Positional hotkeys when registered inside a function?

[highend]

Hi,

I have function that is called every 5 seconds (via SetTimer) that checks if the belonging .ini file was modified and if yes, rereads the values.
The (de-) registration of the hotkey takes place inside that function

E.g.:

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GetIniFileValues(file) {
    static iniLastHotkey := ""

    iniHotkey := IniRead(file, "General", "Hotkey", "")
    if (iniHotkey = "")
        iniHotkey := "^Q"

    if (iniLastHotkey != "" && iniHotkey != iniLastHotkey) {
        Hotkey iniLastHotkey, Hotkey_ShowGui, "Off"
    }

    Hotkey iniHotkey, Hotkey_ShowGui, "On"
    iniLastHotkey := iniHotkey

    ; ... do more stuff
}

While (part) of the .ini looks like this:

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[General]
; The hotkey to invoke the drop-down menu
; # = Win
; ! = Alt
; ^ = Ctrl
; + = Shift
; Default = ^Q (Ctrl+Q)
Hotkey=^Q

and the Hotkey_ShowGui function looks like this:

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Hotkey_ShowGui(ThisHotkey) {
    if (WinActive("ahk_class " C["DialogClass"]) {
        ; ... do stuff
    }
    return
}

Can anybody show me where (and how) to add the positional requirement so that the hotkey that is read from the .ini file is only active with the requirement:
HotIf WinActive("ahk_class " C["DialogClass"])

I just can't get it to work...

[WKen]

HotIf WinActive("ahk_class" C["DialogClass"])

A space? Need hotkey.

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#HotIf WinActive("ahk_class " C["DialogClass"])
       F3::GetIniFileValues(file)
#HotIf

[highend]

?

I don't want to register a static hotkey and it's not outside of a function...

[WKen]

That's abbreviated. Use Loop + WinWaitActive?
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/WinWaitActive.htm