How to send vk and sc with modifiers?

[fona]

Hi everyone,
I tried different options but nothing works. I want to send virual keys or scan codes with modifiers.

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sc01E:: ;sc(scan code) of A. 
SendInput {LCtrl down}{Alt down}{vk53}{Alt up}{LCtrl up}  ;Ctrl + Alt + S

This one below dosn't work either

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sc01E:: ;sc(scan code) of A. 
SendInput {LCtrl}{Alt}{vk53}{Alt}{LCtrl}  ;Ctrl + Alt + S

or

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sc01E:: ;sc(scan code) of A. 
SendInput {vkA2 down}{vkA4 down}{vk53}{vkA4 up}{vkA2 up}  ;Ctrl + Alt + S

[gregster]

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sc01E:: ;sc(scan code) of A. 
SendInput {LCtrl down}{Alt down}{vk53}{Alt up}{LCtrl up}  ;Ctrl + Alt + S

What do you expect to happen when sending Ctrl+Alt+S ?
In which program? A game? A program running with elevated rights?

The first (and the third) code works for me, according to my KeyHistory (the second would release the modifiers before sending s).

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41  01E	h	d	0.72	a              	
A2  01D	i	d	0.00	LControl       	
A4  038	i	d	0.02	LAlt           	
53  01F	i	d	0.00	s              	
53  01F	i	u	0.00	s              	
A4  038	i	u	0.00	LAlt           	
A2  01D	i	u	0.00	LControl       	
41  01E	s	u	0.20	a        

Btw, you should close your multi-line hotkeys with a return. Otherwise you could see unwanted side-effects.

[fona]

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sc01E:: ;sc(scan code) of A. 
SendInput {LCtrl down}{Alt down}{vk53}{Alt up}{LCtrl up}  ;Ctrl + Alt + S

What do you expect to happen when sending Ctrl+Alt+S ?
In which program? A game? A program running with elevated rights?

The first (and the third) code works for me, according to my KeyHistory (the second would release the modifiers before sending s).

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41  01E	h	d	0.72	a              	
A2  01D	i	d	0.00	LControl       	
A4  038	i	d	0.02	LAlt           	
53  01F	i	d	0.00	s              	
53  01F	i	u	0.00	s              	
A4  038	i	u	0.00	LAlt           	
A2  01D	i	u	0.00	LControl       	
41  01E	s	u	0.20	a       

Btw, you should close your multi-line hotkeys with a return. Otherwise you could see unwanted side-effects.

I forgot to say that I use two keyboards eng and ru. It works for me in eng keyboard and it sends Ctrl + Alt + S, but not when I switch to russian keyboard. I use it in Photoshop

[gregster]

Ah, I have neither.
So what doesn't work? Doesn't the hotkey trigger? You can try with a msgbox.
Does Photoshop ignore it? What is KeyHistory saying with the russian layout active?

[fona]

Ah, I have neither.
So what doesn't work? Doesn't the hotkey trigger? You can try with a msgbox.
Does Photoshop ignore it? What is KeyHistory saying with the russian layout active?

I figured it out. Thank you for trying to help me

[gregster]

For others having similar problems in the future, it would surely be beneficial, if you could share how you figured it out, or what the problem was.