HotKeySet and user defined functions

[Lee Evans]

I want to be able to press a key and pop up a message box which will display a given variables value within a script at the point that a hot key is hit. I just don't seem to be able to pass the variable as a parameter to the user defined function through the HotKeySend function.

Example script

;Press Esc to terminate script,

;Pause/Break to "pause",

;Shift pause to display message box with variable value

Global $Paused

Local $var1=1

HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "_TogglePause")

HotKeySet("{ESCAPE}", "_Terminate")

HotKeySet("+{PAUSE}", "_ShowValue")

...Body of script here that contains $var1 which is set and then modified in the script...

Func _ShowValue($szName)

MsgBox(4096,"_ShowValue","Value is "&$szName)

EndFunc

I just don't seem to be able to pass the variable to the _ShowValue function.

If I use this I get nothing shown in the message box when Shift and pause are pressed

HotKeySet("+{PAUSE}", "_ShowValue")

If I use this

HotKeySet("+{PAUSE}", "_ShowValue ($val1)")

I get unknown function

If I use this

HotKeySet("+{PAUSE}", "_ShowValue ("&$val1&")")

I get unknown function

How do I pass the parameter to the user function?

[SlimShady]

This has been requested (as far as I remember) two times before.

I'm still waiting for (one of) the developers to stand up and say:

Let's make this happen

How I would like to use it:

HotKeySet( "hotkey", "function", "param1", "param2", ..., "param10")

Edited December 3, 2004 by SlimShady

[ezzetabi]

It is enough using global variants.

[SlimShady]

It is enough using global variants.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Not really. In my early days with AutoIt, I created a topic for my problem that could only be solved by using arguments/parameters.

Unless you, Ezzetabi, can give me a solution to my problem.

Because I still use that script. And I used the workaround of creating 15 functions.

Each hotkey, from 1 to 15, will launch Function1 to Function15 respectively.

[ezzetabi]

Global $hotkey
HotKeySet($hotkey, 'DoFunction')

Func DoFunction()
   Select
   Case $hotkey = 1
   Case $hotkey = 2
   EndSelect
EndFunc

[SlimShady]

Global $hotkey
HotKeySet($hotkey, 'DoFunction')

Func DoFunction()
   Select
   Case $hotkey = 1
   Case $hotkey = 2
   EndSelect
EndFunc

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nope. I guess you didn't read the whole topic.

That are nice examples. They don't solve this problem:

If you want to use a hotkey, the Hotkeyset can't tell a function which hotkey is pressed.

As in "an argument".

Example of what I would like to have:

HotKeySet($hotkey, DoFunction($x))

The $x variable will be some value I gave it.

And I can use one function that processes every hotkey that's set.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That variable $x can be 1 to 15.

If the hotkey is pressed physically, the function receives a number from 1 to 15.

And I could use INIRead to do:

Func DoFunction($hotkey_num)
   $Command = INIRead($IniFile, "Commands", "HotKey" & $hotkey_num, "")
   If $Command <> "" Then Run($Command)
EndFunc

PS:

The syntax I posted on May 12, is invalid ofcourse.

Edited December 4, 2004 by SlimShady

[scriptkitty]

There are a few reasons to have variables in hotkeys, this function is quite easy to do without however.

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;Example script
;Press Esc to terminate script,
;Pause/Break to "pause",
;Shift pause to display message box with variable value
Global $Paused
Local $var1=1

HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "_TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESCAPE}", "_Terminate")
HotKeySet("+{PAUSE}", "_ShowValue")

$x=1
$y=2
$z=3
while 1
   $x=$x+1
   $y=$x*$y
   $z=(3*$x)+($y/30)
sleep(1000)
tooltip($x & @cr & $y & @cr & $z,0,0)
WEnd


Func _ShowValue()
   $szName="x=" & $x & @crlf & "y=" & $y & @crlf & "z=" & $z 
   MsgBox(4096,"_ShowValue","Value is "&$szName)
EndFunc

func _terminate()
   exit
endfunc

func _togglePause()
   $paused=NOT $paused
   while NOT $paused
      sleep(10)
   WEnd
EndFunc

edit, oops forgot to copy _togglepause part

Edited December 4, 2004 by scriptkitty

[Lee Evans]

Thanks for the help but I really wanted to not have to change the function each time I just wanted to pass the varaiable name to the function as a parameter.

I will just have to work around it until maybe the passing of parameters to the hot key function is allowed.