Toggle pause script

[thechinesekid]

Hi,

I've been using autoit for quite some years now and have mainly been lurking around the forums whenever I have had a problem. I've managed to get by through trial and error and I don't actually know very much about the program. I was wondering if I could get some help with my script.

My question is the following:

Is there a way to set a hotkey to pause my script but when I restart it, it begins from the beginning again rather than starting up where it paused?

For example.

Currently my script does.. ... pause at "c" >> unpause = starts at "d"

However I want it to do... ...   pause at "c" >> unpause = restarts at "a"

Here is what I am working with

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;my script template

#requireadmin
    opt("SendKeyDownDelay", 200)
    $count = 0
Global $UnPaused
HotKeySet("`", "TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")

;--------------------

While 1
    Sleep(10)
    ToolTip("Script is Paused",0,0)
WEnd

;--------------------

Func TogglePause()
    $UnPaused = NOT $UnPaused
    While $UnPaused

;---script goes here--
Send("a")
Send("b")
Send("c")
Send("d")

;--------------------

  WEnd
EndFunc

;--------------------

Func Terminate()
   Exit 0
EndFunc

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

- Alex

[somdcomputerguy]

A combination of the example code in the first link, and the restart code in the second link may do it for you.

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/HotKeySet.htm

[thechinesekid]

Ah, thank you for that. It works great.

With the method shown above I seem to require another hotkeyset (it pauses + resets script, but pressing it again does not start it up again)

Out of curiousity, is there a way to merge my toggle and this new "restart" hotkey? If not, this will work fine.

Edited May 22, 2013 by thechinesekid

[somdcomputerguy]

After the While..WEnd loop, where there is the line ToolTip(""), is where I would put the 'restart code' (after the blank tooltip line, not replacing it). So there would be only one hotkey, whichever one you have set to call the pause function.

[thechinesekid]

Hmm, I gave it a shot but it got really messy. I get the feeling quite a bit of work will be needed to merge the two functions so I'll stick to what you've given me. I was just wondering for convenience.

Thanks

[somdcomputerguy]

Basically I was just telling you where I would start. I don't have a woking solution to supply, and I'm sure that there would be at least a few obstacles to overcome. Good luck though!