Error: Hotkey or hotstring is missing its opening brace.

[filky]

Hi,

I'm trying to write a really basic script in AHK V2 and cannot resolve this error message:

Error: Hotkey or hotstring is missing its opening brace.
Line: 4

The code is this:

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#HotIf WinActive("ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD")

F12::  ; Assigns the script to the F12 key
    Loop 500
    {
        SendInput "{Space}{Down}{Space}{Down}{Down}"
        Sleep 100  ; Waits 100 milliseconds between each iteration
    }
    return

#HotIf  ; Reset the condition

Can anyone help with this and point me to where this is going wrong and why?
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Thanks
Paul.

[gregster]

Like the message indicates, missing braces are the problem:

Hotkeys and non-autoreplace hotstrings are no longer labels; instead, they (automatically) define a function. For multi-line hotkeys, use braces to enclose the body of the hotkey instead of terminating it with return (which is implied by the ending brace).

See also: Hotkeys (v2)

[DuckingQuack]

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F12:: {     ; <--- This one is missing and is the cause of the error
     Loop {
          Stuff
     }
}              ; <--- This one will need to be added also