HotKeySet doubt.

[Belini]

HotKeySet only works with lowercase letters, why not work to use a capital letter?

[JohnOne]

It does work with upper case.

EDIT:

Well it does if you use SHIFT key to get UPPERCASE.

I think you'd have to make a feature request to natively work with CAPSLOCK.

Or code it yourself.

Edited August 31, 2013 by JohnOne

[PhoenixXL]

Set HotKey for both the keys

#include-once
#include <WinAPIEx.au3> ;http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/98712-winapiex-udf/
#include <Misc.au3>

;Check the following

HotKeySet("A", "a")
HotKeySet("a", "a")

While Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func a()
    ConsoleWrite(GetCaps() & @CRLF)
EndFunc   ;==>a



;In the case you need the function.
;Returns True when either CAPS LOCK or SHIFT key is pressed, otherwise False
Func GetCaps()
    Local $fCaps = _Winapi_GetKeyState(0x14)
    Local $fShift = _IsPressed("10")
    Return $fCaps <> $fShift
EndFunc   ;==>GetCaps



;Environment(Language:0409  Keyboard:000B0409  OS:WIN_7/Service Pack 1  CPU:X64 OS:X64) 

I guess this case appears in x64, in x32 it  worked with both uppercase and lower case

Edited August 31, 2013 by PhoenixXL

[Belini]

Did not express myself well, why not work if set upper or lower case without using capsloock?

[JohnOne]

It does.

[Belini]

Using only HotKeySet not work.

HotKeySet("a", "a")
HotKeySet("B", "b")

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func a()
    ConsoleWrite("'a' key pressed" & @CRLF)
EndFunc   ;==>a

Func b()
    ConsoleWrite("'B' key pressed" & @CRLF)
EndFunc   ;==>b

[FireFox]

Yes it's case sensitive.

[Belini]

It would be nice if it were accepted uppercase using the function HotKeySet native Autoit

[JohnOne]

Are you saying you'd like 'A' and 'a' to be treated as the same hotkey?

If not please explain yourself more clearly.

[FireFox]

Don't expect the HotKeySet function to be changed, do like this:

HotKeySet("a", "a")
HotKeySet("A", "a")

[PhoenixXL]

This should clear any persisting doubts

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#include-once
#include <WinAPIEx.au3> ;http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/98712-winapiex-udf/
#include <Misc.au3>


;Check the following
Func HotKeySet_Uppercase_Lowercase($s_Key, $s_Func = "")

    HotKeySet(StringLower($s_Key), $s_Func)
    If StringIsAlpha($s_Key) Then HotKeySet(StringUpper($s_Key), $s_Func)

EndFunc

HotKeySet_Uppercase_Lowercase("A", "Func_A")
HotKeySet_Uppercase_Lowercase("b", "Func_B")

While Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func Func_A()

    If GetCaps() Then ConsoleWrite("Capital ")
    ConsoleWrite("A Pressed" & @CRLF)

EndFunc   ;==>a

Func Func_B()

    If GetCaps() Then ConsoleWrite("Capital ")
    ConsoleWrite("B Pressed" & @CRLF)

EndFunc


;In the case you need the function.
;Returns True when either CAPS LOCK or SHIFT key is pressed, otherwise False
Func GetCaps()
    Local $fCaps = _Winapi_GetKeyState(0x14)
    Local $fShift = _IsPressed("10")
    Return $fCaps <> $fShift
EndFunc   ;==>GetCaps



;Environment(Language:0409  Keyboard:000B0409  OS:WIN_7/Service Pack 1  CPU:X64 OS:X64)

 
Thanks to Yashied for WinAPIEx
Regards

[Belini]

This way I can do well, my question is why using only HotkeySet not work with capital letters? It would be nice if it were already native Autoit accept maiúculas to create Hotkeys.

HotKeySet("a", "Func_a")

$key = StringLower("B")
HotKeySet('{' & $key & '}', "Func_b")

While Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func Func_a()
    ConsoleWrite(' "a" Pressed' & @CRLF)
EndFunc   ;==>Func_a

Func Func_b()
    ConsoleWrite(' "B" Pressed' & @CRLF)
EndFunc   ;==>

[JohnOne]

 

why using only HotkeySet not work with capital letters?

Because it would be worse.

[PhoenixXL]

So, "WHY" is the question I figured out till now

Now its a native function, what I can guess is the HotKeySet uses the function RegisterHotkey over the hidden Autoit Window {to retrieve its handle use WinGetHandle(AutoItWinGetTitle ( ))}

And RegisterHotkey differentiates keystrokes when they are pressed w/Shift or w/o Shift using modifiers. Therefore it might be programmed in AutoIT to use the SHIFT modifier whenever an uppercase char is passed in the function HotKeySet.

Regards

Edited September 1, 2013 by PhoenixXL

[Belini]

@ PhoenixXL, thanks for the clarification.