Hotstring to Snippet?

[Dale Winchell]

I have a Hotstring to produce the date in yyyy/MM/dd format. It is

::,dates::        ;Insert Date YYYY/MM/DD [Slashes]
   FormatTime, xx,, yyyy/MM/dd ;
   SendInput, %xx%
Return

It works well as a Hotstring but trying to remember them all is hard. Can this be made into a Macro Snippet? I see at the end of https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/how-do-i-create-a-macro-snippet-and-execute-it-when-i-need-it/ that variables are not supported so I'm guessing the answer is no but I thought I would ask.

Thank you.

[Jean Lalonde]

No, you can't insert variables and commands in QAP Snippets. But you could define an "Application" favorite for an AHK script (saved as .ahk file) containing only:

; Insert Date YYYY/MM/DD [Slashes]

FormatTime, xx,, yyyy/MM/dd ;
SendInput, %xx%

and give this favorite an hotstring of your choice. This does not add any functionality but it makes this available from QAP using hotstring, keyboard shortcut or the menu.

[Dale Winchell]

Ok, thanks Jean. I got it working as I need as an Application. However it doesn't exit after it completes. The icon stays in the system tray and it is in Task Manager as well. How do I have it close?

Best Regards.

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On Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 4:36:21 PM UTC-5, Dale Winchell wrote:

[Jean Lalonde]

Add the last line ExitApp:

; Insert Date YYYY/MM/DD [Slashes]

FormatTime, xx,, yyyy/MM/dd ;

SendInput, %xx%

ExitApp

[Dale Winchell]

That does it. Thank you very much Jean.