Recieving User Input

[abysmal]

This is my first time scripting with autoit and I was wondering if there was a way to recieve user input without having focus. What I want to do is allow the user to hit, say, ctrl+ins (while in a seperate program), and this will activate the script, which will run a loop. Anythime during that loop i want the user to be able to end it by hitting the same combination of buttons. Anyone know how I could do this?

[pekster]

RTFM.

HotKeySet()

Interesting how that comes up when you do a search for "hotkey" 'eh?

[abysmal]

so i assign a function to a hotkey?

[pekster]

Yup.

main()

Func main()
  HotKeySet("^{INS}", "loop")
  While 1
    Sleep(100)
  WEnd
EndFunc

Func loop()
  HotKeySet("^{INS}", "main")
  While 1
   ;your code here
  WEnd
EndFunc

[abysmal]

for some reason my Send isn't working right

main()
$on = 0-1
Func main()
  HotKeySet("^{INS}", "loop")
  While 1
    If $on > 1 Then Send({ENTER})
  WEnd
EndFunc

Func loop()
  HotKeySet("^{INS}", "main")
  While 1
   $on = $on * (0-1)
  WEnd
EndFunc

[pekster]

for some reason my Send isn't working right

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It needs to be in quotes.

Also, you need to make $on global if you wish to use it inside any of your functions.

[trids]

I think it's cos when you first enter main(), $on hasn't been set yet, so the loop doesn't start and it all just falls through .. ?

edit: and what pekster said too, about globalness

Edited August 7, 2004 by trids

[abysmal]

thanks, i fixed both of those things and it executes just fine. THe only thing that's odd is that the script pauses and doesn't do anything

Global $on = 0-1
main()
Func main()
  HotKeySet("^{INS}", "loop")
  While 1
    If $on > 1 Then Send ('{ENTER}')
  WEnd
EndFunc

Func loop()
  HotKeySet("^{INS}", "main")
  While 1
   $on = $on * (0-1)
  WEnd
EndFunc

Edited August 7, 2004 by abysmal

[pekster]

I don't think you want your loop function to be in a while loop. When you press control+insert the first time, it will begin a loop of changing the sign of $on over and over as fast as your CPU can manage it until you press control+insert again. At that point, it will go back to testing a loop and pressing enter as fast as it can, but only if $on is positive.

Two things you need to look at:

• Your loop() function
• Putting a sleep command inside any infinate loop

The sleep is important, because otherwise it will use up all of your CPU trying to calculate the loop as fast as it possably can. You rarely want that.

[abysmal]

wow i'm retarded i didn't realize that the changing sign was in a loop... wow...

[abysmal]

got it workin. I'm so stupid i forgot to change that 1 to a 0 in the if statement.