Wait for hotkey?

[mooboo]

SplashTextOn("Configure", "Please load program and go to the main screen. When you are there, press F1", -1, -1, -1, -1, 4, "", 5)

HotKeySet("+a", "First")  ;Shift+a

Func First()

SplashOff ( )

$First = PixelGetColor( 10 , 100 )

endfunc

I want to do a pixel check once the user hits Shift+a. But, when I run this script, it just exits real fast. How can I make the script wait for the user to press Shift+a?

[CyberSlug]

Body of script after HotKeySet:

While 1;loop forever
  sleep(100)
WEnd

(You can also add a hotkey to exit the script as shown in the AutoIt documentation for HotKeySet.)

[mooboo]

Doesn't work. If I press the hotkey, nothing happens.

Here is the script I am using....

SplashTextOn("Configure", "Please load program and go to the main screen. When you are there, press F1", -1, -1, -1, -1, 4, "", 5)

HotKeySet("+a", "First")  ;Shift+a

While 1;loop forever

sleep(100)

WEnd

Func First()

SplashOff ( )

msgbox (0, "h", "Hh")

;$First = PixelGetColor( 10 , 100 )

endfunc

[CyberSlug]

I also missed this the first time: You cannot simple letters as hotkeys, so a-z and A-Z will not work. Use Ctrl or Alt with a letter instead.

By the way,

HotKeySet("A", "foo")

HotKeySet("+a", "foo")

HotKeySet("+A", "foo")

are all equivalent; and all will fail.

[mooboo]

You are one smart cookie! Works perfect now!!!