Sleeping until event possible?

[npcomplete]

hi,

i want to halt a script for a unknown amount of time and resume it after a key is pressed.

here is a code snipplet i tried but without success:

global $sleeping = 1 
HotKeySet("+!j", "wakeup")

func sleeping()
    $sleep = 1
    while $sleep > 0
        sleep(1000)
        if $sleeping = 0 Then
            $sleep = 0
        endif
    WEnd
EndFunc

func wakeup()
    $sleeping = 0
EndFunc

if u use this code u get an error message during execusion that $sleeping is not declared when attempting to solve the if statement? i declared it as a global variable to be able to change its value in wakeup(). is $sleeping locked while running the sleeping() function?

HotKeySet is not calling wakeup() when pressing the key combination. do i have to do something else than calling HotKeySet(...) at the beginning of the scipt to get it working?

thanks in advance

[poisonkiller]

Open help file and look for _IsPressed function. It may help you.

[Zedna]

You are not calling function sleeping()

so maybe:

global $sleeping = 1 
HotKeySet("+!j", "wakeup")
sleeping()

func sleeping()
    $sleep = 1
    while $sleep > 0
        sleep(1000)
        if $sleeping = 0 Then
            $sleep = 0
        endif
    WEnd
EndFunc

func wakeup()
    $sleeping = 0
EndFunc

[tobias7]

You really only need one variable. A simpler version would look like this:

global $sleeping = 1
HotKeySet("+!j", "wakeup")

While $sleeping = 1
   sleep(100)
WEnd
;rest of script to run after wakeup is called goes here

func wakeup()
    $sleeping = 0
EndFunc

[Sardith]

Your not really clear on what you want. This is my shot in the dark for you.

Global $Paused = 0
HotKeySet("{INSERT}", "Pause")

While 1
    If $Paused = 1 Then
        ;Put your Code here
    
Else
        Sleep(100)
EndIf
WEnd
;;;;;;;;

Func Pause()
    If $Paused = 0 Then
        $Paused = 1
    Else
        $Paused = 0
    EndIf
EndFunc

That will run all the code you want to put in there, when you press the hotkey.