Ctrl Break

[anixon]

I have written some code to run in background to monitor keys as and when they are pressed and would like to assign a process to Ctrl + Break.

This is what the code looks like.

CODE

#include <Misc.au3>

While 1

$dll = DllOpen("user32.dll")

While 1

Sleep (50)

If _IsPressed('11', $dll) and _IsPressed('91', $dll) Then

MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", "Ctrl + ScrLK ")

Run(@ScriptDir & "\myp.exe")

ExitLoop

EndIf

If _IsPressed('11', $dll) and _IsPressed('41', $dll) Then

MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", "Ctrl + A Key")

Run(@ScriptDir & "\myp1.exe")

ExitLoop

EndIf

If _IsPressed('11', $dll) and _IsPressed('42', $dll)Then

MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", " Ctrl + B Key ")

Run(@ScriptDir & "\myp2.exe")

ExitLoop

EndIf

WEnd

DllClose($dll)

WEnd

Ctrl + Break does not work and I get the following message 'Process failed to respond; forcing abrupt termination...' Ctrl + A and Ctrl + B work without any problems. Can a process be assigned to the Ctrl + Break aka ScrlLk Key or can you error trap the 'Process failed error and assign that to a Run() function?

Help is always appreciated

[PaulIA]

I have written some code to run in background to monitor keys as and when they are pressed and would like to assign a process to Ctrl + Break.

This is what the code looks like.

CODE

#include <Misc.au3>

While 1

$dll = DllOpen("user32.dll")

While 1

Sleep (50)

If _IsPressed('11', $dll) and _IsPressed('91', $dll) Then

MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", "Ctrl + ScrLK ")

Run(@ScriptDir & "\myp.exe")

ExitLoop

EndIf

If _IsPressed('11', $dll) and _IsPressed('41', $dll) Then

MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", "Ctrl + A Key")

Run(@ScriptDir & "\myp1.exe")

ExitLoop

EndIf

If _IsPressed('11', $dll) and _IsPressed('42', $dll)Then

MsgBox(0,"_IsPressed", " Ctrl + B Key ")

Run(@ScriptDir & "\myp2.exe")

ExitLoop

EndIf

WEnd

DllClose($dll)

WEnd

Ctrl + Break does not work and I get the following message 'Process failed to respond; forcing abrupt termination...' Ctrl + A and Ctrl + B work without any problems. Can a process be assigned to the Ctrl + Break aka ScrlLk Key or can you error trap the 'Process failed error and assign that to a Run() function?

Help is always appreciated

This catches Ctrl+Break:

#include <Misc.au3>
#include <GUIConstants.au3>

do
  if _IsPressed(3) then ConsoleWrite("Ctrl-Break" & @CR)
until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

And then right after it does, AutoIt catches it and gives you the "Process failed to respond; forcing abrupt termination..."

[anixon]

This catches Ctrl+Break:

#include <Misc.au3>
#include <GUIConstants.au3>

do
  if _IsPressed(3) then ConsoleWrite("Ctrl-Break" & @CR)
until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

And then right after it does, AutoIt catches it and gives you the "Process failed to respond; forcing abrupt termination..."

Thanks for the response but I cannot seem to make it do what I want it to do.

From a users perspective if they press Ctrl-Break then I want the routine to start an AutoIT executable

I can see that your code writes Ctr-Break to the console a few times and that it has a do statement waiting for Ctrl Break to be input.

The Ctrl = Break monitoring routine has live with a number of other key stroke combinations which are constantly monitored and when

keyed [at any time] will perform other tasks.

If you look at my code you will see that it monitors Ctrl+A and Ctrl+B so I also want it to constantly Monitor Ctrl+Break

Perhaps you may be able to show me how to modify my routine with your process

Cheers

Ant...

[anixon]

Thanks for the response but I cannot seem to make it do what I want it to do.

From a users perspective if they press Ctrl-Break then I want the routine to start an AutoIT executable

I can see that your code writes Ctr-Break to the console a few times and that it has a do statement waiting for Ctrl Break to be input.

The Ctrl = Break monitoring routine has live with a number of other key stroke combinations which are constantly monitored and when

keyed [at any time] will perform other tasks.

If you look at my code you will see that it monitors Ctrl+A and Ctrl+B so I also want it to constantly Monitor Ctrl+Break

Perhaps you may be able to show me how to modify my routine with your process

Cheers

Ant...

Sorry the above response is a result of not seeing the woods for the trees. I have figured it out I guess to put it simply the _ispressed attribute for Ctrl+Break is 3 which for some reason does not appear to be documented in Help.

Thanks for your Help

Ant...

Edited March 9, 2007 by anixon