% {enter}
SendInput, %filePath% {enter}
return
1) what AHK function can be used to determine appName?
2) if appName can be determined, how should the if-statement in my code be made in correct AHK syntax?
I think I figured out one way to solve my own question:
::uuu::
; find the window title of the opened txt file
WinGetTitle, windowTitle, A
; find the process or app used to open the text file
WinGet, process, ProcessName, A
; construct file name and file path from window title
if (process = "Notepad3.exe")
{
fileName := SubStr(windowTitle,3,24)
filePath := SubStr(windowTitle,29,-12)
}
else if (process = "emacs.exe")
{
fileName := SubStr(windowTitle,-23)
filePath := SubStr(windowTitle,1,-24)
}
; send input to file
SendInput, %windowTitle% {enter}
SendInput, %fileName% {enter}
SendInput, %filePath% {enter}
SendInput, %process% {enter}
return
I need to edit standalone.bat file using ahk script. I want to increase my heap size using ahk so below is line where i have to change heap in my bat file. Now i have trying to edit this using StringReplace and FileAppend but FileAppend keeps on appending string to the end
from
set "JAVA_OPTS=-Dprogram.name=%PROGNAME% -Xms64M -Xmx1426M %JAVA_OPTS%"
to
set "JAVA_OPTS=-Dprogram.name=%PROGNAME% -Xms64M -Xmx1426M %JAVA_OPTS%"xms000M
I am new to .ahk, i have tried this using some search
Loop, read, C:\standalone.bat
{
Line = %A_LoopReadLine%
replaceto = xms000M
IfInString, Line, Xmx1426M
, Line, replaceto, %Line%, %replaceto%
FileAppend, %replaceto%`n
StringReplace FileAppend
}
Is it possible to replace middle string using ahk. thanks
Fileappend will always append to the end of a file. Why do you want to prevent a temporary deletion of your batch file?
Typically, in ahk, you'd do it like this..
batFile = C:\standalone.bat
output := ""
Loop, read, %batFile%
{
Line = %A_LoopReadLine%
IfInString, Line, Xmx1426M
{
StringReplace, Line, Line, Xmx1426M, xms000M
; note: Regular Expressions can be used like Line := regExReplace(Line, "...", "...")
}
output .= Line . "`n" ; note: this is the same as if to say output = %output%%Line%`n or output := output . line "`n"
}
FileDelete, %batFile%
FileAppend, %output%, %batFile%
This will delete your file for some little milliseconds, just to recreate it with the new content afterwards. I don't really see any difference to editing it without deletion, because in either way, you'll need write access to the file.
Some words about your code sample:
IfInString, Line, Xmx1426M
, Line, replaceto, %Line%, %replaceto%
will be interpreted as
"If the string 'Line' contains 'Xmx1426M , Line, replaceto, %Line%, %replaceto%'"
which does not make any greater sense.
FileAppend, %replaceto%\n is lacking a destination file.
StringReplace FileAppend: these are two commands without any further parameters. You must never put two non-function-commands in the same line!
I'm looking for a ahk script to do the following:
Show popup box
Enter text
Show standardtext + string in popup box.
So that when for example I press #r i get a popup box, i type in Marc and I get
"dear regards Marc".
So in Java it would be be something like
var1 = inputBox("whats your name")
var NameRegards = function(text){
"dear regards" + var1
}
show NameRegards
Anybody a clue how I can manage this in ahk?
How about doing it exactly as you described?
InputBox, varName, Name input, What's your name?
MsgBox , , Output, Dear regards %varName%
Works fine for me.
Here is an untested start..
#SingleInstance Force
#Persistent
Return ; Stop the startup lines otherwise #r will run on startup...
#r:: ; [Win]+r to start this script
InputBox, MyName, This is your Windows Title, Type your name:
SendInput, Dear regards`, %MyName% ; Using `(On ~ key on US KB) to literally print a comma
; SendInput, % "Dear regards, " MyName ; Alternative way
Return
I want to pass the window title into a function I wrote in AutoHotKey, is window title WinTitle a string? I have 4 window titles, and I need to pass them to the same function.
