Broadcast hotkey to other AHK script

[imkira3]

AutoHotkey seems to be configured to ignore hotkeys from other running AHK scripts, so if 1.ahk was meant to trigger something on ^1 and 2.ahk did this:

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Send "^{1}"

it would not be detected. Now I find myself in a situation where I need to communicate with a v1 script that is much to complex to edit any further (see here for more details) but my problem would be effectively solved if I had my v2 script send the proper hotkey to this v1 script.

[ntepa]

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SendLevel 1
Send "^{1}"

[imkira3]

I tried that, it's not working:

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SendLevel 1
Send "#{NumPad1}"

[mikeyww]

Worked here.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
Send '^1'

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
^1::MsgBox 123

[imkira3]

Does it work when sending #NumPad1 to a v1 script though? Does v1 script even support SendLevel? Not v1.1, I'm manipulating old v1 code

[mikeyww]

Yes.

You can do this simple test by itself. Close your other scripts.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33
#Numpad1::MsgBox 123

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
Send '#{Numpad1}'

If other software uses the same hotkey, then a software conflict can occur.

[imkira3]

Like I said, I'm manipulating 1.0, not 1.1
This version here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkey-v1.0_Builds/master/Builds/zip/AutoHotkey104805.zip
And I did test it ofc or I wouldn't have asked lol, it's not working

[mikeyww]

That worked, too.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
Run 'd:\temp2\t\AutoHotkey.exe D:\temp2\temp1.ahk'
Sleep 2000
SoundBeep 1500
Send '#{Numpad1}'

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#Numpad1::MsgBox 123

Output

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[imkira3]

I don't understand then, why would the small-scale test work, but when I send it to this script, it fails to detect the keypress.

[mikeyww]

Did you test my script, and found that it works at your end?

[imkira3]

I did and fact, and yes it worked but communicating with the big script I'm working with is obviously more complicated. There's something going on in that script I'm not seeing, but if small-scale tests work at least that's a start

[mikeyww]

Yes. I am also not seeing something going on, because I am not seeing your script. Best of luck! If you shorten your script, you will find the problem.

[imkira3]

Ah, well I linked to it up above, but it's about 5000 lines lol

[mikeyww]

I see no explicit hotkeys in that script. In terms of the hotkey command, you can use MsgBox, ListVars, etc. to understand what your script is doing. Shortening the script will make the work go faster.

[imkira3]

Alright, good advice