ControlSendRaw sometimes sends wrong characters, as if SHIFT is pressed

[Hadakajime]

V1.1.26.00

I wrote a script to input the proxy script address in the Internet Properties control panel on Windows 10
It includes the following statement:

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WinWaitActive,Local Area Network (LAN) Settings
ControlSendRaw,Edit1,http://wpad/wpad.dat

However, sometimes the result in the field is:

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http:?/wpad/wpad.dat

If I keep trying to run the script, it works about 50% of the time. I found other characters that exhibits the same anomaly:

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\
:

The erroneous results are:

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|
;

It kind of appears to relate to the SHIFT key being inadvertently simulated. I ran the test for 30 consecutive runs and here are my results:

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http://wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http;//wpad/wpad.dat
http:?/wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http;?/wpad/wpad.dat
http:?/wpad/wpad.dat
http;?/wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http;?/wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http;?/wpad/wpad.dat
http:?/wpad/wpad.dat
http:?/wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http;//wpad/wpad.dat
http;//wpad/wpad.dat
http;//wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http;?/wpad/wpad.dat
http://wpad/wpad.dat
http;?/wpad/wpad.dat
http;?/wpad/wpad.dat
http;//wpad/wpad.dat

The workaround I have to use is just specify the URL without "http://".

[jeeswg]

I don't know if this will work for sure, but it might do:

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+q::
BlockInput, On
ControlSend,Edit1,{Shift Up},A
ControlSendRaw,Edit1,http://wpad/wpad.dat,A
BlockInput, Off
return

Btw there are also:

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ControlSetText, Edit1, % vText, A

Control, EditPaste, % vText, Edit1, A

Clipboard := vText
SendInput ^v

[Xtra]

Try using SetKeyDelay and slowing down the duration.
I've seen similar issues with citrix windows.

The value of SetKeyDelay determines the speed at which keys are sent. If the target window does not receive the keystrokes reliably, try increasing the press duration via the second parameter of SetKeyDelay

[Hadakajime]

Funny if it receives the wrong keys instead of dropping them entirely, but I don't know how it works behind the scenes.

I resolved the issue by changeing to the following command, as suggested:

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ControlSetText,Edit1,http://wpad/wpad.dat

Thanks so much!