Press key at exactly 20:00

[lefteris_ele]

Hey guys I think this might be a simple one for you guys. I just need the script to press "space" at 20:00. That's it. Can anyone help?

[ositoMalvado]

Try this

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Loop{
	Loop{
		if(A_Hour==20 and A_Min==00){
			SendInput, {space}
			break 
		}
	}
	sleep 70000
}

[MrDoge]

use task scheduler to run a script that sends space at 20:00
the script can be
Send, {space}

[Yakshongas]

Check once every 35 sec to see if the hour is the indicated, and if it is sends the Enter key, if it's not wait another 35 sec, also has a low CPU use (0%) and low Ram use (Less than 3Mb)

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Loop
{
    If (A_Hour == 20) && (A_Min == 00)
    {
        Send, {Space}
        Return ;If you want to keep the script running after sending enter remove this Return.
    }
    Else
    {
        Sleep, 35000 ;35 Sec
    }
}

[lefteris_ele]

Hey guys thanks for the quick replies. They don't seem to work though.

[Chunjee]

I think a timer would be more efficient and if you put it every 1 min it can't miss the time.

[flyingDman]

Have you tried what @MrDoge is suggesting?

[lefteris_ele]

Yes I did and still nothing.

[gwarble]

once or every day at 20:00?

untested example but I use this function a lot:

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SetTimer, PressKeyAtExactly200000, % -Until("200000") ;run once at the next 20:00

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Until(Time="000000",Units="ms") { ;2016 gwarble
 FormatTime, _, %A_Now%, yyyyMMdd ;returns ms until time
 _ .= Time
 EnvSub, _, %A_Now%, s
 If (_ < 1)
  _ +=  24 * 60 * 60 ; add a day (in milliseconds)
 Return _*1000
}

if you want the subroutine to repeat every day at 20:00 put this at the end:

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PressKeyAtExactly200000:
 Send blah blah
 SetTimer, %A_ThisLabel%, % -Until("200000") 
Return