Rebol/Windows Macro Maker - Autopilot.r

REBOL [ Title: "LFReD AutoPilot" Date: 31-Mar-2002 File: %autopilot.r Author: "Terry Brownell" Version: 1.0 Needs: ["Windows with Script Host, Rebol/Pro or /command"] Rights: "Copyright (C) Terry Brownell 2002" Note: { This script is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Instructions: 1. Create a folder and place this script inside. 2. Create a .txt file with your macro (sample below) and place inside the same folder. 3. "Do" this script, then call the function "AutoPilot" and the macro .txt file. There are four basic commands - Activate, Launch, Wait and Type. Activate - Focuses a running app. Launch - Launch a new app. Wait - Pause in milliseconds. (1000 = 1 second) Type - Enter keystrokes. } ] ;----------------AUTOMATE AutoPilot: func [inpu][Macro1: rejoin [to-file inpu ".txt"] AutoPilot: read macro1 AutoPilotCode: copy [] autopilot: parse autopilot none insert AutoPilotCode rejoin [{Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")} newline] AutoPilotA: {WshShell.AppActivate } AutoPilotR: {WshShell.Run } AutoPilotS: {WScript.Sleep } AutoPilotT: {WshShell.SendKeys } foreach [com att]autopilot [if com = "Activate" [append autopilotcode rejoin [AutoPilotA {"} att {"} newline ]] if com = "Launch" [append AutoPilotCode rejoin [AutoPilotR {"} att {"} newline]] if com = "Wait" [append AutoPilotCode rejoin [AutoPilotS att newline]] if com = "Type" [append AutoPilotCode rejoin [AutoPilotT {"} att {"} newline]]] write %autopilot.vbs AutoPilotCode call "autopilot.vbs" wait 3 delete %autopilot.vbs ] ;---------------------------- ;Below is a sample macro that will launch notepad, wait 3 seconds, type "Hello World, wait 1 second and type "Again"... place into a .txt file in the same folder, then run it as... Autopilot "myMacrofile.txt" ;Activate "Notepad" type "^n" Wait 3000 Type "Hello World" Wait 1000 Type " Again."

As an aside - for those without pro or command you can do the following as a replacement for call: browse %autopilot.vbs This will launch the script WITHOUT launching the browser - depending on your security settings and whether you have the Windows Scripting Host installed. Please also note that the original function needs to launch as Autopilot "myMacrofile" ;rather than Autopilot "myMacrofile.txt" due to the Macro1 line which appends txt again. James.

Open source, ya gotta love it. Thanks for the bug report ;) TB

Hi Terry, I mangled things a bit and rearranged other bits ;-) The example at the end demonstrates the Force command which can take 1 or 2 parameters. AutoPilot: func [inpu][ AutoPilot: read/lines to-file inpu AutoPilotCode: {Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")} AutoPilotA: {WshShell.AppActivate "###1"^/} AutoPilotR: {WshShell.Run "###1"^/} AutoPilotS: {WScript.Sleep "###1"^/} AutoPilotT: {WshShell.SendKeys "###1"^/} ;please note that some apps have 2 names - one for launch and 1 for userspace ;Microsoft Word is one such example. Winword to launch, Microsoft Word for userspace. AutoPilotF: { if not WshShell.AppActivate("###1") then WshShell.Run("###2") do while not WshShell.AppActivate("###1") WScript.sleep 10 loop end if } rj: func [cmd srch dat][AutoPilotCode: join AutoPilotCode replace/all copy cmd srch dat] foreach syl AutoPilot [ syl: to-block syl switch length? syl [ 2 [ com: to-string first syl att: second syl if com = "Activate" [rj AutoPilotA "###1" att] if com = "Launch" [rj AutoPilotR "###1" att] if com = "Wait" [rj AutoPilotS "###1" att] if com = "Type" [rj AutoPilotT "###1" att] if com = "Force" [replace rj AutoPilotF "###1" att "###2" att] ] 3 [ com: to-string first syl att: second syl att2: third syl if com = "Force" [replace rj AutoPilotF "###1" att "###2" att2] ] ] ] write %autopilot.vbs AutoPilotCode browse %autopilot.vbs ;call wait 3 delete %autopilot.vbs ] ;---------------------------- ;Below is a sample macro that will launch Word (if it exists) type something, then launch notepad, ;wait 3 seconds, type "Hello World, wait 1 second and type "Again" write %myMacrofile.txt {Force "Microsoft Word" "Winword"^/Type "This is microsoft word!"^/Force "Notepad" ^/Type "^n" ^/Wait 3000 ^/Type "Hello World" ^/Wait 1000 ^/Type " Again."^/} Autopilot "myMacrofile.txt"