How to Send text as one string?

[slishnevsky]

Hello.

I was playing with the Send command.
It seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.
I was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?

Thanks.

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
see Sends a string of any length from one script to another
or with copy - paste.

[kunkel321]

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#SingleInstance
#Requires AutoHotkey v2+

^+p:: ; Ctrl+Shift+P, save to clipboard, then simulate paste.
{
	A_Clipboard := "I was playing with the Send command.`nIt seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.`nI was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?`n`nI was playing with the Send command.`nIt seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.`nI was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?`n`nI was playing with the Send command.`nIt seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.`nI was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?`n`nI was playing with the Send command.`nIt seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.`nI was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?`n`nI was playing with the Send command.`nIt seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.`nI was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?"
	Send "^{v}" ; Ctrl+V tells Windows to paste content of clipboard.  
}

[mikeyww]

I would use ClipWait.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
str := 'I was playing with the Send command.`nIt seems it can only send text character by character,'
     . ' like typing.`nI was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?`n`n'
str .= str str str

^+p::paste(str)

paste(str) {
 A_Clipboard := ''
 A_Clipboard := str
 If ClipWait(1)
  Send '^v'
 Else MsgBox 'An error occurred while waiting for the clipboard.', 'Error', 'Icon!'
}

[kunkel321]

I would use ClipWait.

Yeah, good call.

I guess it's also worth mentioning that if you are pasting multiple paragraphs, you can have the variable assignment with a multiline continuation section.
This takes more lines of code, but it is easier to understand.

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	A_Clipboard := "
	(
	I was playing with the Send command.
	It seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.
	I was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?

	I was playing with the Send command.
	It seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.
	I was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?

	I was playing with the Send command.
	It seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.
	I was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?

	I was playing with the Send command.
	It seems it can only send text charater by character, like typing.
	I was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?

	I was playing with the Send command.
	It seems it can only send text character by character, like typing.
	I was wondering if it is possible to send a text as a whole string?
	)"

[ntepa]

You don't need ClipWait when assigning to clipboard directly.

[mikeyww]

That is what I thought for a while, but I had an instance where I thought that the ClipWait made a difference. I might have been mistaken and defer to lexikos's expertise. If I encounter the problem again, I will post.