Pause behaviour?

[IAMK]

Hello,

 

I tried making a pause button for my script but it doesn't unpause. I then went and copied the pause example in AutoIT, and it works.

What am I doing incorrectly? Instead of showing a tooltip (like in the example), mine types "A".

HotKeySet("{DEL}", "endScript")
HotKeySet("{P}", "pauseScript")

$paused = False

While(1)
   Send("A")
   Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func pauseScript()
   $paused = Not $paused

   While($paused)
      Sleep(100)
   WEnd
EndFunc

Func endScript()
   Exit 0
EndFunc

 

[Floops]

Using a lowercase "p" in HotKeySet() should work.

Edited October 18, 2017 by Floops

[IAMK]

@Floops

Wow... Thanks.

That's quite stupid. How come I was able to pause it though and not unpause it?

[Floops]

@IAMK

I'm afraid I don't know. Using lowercase p neither paused nor unpaused it for me while using Shift+P worked in both cases.

Maybe it's OS or language specific? I'm using Windows 7 x64 with a German keyboard layout.

[IAMK]

@Floops

It could be. I ran the script using F5 in the SciTE-Lite editor on Windows 10 x64 with an American keyboard.

[Andreik]

Quote

It is recommended to use lower-case keys/characters (e.g. "b" and not "B") when setting hotkeys to avoid errors as with some keyboard layouts upper and lower case keys may be mapped differently.

 

[IAMK]

@Andreik

Thanks, I will be doing that from now on.