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[buckwheat]

How can I slow down the keystrokes that are sent to the screen? An example script sequence is as follows:

!D:: ; Alt+D hotkey
Send setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1{Enter}
return

When I press Alt+D the resulting string sometimes plays out well, other times is gets scrambled. It seems like the keystrokes are being sent too fast for the application to keep up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[BoBo²]

[buchwheat]

When I press Alt+D, the output on my window is supposed to look like:

setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1

But occasionally, it will come out looking like any of the following (with various random combinations):

setenv DISPLAY maheine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaabbb..ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaab.bb.ccc:1
setenv DSPILAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
etc

If I press Alt+D 5 times in a row, I may get 5 different results.

[Sivvy]

[buckwheat]

I get the same results with your recommendation. Even with the following extreme value, it still produces the same result. I'm wondering if this works for the 'Send' command (?).

!D:: ; Alt+D hotkey
SetKeyDelay, 100000000, 1000000
Send setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1{Enter}
return[/list]

[Sivvy]

Were you using SendPlay? If you were, then add "Play" to the end of the KeyDelay.

[buckwheat]

Thanks for your effort Sivvy, but I still get the same result

My current script is:

!D:: ; Alt+D hotkey
SetKeyDelay, 10, 10, Play
Send setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1{Enter}
return

[Slanter]

Try

[buckwheat]

Thanks Slanter, but no luck. I tried:

!D:: ; Alt+D hotkey
SendInput setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1{Enter}
return

But I still get scrambled letters on about 30% of the time.

Any other ideas?

[Sivvy]

[buckwheat]

I tried it:

SetKeyDelay, 10, 10, Play
!D:: ; Alt+D hotkey
SendPlay, setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1{Enter}
return

But I still get the following erroneous errors after entering Alt+D several times:
seetnv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1..aaa.bbbccc:1
setenv DISPLAaY mchine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAaY mchine1..aaabbb.ccc:1

[Sivvy]

[buckwheat]

Tried:

Variable1 = setenv DISPLAY
Variable2 = machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
!D:: ; Alt+D hotkey
SendInput, %Variable1% %Variable2%{Enter}
return

But nothing played out at all when I entered Alt+D

I then tried:

!D:: ; Alt+D hotkey
Variable1 = setenv DISPLAY
Variable2 = machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
SendInput, %Variable1% %Variable2%{Enter}
return

But this yielded the same results as before:
seetnv DISPLAYmaachine1..aa.bbbccc:1
setenv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAaY mchine1..aaa.bbbccc:1
seetnv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
setenv DISPLAaY mchine11..aaa.bbbccc:
seetnv DISPLAaY mchine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1
seetnv DISPLAY machine1..aaabbb.ccc:1
seetnv DISPLAY machine1.aaa.bbb.ccc:1

Still hoping.....

[Sivvy]

Thats odd... Is your computer under a huge load? Lots of programs running?

[buckwheat]

Nope; my machine is as idle as can be. This AHK key sequence used to work perfectly when I had two 21" Dell LCD monitors (running out of my DELL Latitude 610 with Windows XP). I have recently upgraded to two 24" Dell LCD monitors. Even when using the same resolution as before (as with the 21" monitors), I still get the scrambled character results. It must have something to do with the rate at which the monitors can accept the keystrokes, hence I thought that slowing down the keystrokes from AHK would help. I really rely on AHK due to repetitive stress injuries; AHK saves my hands big time. Please let me know if you need any other information. I would "really" let to get this resolved.