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[loneaussie]

Congratulations on a very useful product!

I have noticed the following when using AHK under Windows 2000.

If I suspend Hotkeys via the pop-up menu (right click on tray icon) and then later resume hotkeys by unchecking the tick on the suspend hotkeys pop-up menu item then the hotkeys remain suspended.

Is this a bug or have I misunderstood this functionality.

Might I suggest that the tick method be replaced by changing the menu item text from "Suspend Hotkeys" to "Resume Hotkeys" (i.e. make that menu item context sensitive) is a more ergonomic and understandable technique.
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Regards from Australia

Loneaussie

[Chris]

I can't reproduce that behavior on my Windows XP. Could you post a short example script whose hotkeys fail to resume on your system?

[Guest]

Here is the test script I have been using and which causes the reported bug under windows 2000.

; Script Function:
; Test
;
:*c:1 m::Once in the morning
:*c:1 c m::One as required
:*c:1 l::One at lunch
:*c:1 d::One at dinner


If you need any other info let me know.

[Chris]

Thanks, that's exactly the info I needed.

It's hopefully fixed in the Installer, which has been updated at http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

Changes:
Fixed command Suspend, which sometimes permanently disabled all hotstrings. [thanks Loneaussie]

Fixed commands Suspend and Hotkey, which sometimes reset the state of the keys to "all up" even if the user was holding down a hotkey. [thanks WhiteCloud]

[Tekl]

Hi,

is it possible to change the suspend-icon? Also in a exe?

Tekl

[Chris]

No, but you could implement your own "suspend" by using the Hotkey command instead of suspend, and then use "Menu, tray, icon, MyIcon.ico" to change the icon back and forth whenever your custom-suspend is in effect.

For a future version, I'll check if there is an easy way for the suspend icon to be altered.

[Tekl]

Thanks Chris,

will all used icons be included in a compiled exe?

Tekl

[Chris]

No, only the icon specified in the compiler options will be included (it replaces the main icon). To include extra icons, I think you could use a free utility such as ResHacker to attach them to the EXE. Then you could use this to get them:

Menu, tray, icon, %A_ScriptFullPath%, 7 ; Replace 7 with the actual icon number.

The above is untested, so please post your results if you decide to try it.

Incidentally, you could also replace the suspend and pause icons by using ResHacker. You would then have a custom icon in effect whenever the script is suspended or paused.

Edit: It is now possible to have a custom icon for Pause and/or Suspend via the the last parameter of the menu command, such as this example: Menu, Tray, Icon, C:\My Icon.ico,, 1

[Tekl]

Hi Chris,

thanks for the hint. Maybe, I'll try it next days.

Tekl