SikuliX

type(zone,string of 4 digits) gives "invalid character" message

Asked by charles boutet on 2011-12-31

Hi,
I'm trying to automate Harzing's Publish or Perish.
this software enables the user to enter two fields "year of publication" between a starting year and an ending one (typicaly 4 digits)
as i try to type(zone,string of four digits) or paste(same parameters) or type(zone,only one digits to test), i get message "invalid character, only digits are allowed".
Would anyone know how to solve this please ?

best regards

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: SikuliX Edit question

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Solved by:: RaiMan

Solved:: 2012-01-02

Last query:: 2012-01-02

Last reply:: 2012-01-01

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said on 2011-12-31:

If you use:

type("some-image.png", "1234")

paste("some-image.png", "1234")

this should do what you want.

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charles boutet (mnem00) said on 2011-12-31:

nope, that's what i said in my question.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said on 2011-12-31:

Could you post a link, where I can check it?

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charles boutet (mnem00) said on 2011-12-31:

do you wanna see my code ?
otherwise, you just have to download harzing's publish or perish and try ^^
it's a simple type("some-image.png", "1234") line of code :)

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said on 2011-12-31:

ok, understood. Thought it would be on a webpage.

What happens, if you just manually give the input focus to the respective field and then only run a

type("1234")

BTW: Windows, Mac or Linux?

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charles boutet (mnem00) said on 2011-12-31:

Windows 7 64 bits.
type("1234") doesn't work. same error message :/
i suppose those fields are special because other fields in same software can be writen with "type" function.
is there a way to emulate digit keystrokes one by one ?