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I have a MAME cabinet which allows me to run the old video arcade games on a pc inside the cabinet with a contoller to use for input. I do not have an ESC key programmed as I have no room. I only need an ESC for a particular emulator I run. When running this emulator I need to be able to send an ESC to stop game play. At all other times I need to send the actuall key assigned to the arcade button. I have gotten the code correct to send the correct key based on "class" within AHK. The problem I have is that while I know I'm sending an ESC at the right time, it seems that there is an issue where the keyboard ESC escapes fine, but the AHK ESC doesn't. When I use the macro recorder to watch what is happening though, it looks like there is a "Send, ESC" using the keyboard and a "Send, ESC" when allowing AHK to do the work. BUT, the keyboard works and AHK doesn't. Now, what I have noticed is that the particular app see the ESC and acts upon it, but only to close one window and the keyboard escape exits the window and whatever elses is "associated" to the app. I just don't get it. What is the difference between sending a keyboard ESC and AHK sending it? Is the keyboard ESC sending more than one or holding the key suppression down longer, WITHOUT this showing up in the macro recorder? I played with keydelay and suppression, but couldn't figure out is this could be part of the problem.


HELP, I'm so close to such a cool trick config!!!!

thx, dp

an idea with ascii (maybe same)
transform,E,chr,27
send,%E%

Thanks for the try, but that did the same thing.

Any other ideas???

have not much experience with keys
try (look in help for) = ~ , controlsend, sendraw
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkeys.htm

i think i know what you want and why is not working.

if you are trying to close mame from running but you are playing in fullscreen mode using win98 autohotkey cant send the esc key (or any other key) to mame.

what to close mame with a key? try " process,close,mame.exe " in your hotkey instead send.


i hope this help you.

Works perfectly for me!!!!
The setkey was a must otherwise some emus didnt detect it.

Hope my two little configs help.
You have anymore little proggies for our cabs