How to execute script with a hotkey?

[nexguy]

I must have searched through this entire site and I cannot find anything about this.

I used to do it with AutoHotkey, but my new company uses AutoIt. It looks great! But how can I execute a script with a hotkey...like "windows"+"z" or something?

Or maybe I missed it and I am blind?

Thank you!

[someone]

Ha I'm not gonna call you blind...

Check out HotKeySet () in the help file, and _IsPressed()

Welcome to the forum

Edited March 31, 2008 by someone

[Swift]

Try This:

#InCludE <MiSC.aU3>
While 1
If _IsPressed("01") Then ExecuteScript()
Sleep(50)
WEnd

Func ExecuteScript()
;do your script here!
EndFunc

Edited March 31, 2008 by R6V2

[nexguy]

Ah, so I have to create a key catching script that runs all the time, to catch my hotkey presses?

[Swift]

Ah, so I have to create a key catching script that runs all the time, to catch my hotkey presses?

Try what I did, set it in a loop, until it is pressed, maybe try this:

#include <misc.au3>
Do
Sleep(50)
Until _IsPressed("01")

;do your code here.

Edited March 31, 2008 by R6V2

[nexguy]

This would be for all day use. For example, I have a user that wants to be able to press a button and it types her e-mail address. Or it runs a quick test script for her.

[someone]

There are differences between IsPressed and Hotkeyset, and I would suggest trying out Hotkeyset... it sounds more like what you need.

But either way, you need to tell your script to do something while 'listening' for a certain keypress, aka a loop. The example in the help file for Hotkeyset uses a While/Wend loop, which will keep the script alive and listening until the user kills it.

Edited March 31, 2008 by someone

[monoceres]

Or you make a shortcut to the script at the desktop and assign a hotkey to it by right clicking and choosing properties