Java and Autoit can't send key like TAB, ENTER or something else?

Question

I'm new to autoit and trying to integrate it with a java app. I can't make it send enter or tab or ctrl, it sends only plain text.

The code is this:

private void jButton4ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                         

    String jacobDllVersionToUse;
        if (jvmBitVersion().contains("32")){
            jacobDllVersionToUse = "jacob-1.18-M2-x86.dll";
        }
        else {
            jacobDllVersionToUse = "jacob-1.18-M2-x64.dll";
        }
     try{ 
    File file = new File("lib", jacobDllVersionToUse);
    System.setProperty(LibraryLoader.JACOB_DLL_PATH, file.getAbsolutePath());

    AutoItX x = new AutoItX();
    x.run("Skype", "C:/Program Files (x86)/Skype/Phone", AutoItX.SW_SHOW);
    x.winActivate("Skype");
    x.winWaitActive("Skype");
    x.sleep(2000);
    x.send("{TAB}!n" );
     }catch(Exception e){

   } 
}

I already tried:

x.controlSend("Window Title","text","","{ENTER}",false);
x.send("{TAB}!n" );
x.send("{TAB}n" );

Where's your AutoIt code? A small functioning method would be nice. What is `"AutoItX"`? — Hovercraft Full Of Eels, Sep 09 '15 at 14:28
Ah, you're using AutoItX4Java, aren't you? As a side note, you must take care to run all AutoIt code within a background thread, else it could freeze your Swing GUI. — Hovercraft Full Of Eels, Sep 09 '15 at 14:30
Also, what is the overall goal of this code? If your desire is to push text into a Swing text component, then there may be better ways to do this. — Hovercraft Full Of Eels, Sep 09 '15 at 14:38
Yes i use AutoItX4Java, and i know the problem with the freezes and im working to fix that but now i have to fix the autoit script, thy for the advice — Tehnic, Sep 09 '15 at 14:42
The goal is to auto login on skype presing only a button this is a part of a app for auto login on some sites and some apps and it must send thins like ENTER, TAB, ALT — Tehnic, Sep 09 '15 at 14:45
I would do the complete login stuff in autoit and just call/start the autoit script from your java program. — Xenobiologist, Sep 09 '15 at 15:53
i tink that selenium is more ok for web pages i need autoit only for windows apps — Tehnic, Sep 09 '15 at 16:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '15 at 13:58

It works with true or false thy to Milos for giving me the solution

    private void jButton4ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                         
    String sql="select * from app_1 where id_user_main=?";  
    String jacobDllVersionToUse;
        if (jvmBitVersion().contains("32")){
            jacobDllVersionToUse = "jacob-1.18-M2-x86.dll";
        }
        else {
            jacobDllVersionToUse = "jacob-1.18-M2-x64.dll";
        }
     try{ 
    File file = new File("lib", jacobDllVersionToUse);
    System.setProperty(LibraryLoader.JACOB_DLL_PATH, file.getAbsolutePath());
    AutoItX x = new AutoItX();
    x.run("Skype", "C:/Program Files (x86)/Skype/Phone", AutoItX.SW_SHOW);
    x.winWait("Skype");
    x.winActivate("Skype");
    x.winWaitActive("Skype");
    x.sleep(2000);
    x.send("{TAB}!n", false );

     }catch(Exception e){

   } 
}

Thy all for the help

Milos · Answer 2 · 2015-09-11T13:58:51.070

0

You are missing WinWait.

Try this

private void jButton4ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                         

    String jacobDllVersionToUse;
        if (jvmBitVersion().contains("32")){
            jacobDllVersionToUse = "jacob-1.18-M2-x86.dll";
        }
        else {
            jacobDllVersionToUse = "jacob-1.18-M2-x64.dll";
        }
     try{ 
    File file = new File("lib", jacobDllVersionToUse);
    System.setProperty(LibraryLoader.JACOB_DLL_PATH, file.getAbsolutePath());

    AutoItX x = new AutoItX();
    x.run("Skype", "C:/Program Files (x86)/Skype/Phone", AutoItX.SW_SHOW);
    x.winWait("Skype");
    x.winActivate("Skype");
    x.winWaitActive("Skype");
    x.sleep(2000);
    x.send("{TAB}!n", false );
     }catch(Exception e){

   } 
}

edited Sep 11 '15 at 13:58

answered Sep 09 '15 at 20:25

Milos

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Thy, but still the same problem it sends {TAB}!n as a text – Tehnic Sep 10 '15 at 07:16
@Tehnic added 0 to the send function. x.send("{TAB}!n", 0 ); This will make it send special keys. set it to 1 if you want to send them raw, like its happening now. – Milos Sep 11 '15 at 07:38
@Tehnic also try this x.send("{TAB}{ALT}n", 0 ); – Milos Sep 11 '15 at 07:43
Thy Milos that was it i did it but not with number with true or false x.send("{TAB}!n", false ); new is ok thy – Tehnic Sep 11 '15 at 13:55
Great, I'll add that to the answer and feel free to select my answer if it helped solve your problem. – Milos Sep 11 '15 at 13:58
Cool ad the answer thy very much – Tehnic Sep 11 '15 at 14:58

Java and Autoit can't send key like TAB, ENTER or something else?

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