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Wade
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:42 pm    Post subject: Send only works once Reply with quote
I'm trying to remap my right ALT key to send a Page Down, and the following code works, but it only works ONCE, and then it quits working!
Code:

#InstallKeybdHook
#UseHook
*RAlt::
Send, {PgDn Down}
Loop
{
   Sleep, 10
   GetKeyState, state, Ralt, P
   if state = U  ; The key has been released, so break out of the loop.
      break
}
Send, {PgDn Up}
return


I've tried with and without the keyboard hook, and still get the same results. If I use
Code:
RAlt::MsgBox, Test
, it works everytime. Anybody have any ideas????
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PenP



Joined: 15 May 2004
Posts: 10
Location: The Netherlands
PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think this will work,

Code:
#InstallKeybdHook
#UseHook
*RAlt::
Send, {PgDn Down}
Loop
{
   Sleep, 10
   GetKeyState, state, Ralt, P
   if state = U  ; The key has been released, so break out of the loop.
      Send, {PgDn Up}
}
return


Grtz, PenP
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, but that doesn't even work once..........

In my above example, it shows in the execution log that the key is being pressed, and that the keys are being sent, but nothing happens....
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Chris
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 10467
PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It appears that the OS (at least XP) has low-level handling for the Alt key. Therefore, even though your press of the ALT hotkey is suppressed (hidden from the system), the OS sees that it is down anyway and thus modifies the behavior of keys accordingly (which we don't want in this case).

As a workaround, this hotkey works on my system, even if you hold down the key to auto-repeat it:
*RAlt::Send {RAlt Up}{PgDn}

I think this fix can be safely built into the program for future versions, so thanks for reporting it.

Btw, you don't need to use the complex method of remapping (as in your example) unless the key needs to be kept held down for gaming purposes or some other atypical use.
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Wade
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sweet!!! That works. Thanks for an awesome app!
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