Trouble setting up a toggleable macro.

[Skai13]

This is the first time I've tried creating my own hotkey script and I'm having a bit of trouble.

I'm trying to set up a macro where I can press F5 to activate/deactivate a toggle which would hold down PgUp for the duration of the toggle, while pressing Enter a few times per second.

I've looked online and experimented with a few different Loops, Timers, and Toggles I saw, but none of them have delivered the desired result to far. Most of my attempts have resulted in either a macro that does not start, or repeats until I close AHK. Here's the version I currently have up, though I've tried with multiple others at this point and am ideally looking for a Toggle rather than a loop on a timer. My understanding of this is when I press F5 it would start a 15 second timer where PgUp would be held down for the duration, while Enter is pressed 5 times per second. Can someone please walk me through what I'm doing wrong here and how to set up the Toggle correctly?

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F5:: 
Settimer, Loopme
Loopme:
Loop, 15000
{
	Send, {Enter down}
	Sleep 20
	Send, {Enter up}
	Sleep, 200
        Send, {PgUp down}
}

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[mikeyww]

Here is one example.

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F5::
If on := !on {
 Send {PgDn down}
 SetTimer, Go, 200
 SoundBeep, 1500
} Else {
 SetTimer, Go, Off
 Send {PgUp up}
 SoundBeep, 1000
}
Return
Go:
Send {Enter}
Return

[Skai13]

By changing line 3 of the one you sent to include PgUp, I was able to get it to perform the first half of the function correctly. It still does not seem to be pressing Enter at any sort of repeated interval.

[Skai13]

This makes it run through the desired function once correctly, I just need it to repeat itself while the toggle is active.

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F5::
If on := !on {
SetTimer, Go, 200
Send {Enter down}
 SoundBeep, 1500
} Else {
 SetTimer, Go, Off
 Send {Enter up}
 SoundBeep, 1000
}
Return
Go:
Send {PgUp down}
Return

[Mod edit: [code][/code] tags added.]

[mikeyww]

Perhaps:

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#MaxThreadsPerHotkey 2
F5::
on := !on
While on {
 Send {Enter down}
 Loop, 75 {
  Send {PgUp}
  Sleep, 200 * on
 } Until !on
 Send {Enter up}
}
Send {Enter up}
Return

[Skai13]

It seems this one is not achieving the desired result either. Looking through this script, it should have worked, but the rapid PgUp presses aren't registering the way I need them to. Is there some sort of complication getting something like this to work that I am not aware of? It sounds simple when I think about it, but not familiar enough with these sort of scrips to work it out.

All I need for it to do is:
1. When I press F5, turn the script on/off.
2. Hold down PgUp awhile the script is turned on.
3. Press Enter every .2 seconds until I turn the script off.
4. When I turn the script off, release PgUp and Enter.

When I perform these key combinations manually, they function as I need, so I know the result is possible; I just don't know where the barrier is.

[mikeyww]

Try this in Notepad. If it works there, try it in your target program.

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F5::
If on := !on {
 Send {PgUp down}
 SetTimer, Go, 200
} Else {
 SetTimer, Go, Off
 Send {PgUp up}
}
Return
Go:
Send {Enter}
Return