[Solved] How to press "something" for 2 secs, stop for 1 secs?

[chropose]

I found the answer:

while 1

ControlSend("Untitled", "", "Edit1", "{a down}")

Sleep(2000)

ControlSend("Untitled", "", "Edit1", "{a up}")

Sleep(1000)

wend

thanks to Tvern for reminding me of ControlSend

Edited September 15, 2010 by chropose

[norax]

ummm try to be a little more clear do you mean hold the mouse down for 2 sec then stop for 1 or click repeatedly for 2 sec then stop or what exactly are you tryin to do =\

[chropose]

sorry, i mean to press something on keyboard, let's say i wanna have notepad to press and hold "H" for 2 secs and then stop pressing for 1 sec, continuously in loop.

Edited September 15, 2010 by chropose

[norax]

sorry, i mean to press something on keyboard, let's say i wanna have notepad to press and hold "H" for 2 secs and then stop pressing for 1 sec, continuously in loop.

while 1

send("{a down}")

sleep(2000)

send("{a up}")

sleep(1000)

wend

replace a with whatever key on the keyboard u want

Edited September 15, 2010 by norax

[chropose]

thanks. ill try it now.

[chropose]

hey, thanks it worked.

btw, how to specify this script to work only on a specific program?

let's say i wanted this script to work only on notepad so when i changed the window focus to browser address bar, the script didnt do anything to interrupt it.

[UnDeFiNeD]

hey, thanks it worked.

btw, how to specify this script to work only on a specific program?

let's say i wanted this script to work only on notepad so when i changed the window focus to browser address bar, the script didnt do anything to interrupt it.

Try this:

While 1
    Sleep(200)
    if WinActive("[CLASS:Notepad]") = NOT 0 Then
        Send("{a down}")
        Sleep(2000)
        Send("{a up}")
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
WEnd

Edited September 15, 2010 by UnDeFiNeD

[chropose]

undefined,

i tried that script, it doesnt work. it only makes the script working if window focus is currently on notepad. if the focus changed, nothing happens at all.

[norax]

undefined,

i tried that script, it doesnt work. it only makes the script working if window focus is currently on notepad. if the focus changed, nothing happens at all.

While 1
    Sleep(200)
    if WinActive("your programs window title here") Then
        Send("{a down}")
        Sleep(2000)
        Send("{a up}")
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
WEnd

[chropose]

While 1
    Sleep(200)
    if WinActive("your programs window title here") Then
        Send("{a down}")
        Sleep(2000)
        Send("{a up}")
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
WEnd

norax,

if the current window is on "untitled" (Notepad), the script work and only works if the window is on untitled. if the focus changed nothing happens. still same like undefined's script.

Edited September 15, 2010 by chropose

[norax]

While 1
    Sleep(200)
    if WinActive("your programs window title here") Then
        Send("{a down}")
        Sleep(2000)
        Send("{a up}")
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
WEnd

norax,

if the current window is on "untitled" (Notepad), the script work and only works if the window is on untitled. if the focus changed nothing happens. still same like undefined's script.

im not sure what your wanting it to do then. if you want it to only not run on a specific window then do this

While 1
    Sleep(200)
    if WinActive("program title here") Then
        Sleep(250)
    Else
        Send("{a down}")
        Sleep(2000)
        Send("{a up}")
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
WEnd

if this is not it then ill need a better explanation of what you want lol

[Tvern]

If you want to a window, even if that window is not the active one, replace Send() with ControlSend(). The helpfile has an example using notepad.

[UnDeFiNeD]

undefined,

i tried that script, it doesnt work. it only makes the script working if window focus is currently on notepad. if the focus changed, nothing happens at all.

You said "let's say i wanted this script to work only on notepad"

[chropose]

You said "let's say i wanted this script to work only on notepad"

let's say i wanted this script to work only on notepad so when i changed the window focus to browser address bar, the script didnt do anything to interrupt it.

[chropose]

i've tried adding "Control" so it becomes ControlSend:

While 1
    Sleep(200)
    if WinActive("[CLASS:Notepad]") = NOT 0 Then
        ControlSend("{a down}")
        Sleep(2000)
        ControlSend("{a up}")
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
WEnd

and this:

While 1
    Sleep(200)
    if WinActive("Untitled") Then
        ControlSend("{a down}")
        Sleep(2000)
        ControlSend("{a up}")
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
WEnd

and also:

While 1
    Sleep(200)
    if WinActive("Untitled") Then
        Sleep(250)
    Else
        ControlSend("{a down}")
        Sleep(2000)
        ControlSend("{a up}")
        Sleep(1000)
    EndIf
WEnd

all of them doesn't work.

[Tvern]

i've tried adding "Control" so it becomes ControlSend:

...

all of them doesn't work.

They wouldn't because ControlSend() has more parameters than Send().

Like I said the helpfile for ControlSend() has an example specifically for notepad.

All you need to do is replace Send with that example and then change the example text with your own.