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[jthomas07762]

Hey everyone i am new to auto it. I have recently downloaded the program and am trying to figure out how to get a program to "restart" its function when the pause/unpause button is used. I do not wish to have this loop, unless end loop time is long so it can be repaused without having to worry about it performing the action twice in a row rapidly. here is a script i found and edited to perform the function i need.

Opt('MouseCoordMode', 0)
Opt('PixelCoordMode', 0)
HotKeySet('{END}', 'Quit')
HotKeySet('{Home}', 'Pause')
Global $Paused

;starts paused. press home to start.
Pause()

Send ("i")
MouseClick("right",1019,604,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1055,593,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1091,586,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1021,564,1)
Sleep ("900")
Send ("i")


Func Pause()
$Paused = Not $Paused
While $Paused
Sleep(100)
ToolTip('Paused...', 0, 0)
WEnd
ToolTip("")
EndFunc ;==>Pause

Edited April 15, 2013 by jthomas07762

[kylomas]

jthoma07762,

What is it doing / not doing for you?

kylomas

[jthomas07762]

It starts the program paused which i want. When i hit Home(unpause) it performs the operation flawlessly. but then the program exits. I wish to have the program stay open and possibly have it be able to restart and stop when i pause and unpause? if that is possible.

[JohnOne]

Opt('MouseCoordMode', 0)
Opt('PixelCoordMode', 0)
HotKeySet('{END}', 'Quit')
HotKeySet('{Home}', 'Pause')
;HotKeySet('{PGDN}', 'start')
Global $Paused

;starts paused. press home to start.
Pause()

while 1
start()
wend

func start()
Send ("i")
MouseClick("right",1019,604,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1055,593,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1091,586,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1021,564,1)
Sleep ("900")
Send ("i")
endfunc

Func Pause()
$Paused = Not $Paused
While $Paused
Sleep(100)
ToolTip('Paused...', 0, 0)
WEnd
ToolTip("")
EndFunc ;==>Pause

[water]

If you want to enhance your script I suggest to replace those Mouse* statements with ControlClick etc. Makes the script more reliable and independant of screen resolutions and window positions.

[jthomas07762]

Opt('MouseCoordMode', 0)
Opt('PixelCoordMode', 0)
HotKeySet('{END}', 'Quit')
HotKeySet('{Home}', 'Pause')
;HotKeySet('{PGDN}', 'start')
Global $Paused

;starts paused. press home to start.
Pause()

while 1
start()
wend

func start()
Send ("i")
MouseClick("right",1019,604,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1055,593,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1091,586,1)
Sleep ("100")
MouseClick("right",1021,564,1)
Sleep ("900")
Send ("i")
endfunc

Func Pause()
$Paused = Not $Paused
While $Paused
Sleep(100)
ToolTip('Paused...', 0, 0)
WEnd
ToolTip("")
EndFunc ;==>Pause

Thank you for helping me. That works perfectly! Now i am just wondering, the program was able to be closed by hitting the end button. I think i may have deleted this line(s) of coding. Could you possibly Show me how to add this back? and the timing seems to be not working? Or maybe 100 is just not enough. If you could show me the code to stop my code for about 5 seconds after the final function is performed (hitting the i button) this way i wont have to be precise in hitting the unpause and pause button. I will have a little leway before it restarts.. Also I saw the forums for beginners. any suggestions on good posts to read up on?

[SmOke_N]

Reference:

HotKeySet('{END}', 'Quit')

Solution:

Write the function this "HotKeySet" is referencing to: (Hint: "Quit")

Lookup "Exit" in the help file.

P.S. (It's only 3 lines of code)

Edited April 15, 2013 by SmOke_N

[jthomas07762]

Reference:

HotKeySet('{END}', 'Quit')

Solution:

Write the function this "HotKeySet" is referencing to: (Hint: "Quit")

Lookup "Exit" in the help file.

P.S. (It's only 3 lines of code)

Thanks pretty simple once i thought about it. Thanks for the hint. I appreciate you not giving the code and making me figure it out, always better to learn that way. Thanks again! Program runs smoothly. Figure out time problem also. 100 Is a very minimal time lol.. Here is a copy of the script i found, edited; then finished for my specific task.

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Opt('MouseCoordMode', 0)
Opt('PixelCoordMode', 0)
HotKeySet('{END}', 'Quit')
HotKeySet('{Home}', 'Pause')
Global $Paused

;starts paused. press home to start.
Pause()

while 1
start()
wend

func start()
Send("i")
MouseClick("right",1019,604,1)
Sleep("100")
MouseClick("right",1055,593,1)
Sleep("100")
MouseClick("right",1091,586,1)
Sleep("100")
MouseClick("right",1021,564,1)
Sleep("100")
Send("i")
Sleep("1000")
endfunc

Func Quit()
Exit
EndFunc

Func Pause()
$Paused = Not $Paused
While $Paused
Sleep(100)
ToolTip('Paused...', 0, 0)
WEnd
ToolTip("")
EndFunc ;==>Pause

Edited April 15, 2013 by jthomas07762

[Starstar]

Use Controlclick instead of Mouse click for example..........

controlclick("windows title","","[Class:........; ID:......; INTANCE:....]","Right",1)

Use Au3.info to get Class name,,, ID and INSTANCE etc...................Au3.inf is normly in C:Program FilesAutoIt3