passing hotkeys BACK to windows

[Traddles]

Hi, I have a program which sets a hotkey... well let me just show you an example of what I want to do:

HotKeySet("^!r", "MyFunction")

while (true)

sleep(100) ; do nothing

wend

func MyFunction()

if (WinActive("Notepad") then

; do some nifty stuff

else

; can I just pass on the "^!r" to whatever window DOES have focus?

endif

endFunc

I've tried just putting "Send("^!r")" in the else statement but that does NOT work. it just sets up a recursive loop that drives my cpu up to 100% very quickly. So, do you guys know of anyway to pass on a hotkey if I change my mind about captureing it like this?

[FiNAlzFiNAle]

I think what you want is this :

CODE

While 1

If WinActive ("Notepad") Then

HotKeySet ("^!r", "NotepadFunction") ; set the HotKey for NotepadFunction

Else

HotKeySet ("^!r") ; release the HotKey

EndIf

WEnd

Func NotepadFunction()

; do your nifty stuff here

EndFunc

[Shevilie]

This should do the trick.. You have to unset the hotkey before Send or else it will launch the function again in an endless loop

HotKeySet("^!r", "MyFunction")

while (true)
    sleep(100) ; do nothing
wend

func MyFunction()
    if (WinActive("Notepad") then
        ; do some nifty stuff
    else
        HotKeySet("^!r")
        Send("^!r")
        HotKeySet("^!r", "MyFunction")
    endif
endFunc

Edited February 20, 2007 by Shevilie