Using a combination key with _IsPressed()

[charvi]

Hello,

I searched the forum but couldn't find the solution about a key combination with _IsPressed().

I understand the _IsPressed function for getting 1 character from the keyboard/mouse buffer, but how to use it for a character combination like Ctrl+K ?

I tried with HotKeySet("^k","_Bkk") and this works fine, but the problem is that the hotkey is still active in the _Bkk function.

My non-working code so far:

$i_VK_CONTROL = 0x11  ; Ctrl
$i_VK_K = 0x4B  ; K
$t_User32 = DllOpen("user32.dll")

If _IsPressed($i_VK_CONTROL & $i_VK_K,$t_User32) Then _Bkk_()

[martin]

Hello,

I searched the forum but couldn't find the solution about a key combination with _IsPressed().

I understand the _IsPressed function for getting 1 character from the keyboard/mouse buffer, but how to use it for a character combination like Ctrl+K ?

I tried with HotKeySet("^k","_Bkk") and this works fine, but the problem is that the hotkey is still active in the _Bkk function.

My non-working code so far:

$i_VK_CONTROL = 0x11  ; Ctrl
$i_VK_K = 0x4B  ; K
$t_User32 = DllOpen("user32.dll")

If _IsPressed($i_VK_CONTROL & $i_VK_K,$t_User32) Then _Bkk_()

You can't add the keys together like that. Also, the parameter should be the hex string.

#include <misc.au3>
$i_VK_CONTROL = "11" ; Ctrl
$i_VK_K = "4B"; K - need caps lock on or shift down on my keyboard.
$t_User32 = DllOpen("user32.dll")
while 1
    
If _IsPressed($i_VK_CONTROL) and _IsPressed($i_VK_K) Then ConsoleWrite("combination detected" & @CRLF)
sleep(30)
WEnd

You can stop a hot key working inside a function by having the line

HotKeySet("^K","")

at the start of the function, then set the hotkey again when you leave the function.

[charvi]

Thanks martin. Using _IsPressed twice with the 'And' operator worked fine.

But, disactivating the hotkey with HotKeySet("^k","") is invalid, the program is stopping working. I tried that too

Yes, I had to use ^k in my example instead of ^K as it is case sensitive. It was a typo.