How to get AHK to wait a specified amount of time?

begtognen

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I'd like to know how to get AHK to wait a specific amount of time before moving to the next step in the script.

The problem is this: the window I want to perform the keystrokes on is a Properties window. The specific window name will change daily, so using a WinWait command won't work.

I'd like to do this:

{APPSKEY}r (wait 2 seconds) {CTRLDOWN}{TAB}{TAB}{CTRLUP}

If I try without the wait, AHK attemps to send the second command too fast and it doesn't work.

I did see a reference somewhere to a "sleep" command - maybe that would work...?

Thanks much for any suggestions you might have.

- Posted 23 December 2008 - 02:14 PM

SKAN

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Refer AHK Doc for SetKeyDelay command

- Posted 23 December 2008 - 02:30 PM

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Using SetKeyDelay as SKAN suggested will work, but the side effect is that the value you set for SetKeyDelay will apply to all keys sent (until you reset it). I think this is probably what you want.

send {APPSKEY}r 
sleep, 2000 ;(wait 2 seconds) 
send {CTRLDOWN}{TAB}{TAB}{CTRLUP}

- Posted 23 December 2008 - 02:38 PM

Razlin

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lookup sleep

send, asdf
sleep
send, asdf

- Posted 23 December 2008 - 03:08 PM

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The specific window name will change daily

...but its ahk_class probably won't. I'm guessing the class (which you could find out with Window Spy) is #32770.

WinWait, ahk_class #32770

- Posted 23 December 2008 - 03:17 PM

begtognen

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Thanks so much for all the suggestions.

I think I must be doing something wrong, because I couldn't get Sleep or WinWait to work.

Window Spy does confirm that the class is #32770, but this script:

send {APPSKEY}r
WinWait, ahk_class #32770
send {CTRLDOWN}{TAB}{TAB}{CTRLUP}

Doesn't work. It goes to the Property window, then never control-tabs. Trying sleep:

send {APPSKEY}r
sleep, 2000
send {CTRLDOWN}{TAB}{TAB}{CTRLUP}

has the same result.

Am I missing something...?

- Posted 25 December 2008 - 11:31 AM

GoJin

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Thanks so much for all the suggestions.

I think I must be doing something wrong, because I couldn't get Sleep or WinWait to work.

Window Spy does confirm that the class is #32770, but this script:
send {APPSKEY}r
WinWait, ahk_class #32770
send {CTRLDOWN}{TAB}{TAB}{CTRLUP}
Doesn't work. It goes to the Property window, then never control-tabs. Trying sleep:
send {APPSKEY}r
sleep, 2000
send {CTRLDOWN}{TAB}{TAB}{CTRLUP}
has the same result.

Am I missing something...?

.everything is good except the last line...

it should have been:

Send, {CTRL DOWN}{TAB 2}{CTRL UP}

you combined ctrl down & up

there must be a blank space between CTRL and DOWN/UP