Hold key down

[dbbm]

Hi

I'm new to AutoIt and i wanted to send a key continuously down for some seconds.

I adapted the code that is in the documentation:

WinActivate ("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("{a down}") ;Holds the A key down
Sleep(5000)
Send("{a up}")

Is not working properly. It's sending a single "a".

Any ideas about what might be the problem?

Thanks in advance.

[Guest AX5]

Try this

Run("notepad.exe") ; Run Notepad

If Not WinActive("[CLASS:Notepad]") Then WinActivate("[CLASS:Notepad]") 
WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]") 

Sleep(1000) ; Sleeps 1 seconds

While 1 

        Send("{a down}") 
        Sleep(1000); Sleeps 1 seconds

WEnd ; Stop loop

[bogQ]

#include <Timers.au3>
SendKeepActive("Untitled")
$starttime = _Timer_Init()
While _Timer_Diff($starttime) < 5000; 5 sec = 5000
    Send("a")
WEnd

from the help file usable commands to speed up or down the holding-sending process

Opt("SendKeyDelay", 5) ;5 milliseconds

Opt("SendKeyDownDelay", 1) ;1 millisecond

[Guest AX5]

#include <Timers.au3>
SendKeepActive("Untitled")
$starttime = _Timer_Init()
While _Timer_Diff($starttime) < 5000; 5 sec = 5000
    Send("a")
WEnd

from the help file usable commands to speed up or down the holding-sending process

That works to