Stupid Question

[boogieoompa]

I know someone is going to say "I got this right out of the help manual" but I looked and I don't see what I am doing wrong. Basically I want autoit to exit whenever I exit my app that I am using it for. But I don't know how to place the exit command since I already have a while loop running (that picks up hotkeys). I tried combing the two while statements if multiple ways (including an if winExists statment) Any suggestions?

Thanks ahead

;way 1___________________________________________________
While 1
WinWaitClose("Freecell")
Exit
Wend

While 1
HotKeySet("a", "Function_1")
Wend

;way2__________________________________________
While 1
If WinExists("Freecell") Then
      HotKeySet("a", "Function_1")
Else
      Exit
Endif

Wend

[Somerset]

Runwait???

[peethebee]

Hi!

You should set the hotkey at the beginning. No Loop is needed around it.

So your script is necer interpreted as far as the start of the second loop, cause the first one is an infinite loop.

peethebee

[herewasplato]

Like this:

HotKeySet("a", "Function_1")

While 1
; put your code in here
;
;
;
If NOT WinExists("Freecell") Then Exit
WEnd

Func Function_1()
; put your code in here
;
EndFunc

That code layout should exit the script when the window goes away... later

[boogieoompa]

Thanks for all the input however I think I was a little unclear in how I asked the question. I need the while loop because of the way that I am sending over the hotkeys (so that they work with caps lock). I simplified the code I posted not expecting it to make a difference (sorry). Here is a more accurate representation of what I am doing.

Thanks

While 1
WinWaitActive("freecell")                  ;turns on hot keys
HotKeySet("a", "Function_1")

WinWaitNotActive("freecell");Turns off hotkeys by sending through windows
HotKeySet("a")

If NOT WinExists("Freecell") Then Exit

Wend

While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

[AutoChris]

Thanks for all the input however I think I was a little unclear in how I asked the question. I need the while loop because of the way that I am sending over the hotkeys (so that they work with caps lock). I simplified the code I posted not expecting it to make a difference (sorry). Here is a more accurate representation of what I am doing.

Thanks

While 1
WinWaitActive("freecell")                 ;turns on hot keys
HotKeySet("a", "Function_1")

WinWaitNotActive("freecell");Turns off hotkeys by sending through windows
HotKeySet("a")

If NOT WinExists("Freecell") Then Exit

Wend

While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

There is no need for two While...WEnd loops.

While 1
   If WinWaitActive("freecell")                Then HotKeySet("a", "Function_1")
   If WinWaitNotActive("freecell") Then HotKeySet("a")
   If Not WinExists("Freecell") Then Exit
   Sleep (100)
 WEnd

[boogieoompa]

Thanks but it didn't seem to work. It doesn't appear to be registering the IF statments.

[AutoChris]

Thanks but it didn't seem to work. It doesn't appear to be registering the IF statments.

Actually, it isn't the "If" statements. It is because "FreeCell" was not capitalized. Here is another script to try:

While 1
     $active = WinWaitActive ("FreeCell") 
         If $active = 1 Then HotKeySet ("a", "Function_1")
     $inactive = WinWaitNotActive ("FreeCell")
         If $inactive = 1 Then HotKeySet ("a")
         If Not WinExists ("FreeCell") Then Exit
     Sleep (100)
 WEnd
 
 Func Function_1()
     MsgBox (0, "", "Function 1")
 EndFunc

Edited September 28, 2005 by SerialKiller