Hot Key Functions

[doug4117]

I have an extremely simple program...it consists of a while/wend loop containing a Sleep statement. I have defined three Hot Key functions that I want to invoke at my leisure, one of which exits the script. The problem is that once I press one of the Hot Keys, the script invokes the Hot Key function repeatedly. I of course want the function to execute only once and then wait until I press the Hot Key again.

Can someone clarify what's going on?

Thanks,

Doug

[Valuater]

Welcome to Autoit

; Press Esc to terminate script, Pause/Break to "pause"

Global $Paused
HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("+!d", "ShowMessage") ;Shift-Alt-d

;;;; Body of program would go here;;;;
While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd
;;;;;;;;

Func TogglePause()
    $Paused = NOT $Paused
    While $Paused
        sleep(100)
        ToolTip('Script is "Paused"',0,0)
    WEnd
    ToolTip("")
EndFunc

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc

Func ShowMessage()
    MsgBox(4096,"","This is a message.")
EndFunc

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Edited March 10, 2006 by Valuater

[SmOke_N]

I have an extremely simple program...it consists of a while/wend loop containing a Sleep statement. I have defined three Hot Key functions that I want to invoke at my leisure, one of which exits the script. The problem is that once I press one of the Hot Keys, the script invokes the Hot Key function repeatedly. I of course want the function to execute only once and then wait until I press the Hot Key again.

Can someone clarify what's going on?

Thanks,

Doug

Welcome to the forums...

Rule 1: If you want help, post a working example of your problem.

[Jos]

I have an extremely simple program...it consists of a while/wend loop containing a Sleep statement. I have defined three Hot Key functions that I want to invoke at my leisure, one of which exits the script. The problem is that once I press one of the Hot Keys, the script invokes the Hot Key function repeatedly. I of course want the function to execute only once and then wait until I press the Hot Key again.

Can someone clarify what's going on?

Thanks,

Doug

and you now want us to guess what could be going on or you can show the portion of the script which has this issue ?

[doug4117]

Thanks for the welcome, glad to be here.

I didn't post any code because, as I said, the program is extremely simple. However, below is the heart of the problem, I think.

HotKeySet("{F4}", "Start")
HotKeySet("5{APPSKEY}", "Restart")

The problem lies in the use of the APPSKEY+number key combination. If I use a function key instead, the function executes only once. In fact, as coded above, the function linked to by the APPSKEY hot key will execute automatically and repeatedly after the completion of the function linked to by the F4 function key.

--Doug

[Valuater]

you could look at the post i gave you above...

or post your full script so that we can get the same reaction as you are getting... to find an answer

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[doug4117]

Here is the full code...it works great when I use function keys as the hotkeys. When I use the APPSKEYs (currently commented out) as hotkeys it malfunctions.

--Doug

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Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1)
Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)


; Press Esc to terminate script
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")

;HotKeySet("4{APPSKEY}", "Start")
;HotKeySet("5{APPSKEY}", "Restart")

HotKeySet("{F2}", "Start")
HotKeySet("{F4}", "Restart")

$X = 0
$Y = 0

While 1
    Sleep(1000)
WEnd

Func Start()
    $X = 439
    $Y = 328
    Login()
EndFunc

Func Restart()
    $X = 333
    $Y = 386
    Login()
EndFunc

Func Login()
WinActivate("Login - Microsoft Internet Explorer", "")

MouseMove($X,$Y)
MouseDown("left")
MouseUp("left")
Sleep(10)

Send("111")
Send("{CAPSLOCK}{TAB}{CAPSLOCK}")
Send("111")
Send("{TAB}{ENTER}")

EndFunc

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc

[Valuater]

well... it works with the function keys... use them

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