Issues with different input languages

ineedh3lp · Post by **ineedh3lp** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:47 am

Hello!

I've got a rather annoying issue. The text MacroScheduler sends is influenced by the input language.

Let's say I want to send ; ' [ ] to a text editor. If the text editor's input language is set to RO (Romanian), Macro Scheduler sends ş ţ ă Ã® instead of the before mentioned symbols (; ' [ ]).

But wait, it gets even more complicated... let me create a table:

Trying to send ; ' [ ] from MacroScheduler to a text editor

MacroScheduler[EN] to Notepad[EN] sends ; ' [ ]
MacroScheduler[RO] to Notepad[EN] sends < = ~ `
MacroScheduler[EN] to Notepad[RO] sends ş ţ ă Ã®
MacroScheduler[RO] to Notepad[RO] sends ; ' [ ]

Basically, MacroScheduler and the application it interacts with need to have set the same input language to produce the desired result (in this case sending ; ' [ ]).

Is there a way to fix this? I tried to get used to it, but I can't stand it anymore.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:29 am

Instead of sending keystrokes you can send the *exact* character by using the Ascii> command. Then it will always send the desired character regardless of the input locale.

ineedh3lp · Post by **ineedh3lp** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:52 am

I've checked the Ascii command, but it would be counterproductive for my job. I'm always sending different text to different applications, so getting the ascii equivalent for the text to be sent would take more time than checking and setting the same input language for all involved applications.

I guess a better approach would be finding a way to set an application's language input before sending text to it.

Thank you.

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:45 pm

...getting the ascii equivalent for the text to be sent would take more time...

You could use VBScript's asc function to convert the characters to ascii for you.

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VBSTART
VBEND

Input>strText,Text String
Run>notepad.exe
WaitWindowOpen>Notepad*
Length>strText,vLen

Let>kk=0
Repeat>kk
  Add>kk,1
  MidStr>strText,kk,1,strChar
  VBEval>asc("%strChar%"),ASCIIchar
  Ascii>ASCIIchar
Until>kk=vLen