It seems there is no way to programmatically access the key history (apart from the last key).
At a couple of occasions, I've found myself needing to know the last 2-3 keys, and have had to come up with complicated workarounds to achieve what I wanted (and such workarounds aren't even going to be possible every time).
Can AHK_L provide such a feature in some future release?
Programmatic access to key history?
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himanshu
, Jun 24 2012 05:10 PM
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 05:25 PM
This is being asked for a long time <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.autohotkey.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=7081">viewtopic.php?t=7081</a><!-- l -->
And I would too like to see this feature.
And I would too like to see this feature.
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:15 AM
Logging keys to a file via keyhistory command is the same as "direct access" to key history.// Logging keys to a file is disabled in the main version in an effort to prevent
// AutoHotkey from being branded as a key logger or trojan by various security firms and
// security software. Uncomment this line to re-enabled logging of keys to a file:
//#define ENABLE_KEY_HISTORY_FILE
So
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 10:31 AM
Interesting. But KeyHistory can currently store up to 500 events so it doesn't have to log them to a file, we only need it stored in an array. I don't think this could flag AHK itself as a keylogger by any means.
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 11:20 AM
I agree. Key History already allows one to "see manually" the history of last 500 keys pressed. All we're saying would make a nice feature is programmatic access to the same information.
In any case, making a key-logger shouldn't be hard without this feature:
1) Make ~ (go through) hotkeys for all keys.
2) Log to a file on each hotkey invocation.
In any case, making a key-logger shouldn't be hard without this feature:
1) Make ~ (go through) hotkeys for all keys.
2) Log to a file on each hotkey invocation.
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Posted 25 October 2012 - 02:24 AM
making a key-logger shouldn't be hard without this feature
I always had the issue that while one key was messing with the file, the other keys were missed, and I only got around 2/3 of the keys while I was typing quickly.
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Posted 25 October 2012 - 10:26 AM
There are other ways to capture key presses.
This pages has an example with OnMessage by just me: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.autohotkey.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75242&start=15">viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75242&start=15</a><!-- l -->
And this one has one using WindowsHook <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.autohotkey.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=299816#p299816">viewtopic.php?p=299816#p299816</a><!-- l -->
Missing keys is usually solved with SetBatchLines -1, but I suppose you have that already.
This pages has an example with OnMessage by just me: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.autohotkey.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75242&start=15">viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75242&start=15</a><!-- l -->
And this one has one using WindowsHook <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.autohotkey.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=299816#p299816">viewtopic.php?p=299816#p299816</a><!-- l -->
Missing keys is usually solved with SetBatchLines -1, but I suppose you have that already.
