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livinthelife · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 18

i have a problem when i run two .ahk programs at the same time. I run 1st one and it works fine, then when I run the 2nd one it affects the 1st, the 1st one still kinda works but parts of it dont work until i reload it, but then the 2nd one doesnt work correctly...etc, etc.

Two of the .ahk's i like to run at the same time are shown below. Basically what I use them for is playing online poker at various poker sites. The .ahk lets me play without having to use the mouse to check, bet, etc.
When I run FTP_NL ahk the first thing I do is select the table i'm playing at and press "Esc & NumpadEnd", this sets that specific table (or window) as the table that the keys below work on. Then I run "PCPChat ahk" and open my forums chat window and press "Esc & '", this sets that window to be activated when i press the ' key. That way while i'm playing at my table i don't have to use the mouse to click from window to window and can chat with my friends while playing poker.
the problem is since FTP was loaded first if during my poker game I get moved to a new table (ie window) I have to reset that table by pressing "Esc & NumpadEnd", but it doesn't work and won't reset to the new window unless I reload teh FTP ahk.
What am I doing wrong?

FYI
In case your wondering we don't discuss hands being played or give any hints about our poker table play, we usually just chat about whatever friends chat about while we are playing, we don't cheat in other words.

livinthelife · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 18

i tried to put the ahk's in the post above but kept getting a 'General Error"
so i'll try putting them here

livinthelife · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 18

heres the second ahk

Rhys · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 722 Location: Florida

I may be wrong but I don't think that both can use sendmode input, which might affect you.
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livinthelife · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 18

ok thanks.
I thought all scripts had to start with the Sendmode Input?

So, what must i do to get this to work?
Do i have to put both scripts into one big ahk or is there anothe way?
I have one of these types of scripts for each poker siter i play at (3 sites) and in the event I'm playing two tables at teh same time I also use a different script for the other table.

Rhys · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 722 Location: Florida

Scripts don't have to start with that, but it's part of the template since it's the preferred method. I think that what happens is that only one script at once can use that method, so the whichever was opened second will use another method. The easiest thing to do would be to just combine them into one script.

If it doesn't work after that, let us know...
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ManaUser · Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 901

Are you sure? Because I almost always use SendMode Input and I've never noticed a problem.

Rhys · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 722 Location: Florida

I'm not sure, but that's how I'm interpreting this:

livinthelife · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 18

Wow! Thanks for all the reply's and thoughtful advice. (although I don't actually understand half of what your saying....lol)
So best I can figure, I have to just put all the scripts into one ahk file. Was hoping I wouldn't have to do that, i suppose i will have a better ahk when i figure it out so it will be worth it.

thanks again for the discussion.
i am learning alot from you all.

Lexikos · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 2558 Location: Australia, Qld

I can say for certain that on my system SendMode, Input considerably increases the speed keystrokes are sent, regardless of how many scripts have a low-level keyboard hook. Looking at the AutoHotkey source, all logic tells me the help file should be accurate. My eyes tell me it is not. Confused

livinthelife's issue is unrelated: using a key as a prefix key in a custom combination causes AutoHotkey to block the key from the operating system, the active window, and other scripts. In other words, Esc & ` in the second script blocks Esc from the first script. Since the first script never sees the Esc key as "pressed", the hotkey Esc & NumpadEnd can never trigger.

livinthelife · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 18

thanks i think that was the problem so i will no longer use 2 key combos for ahk files.

Made me think though, are there keys that should not be used as hotkeys? for example i had part of the script above set with the hotkeys being Insert, Home, PageUp, Delete, End, PageDown..... sometimes I would have problems

any ideas

Rhys · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 722 Location: Florida

It's tough to choose a bunch of hotkeys that aren't going to cause you a problem in some program, sometime. For what it's worth, I've picked one hotkey (win+z) and made it display a menu where I can choose lots of different things. Less to remember and less chance of that hotkey colliding with something (afaik win+z doesn't 'do' anything in Windows). Even this has problems when I use some of the old work laptops that don't have a windows key. I thought about making a 'hot corner' that will create the menu after holding the mouse in the 0,0 pixel (or is it 1,1?) for more than a second, but now I'm just rambling.
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