executing macro when holding key down

[kazie]

I want to make a macro that spams up, down, up, down,... that's simple enough to make but i want it to only execute when i hold down a key.

lets say that key is w. if i hold down w, the macro will spam up, down until i let go of w.

[JohnOne]

_IsPressed()

[JLogan3o13]

Kazie, can you explain exactly what you're trying to do? Often times there are much easier ways than sending keys.

[Keltset]

#include <Misc.au3>

Local $hDLL = DllOpen("user32.dll")

While 1
    If _IsPressed("10", $hDLL) Then
        ConsoleWrite("_IsPressed - Shift Key was pressed." & @CRLF)
        ; Wait until key is released.
        While _IsPressed("10", $hDLL)
            Sleep(250)
        WEnd
        ConsoleWrite("_IsPressed - Shift Key was released." & @CRLF)
    ElseIf _IsPressed("1B", $hDLL) Then
        MsgBox(0, "_IsPressed", "The Esc Key was pressed, therefore we will close the application.")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    Sleep(200)
WEnd

DllClose($hDLL)

This is directly from the help file and looks like you could easily insert and function into it to simply spam the keys you are after WHILE it is pressed... Look at the line with sleep(250)

Edited August 15, 2013 by Keltset