Blockinput Bug/behaviour In Xp..

[dooshorama 0]

hello again,

got another one..

in XP, "blockinput,on" prohibits sending ALT (or "!"). for example

"sendkey,!a!b!c" sends "abc".

not sure if this is just how it is or if it is a bug.

[ezzetabi 2]

It indeed should send ALT+a ALT+b and ALT+c... Strange, and nasty.

[Valik 473]

Microsoft broke the Alt key and BlockInput in one of their critical updates a long time ago. This is a known issue with both versions of AutoIt with no know workaround.

[dooshorama 0]

this just hit me today.. F10 also works to activate the menus.

[ezzetabi 2]

also {ALT}letter often opens the menus.

[Valik 473]

also {ALT}letter often opens the menus.

But not with BlockInput on under Windows XP, which is what this thread was about...

[ezzetabi 2]

Ops.... I understood that the problem was a ALT+key or ALT, key problem...

[Guest zensei]

Very annoying problem indeed especially when you have so many scripts affected...

Any new info about this BLOCKINPUT - ALT KEY - WinXP problem folks? Does anyone know which MS critical update that breaks this?

Cheers - Andre