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Robert "Bob" Belcher, Jr.  
#1 Posted : Friday, December 4, 2020 5:18:58 PM(UTC)
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Hi.

My search skills seem to suck, so i have to ask you for help on these (i guess) rather simple questions.

1) how do i start a program with arguments?
i tried "Run program" and "arguments", but i only get one argument at the same time to work. Crying
Code:
C:\Users\usaname\Download\Portable\_desktop\PopSel.exe /i meintest.lst


2) how do i use special characters like "+" and "~" etc in a "text expansion" "automation" script?
the result should look like that: @ 08:00 +++ Vitamin C ~100 mg.

Code:
var d = new Date();
var timeString = "@ "
                         + ("0" + d.getHours()).slice(-2) 
                         +  ":" 
                         + ("0" + d.getMinutes()).slice(-2)
                         + " +++ Vitamin C ~100 mg.";

sp.SendKeys(timeString);


Thanks in advance! ThumpUp
Rob  
#2 Posted : Friday, December 4, 2020 6:21:19 PM(UTC)
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1)

I'm not able to reproduce this issue. I downloaded PopSel and tested "/i System.lst" (icons showed) and just "System.lst" (no icons).
Are you using Steps or Script for this?
Can you send any screenshots of the setup for the action in S+?

2)

SendKeys is a specific type of input sending, using custom identifiers to simulate different keystrokes, for example "+" is the Shift key.

Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.c...?view=netframework-4.6.2

In your case, you're just trying to send a string of characters, so just use sp.SendString:
Code:
var d = new Date();
var timeString = "@ "
                         + ("0" + d.getHours()).slice(-2) 
                         +  ":" 
                         + ("0" + d.getMinutes()).slice(-2)
                         + " +++ Vitamin C ~100 mg.";

sp.SendString(timeString);
Robert "Bob" Belcher, Jr.  
#3 Posted : Sunday, December 6, 2020 1:08:03 AM(UTC)
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Thank you for your quick reply and help.
Both working now.
I still dont understand why 1) is working now, cause i am sure i was doing exactly what you proposed multiple times and it didnt worked then.
Maybe i got mini-strokepluses or failed at copy paste.
But all good now, thanks.
Robert "Bob" Belcher, Jr.  
#4 Posted : Sunday, December 6, 2020 9:31:38 AM(UTC)
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In the 2) "text expansion" "automation" script, would it be possible to have the cursor be positioned somewhere else than at the end of the line?

for example:
instead of this:
@ 10:12 +++ Vitamin C ~ 100 mg.|cursor|
that:
@ 10:12 +++ Vitamin C ~ 1|cursor|00 mg.
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#5 Posted : Sunday, December 6, 2020 2:06:53 PM(UTC)
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You just have to move the cursor manually by sending the Left arrow key
Code:
//Define the token to make it easy for other code to use the same value
var cursorToken = "|cursor|";

var d = new Date();
var timeString = "@ "
               + ("0" + d.getHours()).slice(-2) 
               +  ":" 
               + ("0" + d.getMinutes()).slice(-2)
               + " +++ Vitamin C ~1"+cursorToken+"00 mg.";

//Remove the cursor token from the string to send
sp.SendString(timeString.replace(cursorToken,''));

//Find the cursor start location
var tokenLoc = timeString.indexOf(cursorToken);

//if the cursor token was found
if(tokenLoc > -1)
{
    //Set loop counter start to the end of the cursor token
    tokenLoc = tokenLoc + cursorToken.length;
    
    //From the end of the token until the end of the string
    for(var i = tokenLoc; i < timeString.length; i++)
    {
        //Send the Left arrow key
        sp.SendVKey(vk.LEFT);
    }
}
Robert "Bob" Belcher, Jr.  
#6 Posted : Sunday, December 6, 2020 3:15:35 PM(UTC)
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Thanks a lot.
Your annotations may help me understand that some day. Drool
Rob  
#7 Posted : Sunday, December 6, 2020 4:53:49 PM(UTC)
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Haha. It's not too complicated!
Code:
timeString: @ 11:36 +++ Vitamin C ~1|cursor|00 mg.

timeString.replace(cursorToken,'')

  Returns a new string (to be sent as keystrokes), replacing "|cursor|" with nothing, 
  an empty string "" (@ 11:36 +++ Vitamin C ~100 mg.). 
  However, the timeString variable still remains the same and contains "|cursor|".

var tokenLoc = timeString.indexOf(cursorToken);

  Sets tokenLoc to the index (number) of the first character of the token "|cursor|".

@ 11:36 +++ Vitamin C ~1|cursor|00 mg.
                        ^
                        tokenLoc = 24

tokenLoc = tokenLoc + cursorToken.length;

  Sets the tokenLoc to the end of the token; start location + length of "|cursor|" (8 characters)

@ 11:36 +++ Vitamin C ~1|cursor|00 mg.
                                ^
                                tokenLoc = 32

for(var i = tokenLoc; i < timeString.length; i++)

  Start at position 32 and loop (repeat) while i (set as 32) is less than the length of 
  timeString (38 total characters) - keep in mind the first character's index is 0 not 1.
  Each time the loop is complete, it increments i by 1 (33, 34, 35, etc) - when i equals
  the length of the string it stops looping.

  So for each remaining character after the token, send the Left arrow key

  "00 mg." = 6 characters

  Send Left 6 times
Robert "Bob" Belcher, Jr.  
#8 Posted : Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:43:33 AM(UTC)
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Haha. It's not too complicated!
Code:
timeString: complicated math alien gibberish.
timeString.replace(makesperfect,sense.to.me,'')
...


Haha. I appreciate your effort in making me learn something. Wink
My two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.
I don’t have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day.
But did i learn something? What a terrible question to ask!
But, uuh, ask me that in a number of weeks from now.
I’m, like, a smart person. personwomanmancameratv.
Very. Stable. Genius.
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