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Baisically, I have a script set to loop and click at different locations every few seconds, which looks like this:


It does indeed need to loop roughly this fast to get the desired effect. However, this poses a problem when I want to stop the macro. Is there any way to make the macro stop looping when I press the macro hotkey again, or is there a universal pause all macros hotkey?

Thanks

There are at least two approaches. The first is to make a new hotkey that pauses the entire script. For example, this makes Ctrl-Alt-p do that:

^!p::pause ; toggle the pause state off and on

The other approach is to use a variable to make your #x hotkey multi-purpose, so that pressing it again will turn off the looping activity. Here's how to do it:




In the above, you can repeat the following section more often (e.g. after every sleep) if you need the stopping to be more instantaneous:

if keep_x_running = n
return

I have 2 loops of clicking the mouse.

How can I cancel and stop any of the looping hotkeys?
Thank you.


^!z::
Loop, 50
{
Sleep, 3800
MouseClick, left, , , 1
}
return


^!m::
Loop, 400
{
Sleep, 4000
MouseClick, left, , , 1
}
return

thanks,
beardboy

ctrl j stops the loop

Thank you for your advise.

How do I stop and cancel in the middle of this repeating 100 keystroke?

^!a::
SetKeyDelay, 5000
send, {a 100}
return

Thank you.

try this

you can also toggle a timer on or off, as shown below.

warning: run the script in notepad window, the script sends {enter} keys.

this uses gosub to loop without initial delay.

you can also toggle a timer on or off, as shown below.

warning:
run the script in notepad window, the script sends {enter} keys.

Thank you.

I see we cannot stop this repeat send command.
Sounds like this command should be able to do emergency stop or cancel.
me think!

send, {a 100}

To make a Send interruptible, as in jamestr's examples, enclose the command in a loop instead:
Loop, 100
{
Send, a
}

Then any other hotkey that does an ExitApp, or that notifies the loop to stop via global variables such as in jamestr's examples, will terminate the loop.

I see.
But good design, the repeat "send" should be able to stop or cancel, instead of the loop requirements.
Me think.