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Bobbyandck · Guest

Hello,

I have a problem with assigning a hot key to the pause function, my code is the following:

jonny · Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 3004 Location: Minnesota

When you assign a function directly to the hotkey like that, a return is implicit after the function. To explain more clearly, this is what AutoHotkey sees when you do that:

What you code:

Bobbyandck · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

I am sorry, but I did exactly like you told me but it still doesn't execute the rest of the program.

It works to pause and to unpause the script.

Thank you for your help.

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10480

I tried the following and it seems to work okay. Press Ctrl-Alt-P to pause, then press it again to resume. You get two MsgBoxes because there is the original paused thread (now unpaused) and the second thread that actually did the unpausing.

^!p::
pause
msgbox unpaused
return

If you want to pause a loop by pressing a hotkey, please read the FAQ, which has working example.

Bobbyandck · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

none of the two work.

The one you proposed had the same problem as previously, It doesn't execute the following loop.

The one in the FAQ, reacts like this:
- start script
- nothing happens (other than the little green icon in the bottom left part of the screen (sorry, I don't remember the name in english))
- I press win+z :blinking + execution of program
- I press win+z 2nd time : program continues.

So it works only to start the script and not to stop it (the whole purpose)

Except if I misunderstood where should I put my loop into it.

Laszlo · Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 4078 Location: Pittsburgh

Your problem might be that you sit behind your monitor. Otherwise the little green icon appears in your right, bottom part of the screen (tray) Very Happy

jonny · Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 3004 Location: Minnesota

Only if you constrain yourself to the ghastly Explorer shell. Litestep lets you organize your desktop the way you want.

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10480

Bobbyandck · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

Sorry everyone, yes I meant at the bottom right.

I am under Windows XP.

Could you please tell me where should I put my script in the one of the faq ? I think it might be that the problem.

Thank you very much.

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10480

You didn't post enough of a script to work with. Have you tried to integrate it on your own?

Also, if you plan to do more with AutoHotkey than just this one hotkey, it's worth your while to read the Quick-start Tutorial if you haven't already.

Laszlo · Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 4078 Location: Pittsburgh

I tried it, too, and it works on my Win2K laptop as expected:

Bobbyandck · Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

This is my script:

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10480

One problem with the script above is that StatusBarWait requires a WinTitle parameter if there is no last found window.

In general, if you can't get a complex script to work, it helps to simplify it into smaller parts that you can get to work. When all the parts are working, that's the time to combine them.

jonny · Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 3004 Location: Minnesota

Another good way to unravel complex scripts is clever use of OutputDebug. If we had an English wiki, I'd write a tutorial for it. It's very simple and very useful once you get the hang of it.

Laszlo · Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 4078 Location: Pittsburgh

Here is a simple way for Pause/Resume/End a loop with the Pause and End keys. Alt-z starts an infinite loop. As an example, a counter is kept incremented and a MsgBox shows its current value for a second (or until you click OK).

When the Pause key is hit, it sets the variable "stop" to True, the next time back to False, and so on.

When the running loop sees "stop" being True, it goes to sleep for 0.1 second, and then checks it again. When the Pause hotkey sets "stop" to False, the loop starts again executing the active code inside.

When the key End is hit, the End hotkey sets the "end" variable to True (1). If the loop is running, it will stop. Hitting Alt-z again starts the whole process all over.