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How to select any text and save that text directly in a .txt file in specified folder(in script like D:/backup/) and file name (filename.txt) should be asked upon pressing keyboard shortcut.

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Many ways to go about doing this. The easiest would probably be to send Ctrl + c to store it in the clipboard, then write the clipboard contents to a text file:

^!p::
path= C:\
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll
Send ^c
clipwait
InputBox, location, save, Enter a filename:
FormatTime, TimeString,,MMM-dd-yyyy
FileAppend, %clipboard%, %path%\%location%-%TimeString%.txt
Clipboard := ClipSaved
ClipSaved=
return

Ctrl + Alt + p will trigger this. Let me know how it works I just hacked it together quickly.

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@john - I want to set path manually in script code and only file name should be asked by dialog-box and extension should be fixed (.txt) with current date as a suffix of file like Filename-currentDate.txt. i want to give only filename and saving file would be like this estillproject-20/jan/10.txt – metal gear solid Jan 20 '10 at 17:10
John T - Where are you? – metal gear solid Jan 21 '10 at 7:38
@Jitendra I was asleep then at school, sorry. From what it looks like you want it to also make directories? Or am I mistaken? I've edited the code so you can put the path at the top, where it says path=, files will be saved in the format Filename-Jan-21-2010.txt if that's what you're after? – John T Jan 21 '10 at 18:29
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sorry it's working i had not created a folder. You are my lifesaver. You are awesome. – metal gear solid Jan 21 '10 at 18:55
You're welcome :) – John T Jan 21 '10 at 19:22
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