Autohotkey write text read from a text file

Question

I want my script to read a textfile containing an intiger and to write this number by keyboard with out me actually touching it, but im kinda having trouble understanding the autohotkey since there is no software for it. Having some C# knowledge this is what i have:

FileRead, OutputVar, answertext.txt
sleep, 3000
;MyString = %OutputVar%
MyString = 16807

Loop, Parse, MyString

{

if (%A_LoopField% = -) 
{
Send, {SC00C}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 0) 
{
Send, {SC00B}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 1) 
{
Send, {SC002}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 2) 
{
Send, {SC003}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 3) 
{
Send, {SC004}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 4) 
{
Send, {SC005}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 5) 
{
Send, {SC006}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 6) 
{
Send, {SC007}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 7) 
{
Send, {SC008}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 8) 
{
Send, {SC009}
}

if (%A_LoopField% = 9) 
{
Send, {SC00A}
}
}  
exit

Now this code starts but it always punches in 0 and nothing else, and if MyString = -1234, there is an error.

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vafylec vafylec · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-04T06:00:20

I will provide here some notes on improving your AutoHotkey script, and an amended version of it.

Your 'if' lines should be like this for most strings, with double quotes, and no percent signs:

if (A_LoopField = "a")

With numbers the double quotes are optional:

if (A_LoopField = "1")

if (A_LoopField = 1)

However fundamentally, your script need only be a few lines long:

FileRead, OutputVar, answertext.txt
sleep, 3000
;MyString = %OutputVar%
MyString = 16807
Send {Raw}%MyString%

You may prefer to include a key delay, to slow down the sending of text:

MyString = 16807
SetKeyDelay, 500
Send {Raw}%MyString%

Other methods for sending the text might be:

Clipboard := MyString
SendInput ^v

Or to insert text into Edit controls such as in Notepad for example without using the clipboard:

Control, EditPaste, %MyString%, Edit1, ahk_class Notepad

Or to set the entire contents of Edit controls, again without using the clipboard:

ControlSetText, Edit1, %vText%, ahk_class Notepad

Autohotkey write text read from a text file

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