hotkeys should only with certain windows

[advis0r]

hi there,

i want to control an app with my keyboard (usually you have to use the mouse), everything works allright but i want the hotkeys only to work within certain windows (indicated by their title)

i started using

IF WinActive($WINDOW_TEXT) THEN ...

and it semi-works, functions wont be called in other windows, but the problem is, that the hotkeyed keys are not usuable in the other windows either (like when i switch to the script editor i cannt move the cursor with the arrow keys since they are bound in my script)

is there a way to get around that i.e. make hotkeys only available under given conditions (window handle, window title etc) ?

would be really useful, sorry if i didnt find it in the forums yet

[CyberSlug]

Something like this should work.

$winTitle = "Title of window where I want the hotkeys"

While 1
    sleep(100);don't max-out CPU
    If WinActive($winTitle) Then
        EnableHotKeys()
    Else
        DisableHotkeys()
    EndIf
WEnd

Func EnableHotkeys()
    HotKeySet("!^a", "foo")
    HotKeySet("!^b", "foo")
EndFunc

Func DisableHotkeys()
    HotKeySet("!^a")
    HotKeySet("!^b")
EndFunc

Func foo()
;...
EndFunc

Func bar()
;...
EndFunc

Edited March 7, 2006 by CyberSlug

[advis0r]

thanks, i loaded the hotkeys from an ini file and so i had to make variables for the bound key globally in order to not read from harddisc every 100ms

Edited March 7, 2006 by advis0r