Extract(my_window_title) {
; Wake and select the correct window to be in focus
WinWait, my_window_title,
IfWinNotActive, my_window_title, , WinActivate, my_window_title,
WinWaitActive, my_window_title,
; ... do a bunch of things
}
I call the function like this
title1 = "Some title"
Extract(title1)
and I also tried putting % in all the variables
Yes WinTitle is basically a string.
Check out your Autohotkey-folder, there should be a file called "AU3_Spy.exe". Use it to find the window titles.
And as Elliot DeNolf already mentioned, you made some mistakes with variables. You should also take another look at the syntax of IfWInNotActive.
This should work:
Extract(my_window_title) {
; Wake and select the correct window to be in focus
WinWait, %my_window_title%
IfWinNotActive, %my_window_title%
{
WinActivate, %my_window_title%
WinWaitActive, %my_window_title%
}
msgbox, %my_window_title%
; ... do a bunch of things
}
title1 = MyWindowTitle
Extract(title1) ;functions always expect variables, no percent-signs here
There are a few things that look like they are causing an issue in your script.
When assigning a string value and using =, quotes are not needed. If you assign the value using :=, then you need the quotes. These 2 lines are equivalent:
title1 := "Some Title"
title1 = Some Title
Once these values are called via a function ie. Extract(title1), % symbols must be used (as you mentioned at the end of your question). This can be called in 2 ways:
WinActivate, %my_window_title%
WinActivate, % my_window_title
If the title is invalid, your script will wait indefinitely on WinWait and WinWaitActive. I would recommend using a timeout value and then checking ErrorLevel to see if it was successful or not.
My AutoIt script worked as long as I used it via command line. There I could use $CmdLine[1] and pass a path as argument. Now I try to convert the script to a new method to avoid command line arguments.
You open an Explorer Window and select a file e.g C:\test.txt. After that you trigger the AutoIt function with CTRL+WIN+C. The script should look what file is selected in the active Explorer Window and retrieve the path C:\test.txt and assign it to $file variable.
This is my work-in-progress where I'm stuck.
Line 5 $CmdLine[1] needs to be changed to a secret function I don't know.
;Assign key combination "CTRL-WIN-C" to function "copyUNC"
HotKeySet("^#c", "CopyUNC")
;function to copy UNC path of selected Windows Explorer file/folder to clipboard
func CopyUNC()
$file = FileGetLongName($CmdLine[1]) ;THIS LINE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED
$drive = StringLeft($file, 2)
$UNCdrive = DriveMapGet($drive)
If $UNCdrive = "" Then
$UNCfile = $file
else
$UNCfile = $UNCdrive & StringTrimLeft($file, 2)
endif
ClipPut($UNCfile)
endfunc
;necessary loop so AutoIt script stays active and in Tray
While 1
Sleep(100)
WEnd
Q: How do I get the path of a selected file/folder from Windows Explorer into AutoIt v3.3.8.1?
Note #1: I don't want to use registry and right-click tricks to pass the argument
Note #2: If multiple files are selected just pass the first file. Don't overcomplicate things
CMDLINE[1] has nothing to do with what you want.
If you want to activate your script by hotkey AFTER manually selecting the file in Windows Explorer, you need to examine the Explorer window itself.
Here is the function to retrieve selected item in explorer
Func GetExplorerSelection()
Local $saveClip = ""
Local $filesFolders = ""
Local $handle = _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow()
Local $className = _WinAPI_GetClassName($handle)
If $className = "ExploreWClass" Or $className = "CabinetWClass" Then
$saveClip = ClipGet()
Send("^c")
Sleep(50) ; give clipboard time to react
$filesFolders = ClipGet()
ClipPut($saveClip)
; test if $filesFolders contains #LF and split if so etc..
; code to call StringSplit() etc..
EndIf
EndFunc
maybe this
HotKeySet('{F8}','ccc')
Func ccc()
$ObjWindows = ObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows()
For $i = 0 To $ObjWindows.Count -1
Local $w = $ObjWindows.Item($i)
Local $aSeLected = $w.Document.SelectedItems()
For $b = 0 To $aSeLected.Count -1
$x = $aSeLected.Item($b)
MsgBox(0,'',$x.Path&'_______'&$x.Name)
Next
Next
EndFunc
While 1
Sleep(100)
WEnd