Wait for Key ?

[Blacktongue]

This sounds simple but it's got a beginner stuck..

I want a message box to pop up and then disappear but then I want the script to wait for keyboard input.....

MsgBox(0 "", "Choose- press A , B, or C")

then what?

Thanks,

[BALA]

Set up a HotKey, look it up in the help file

[Joon]

Another way.

#include <Misc.au3>

$timeout = 5
MsgBox(0,"","Choose- press A , B, or C",$timeout) 
$dll = DllOpen("user32.dll")
While 1
    Sleep ( 50 )
    If _IsPressed("41", $dll) Then
        MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", "A Key Pressed")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    If _IsPressed("42", $dll) Then
        MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", "B Key Pressed")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    If _IsPressed("43", $dll) Then
        MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", "C Key Pressed")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
WEnd
DllClose($dll)

[BALA]

Using Hotkeys:

#include <Misc.au3>

;'!' = 'Shift +'
HotKeySet("!a", "A")
HotKeySet("!b", "B")
HotKeySet("!c", "C")


MsgBox(0, "", "Choose- press A , B, or C")

Func A()
    ;put code here for if the user presses A
EndFunc

Func B()
    ;put code here for if the user presses B
EndFunc

Func C()
    ;put code here for if the user presses C
EndFunc

;'keep alive' loop
While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

EDIT: fixed code

Edited January 12, 2007 by BALA

[Helge]

@BALA :

- Uppercase "a" requires you to press Shift+A, not just "a".

- Missing comma on MsgBox-line

- Script will close after MsgBox closes, due to missing keep-alive loop.

[Bert]

Also for the messagebox, you can put a timeout for how long it will be displayed.