How to automate , to open a RSAToken application and simulate keystroke and to press Enter using AutoHotKey

Question

I want to automate the following

1)Open the RSAToken Application

2)Simulate keystrokes to enter the PIN (say for eg : 223344 in that application)

3)Also to simulate the Enter keystroke upon entering the PIN

4)Copying passcode generated

i tried coding it by referring couple of articles but it was not working.

Following is the code

Run, "C:\Program Files (x86)\RSA SecurID Software Token\SecurID.exe"
;; 2222 is the PIN Code
Send, 2222
Sleep, 100
Send, {ENTER}
Sleep, 100
Send, ^c
Sleep, 100

Could anyone tell me , what am i missing ?

Answer 1

First of all, you need to wait for the application to start after running it. As I don't have the application, I can only suggest something like this:

WinWaitActive ahk_exe SecurID.exe

Then you need to copy the resulting code.

Ctrl+C only works if the code is selected, which it probably isn't. So Send ^c won't work.

Again, I don't have the application, but if it looks like this:

_{(source: rsa.com)}

you need to move the keyboard focus to the Copy button and push it using the keyboard. That can probably be done either by

Send {Tab}{Enter}

or simply

Send {Enter}

if the button is already the default button.

In total, we have something like this:

Run, "C:\Program Files (x86)\RSA SecurID Software Token\SecurID.exe"

; Wait a while for the window to appear and become active.
timeoutSeconds:= 2
WinWaitActive ahk_exe SecurID.exe,, %timeoutSeconds% 

if not ErrorLevel {
    ; The window is now active.

    ;; 2222 is the PIN Code
    Send, 2222   ; Type the PIN code.
    Sleep, 100
    Send, {ENTER}  ; Send the PIN code.
    Sleep, 200   ; Wait for the program to generate the passcode.
    Send {Tab}   ; Move focus to the Copy button; this might not be needed.
    Send {Enter}  ; Press the Copy button.
    Sleep, 100  ; Wait for the copy to happen; often unnecessary.
} else
    MsgBox The window did not appear within %timeoutSeconds% seconds.

The general algorithm for writing a script like this is to first do the task manually using the keyboard only. When you can make that work, make a script that presses the same keys as you pressed manually.