Sleeping program while holding down a key

[megahyperion]

I dont think you can actually sleep a program while holding down a key since you are acutally pausing the script and everything it does so I was wondering is there anyway to do it?

Like to use the

Send("{a down}")

command to hold down the a key, now lets say I wanna hold down the a key for like 3 seconds, how can I do this ?

Thanks

[megahyperion]

woops one more thing, I cant use the setup that allows the keypresses to be longer because I actually need the whole script to pause and wait for the key to finish being held down.

Thanks

[steveR]

Send("{a down}")

sleep(3000)

Send("{a up}")

will that work?

[megahyperion]

Nah it will send the key then sleep for 3 seconds while not doing anything.

Heres what I used to test it

Run("Notepad.exe")
Sleep(2000)
Send("{a down}")
sleep(3000)
Send("{a up}")

Edited April 22, 2005 by megahyperion

[steveR]

Sorry, i was tired

Run("Notepad.exe")

Sleep(2000)

$t = TimerInit()

Do
  Send("a")
  sleep(50)
Until TimerDiff($t) > 3000

Edited April 22, 2005 by steveR

[megahyperion]

Woot , your the man.

Works like a charm

Thanks