AutoIt Notepad
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Description
With AutoIt you can interact with all standard Windows GUIs. This example demonstrates how to open the notepad.exe application, then to type-in some text, and finally to close the window afterwards. At that point it has to interact with the applcations save-dialog.
Opening the Notepad
In order to open the notepad we have to execute 'notepad.exe'. This is done by the "AutoIt [ Run ]" block. It is given the file name of the executable. The alternative "AutoIt [ RunAs ]" block adds a possibility to specify a user and a domain to execute the program. After the task is started, we must wait for the window to become active. The "AutoIt [ WinWaitActive ]" block pauses the execution until the window has become active. Please note that the window title depends on the machine's language settings. For example, it is titled "Untitled - Notepad" with English settings and "Unbenannt - Editor" with German ones.
Setting the "Typing Speed"
When simulating e.g. keystrokes you can modify the simulation speed. Here we will use the "AutoIt [ SetOpt ]" block to set the option "SendKeyDelay" to the value 100 [milliseconds]. That way we can keep track of the typing.
Typing Text and Exiting
Now we can type some sample text into the notepad using the "AutoIt [ Send ]" block to send simulated keystrokes. Please note that the send mode is set to 1. This mode is used to send raw key data. After we have finished typing we also send "!f" ('ALT + F[ile]') to open the file menu via shortcut (On German settings this would be equal to "!d" for 'ALT + D[atei]'). This time we use the send mode 0. Then we select the menu entry 'Exit' by sending "x" (German: 'Beenden' -> "b").
Interacting with the Save Dialogue
Finally we have to wait again for the save dialogue to become active. It is titled "Editor" in English and "Notepad" in German. By sending the shortcut "n" for 'No' we close the notepad without saving.
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