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Hello Folks!

Don't know whether this is a characteristic or a bug...

OK.

Let's assume that you have two .ahk scripts running; one has issued the BlockInput, on command and is now idling.

The second one has a couple of function keys assigned hotkey duties, like this:


Now, if one presses F7 or F9 in the above example, the hotkeys will respond; and the registry will be written

I know this from the fact that the dependent process which reads these values in the registry will execute the corresponding tasks on cue.

Thanks for the help!

I think its because hook hotkeys (those that use the $ prefix or #UseHook) are detected at a lower level than BlockInput. If it's a problem, I think you can work around it by removing the $ prefix so that they become normal hotkeys.

To clarify this, I've added the following to the help file:

Thanks again, Chris

I've been working with .ahk for a few months now, and have found it to be exceptionally well-made overall.

This is yet another useful feature which I'll probably refer to in the future.

Have a great day!