critical sections - (Moved)

[pkil_k]

hi Folks..

i began writing AutoIt scripts about 5 years ago.. for gaming purposes mainly.

then i realised just how powerful this platform is..

a couple of points maybe ppl can help clarify for me :-

• i was unsure whether Beep is synchronous or asych.. seems to be synchronous yeh?
• is there any way to make a block atomic? (critical section)
• i use hotkeys but i need some way to pass on keyboard events ie. not consume

any suggestions?

ty...

 

[Nine]

That should answer your questions :

;https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/199762-udf-blockinputex/
#include "..\BlockInput\BlockInputEX.au3"

ConsoleWrite ("Question 1" & @CRLF)
$hTimer = TimerInit ()
Beep (800, 2000)
ConsoleWrite (TimerDiff ($hTimer) & @CRLF)

ConsoleWrite ("Question 2" & @CRLF)
_BlockInput ($BI_DISABLE)     ; block
;do your stuff here
ConsoleWrite ("you are blocked : critical section" & @CRLF)
Sleep (10000)
;nothing much you can do to interupt
_BlockInput ($BI_ENABLE)     ; unblock

ConsoleWrite ("Question 3 - press a" & @CRLF)
HotKeySet ("a", _F)
While True
  Sleep (100)
WEnd

Func _F ()
  HotKeySet ("a") ; temp remove hot key
  Send ("a")
  ConsoleWrite ("Sent a" & @CRLF)
  HotKeySet ("a", _F)  ; reset hot key
EndFunc

 

[Jos]

Moved to the appropriate forum, as the Developer General Discussion forum very clearly states:

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