Unable to interrupt/exit/pause script.

[MichaelAHK]

Hello,

I am having issues getting my script to stop when I press a hotkey. I tried essentially all variations of ExitApp, Suspend, and Pause in basically every location in my code. most of the time the hotkey simply does nothing. I suspect it is because my loops take a long time to complete, and It can't stop the code in the middle of a loop. Just a guess though. Here is my code:

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F4::
F7::ExitApp
Loop{

Loop, 40
{
Random, rand1, 2000, 3000
Random, rand2, 44000, 45000
Random, rand3, 500, 750 
Random, rand4, 45000, 45000
Send {Click, Down}
Send {d down}
Sleep, rand2
Send {d up}
Sleep, rand1
Send {a down}
Sleep, rand4
Send {a up}
SoundBeep, 1500
}
DllCall("mouse_event", uint, 1, int, 1200, int, 0)
Send {w down}
Sleep, 1000
Send {w up}

Loop, 40
{
Random, rand1, 500, 750 
Random, rand2, 44000, 45000
Random, rand3, 500, 750 
Random, rand4, 44000, 45000
Send {Click, Down}
Send {a down}
Sleep, rand2
Send {a up}
Sleep, rand1
Send {d down}
Sleep, rand4
Send {d up}
SoundBeep, 1500
}
DllCall("mouse_event", uint, 1, int, 1200, int, 0)
Send {w down}
Sleep, 1000
Send {w up}

}

Return

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
unable to interrupt/exit/pause script?
Strange! Your script effectively consists only of:

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F4::
F7::ExitApp

everything else is unreachable code:

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F4::
F7::ExitApp
Loop
{
	Loop, 40
	{
		Random, rand1, 2000, 3000
		Random, rand2, 44000, 45000
		Random, rand3, 500, 750
		Random, rand4, 45000, 45000
		Send {Click, Down}
		Send {d down}
		Sleep, rand2
		Send {d up}
		Sleep, rand1
		Send {a down}
		Sleep, rand4
		Send {a up}
		SoundBeep, 1500
	}
	DllCall("mouse_event", uint, 1, int, 1200, int, 0)
	Send {w down}
	Sleep, 1000
	Send {w up}
	Loop, 40
	{
		Random, rand1, 500, 750
		Random, rand2, 44000, 45000
		Random, rand3, 500, 750
		Random, rand4, 44000, 45000
		Send {Click, Down}
		Send {a down}
		Sleep, rand2
		Send {a up}
		Sleep, rand1
		Send {d down}
		Sleep, rand4
		Send {d up}
		SoundBeep, 1500
	}
	DllCall("mouse_event", uint, 1, int, 1200, int, 0)
	Send {w down}
	Sleep, 1000
	Send {w up}
}
Return

By the way, shouldn't the DllCall be like this?:

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DllCall("mouse_event", "UInt", 1, "UInt", 1200, "UInt", 0)

[MichaelAHK]

Hallo,
unable to interrupt/exit/pause script?
Strange! Your script effectively consists only of:

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F4::
F7::ExitApp

everything else is unreachable code:

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F4::
F7::ExitApp
Loop
{
	Loop, 40
	{
		Random, rand1, 2000, 3000
		Random, rand2, 44000, 45000
		Random, rand3, 500, 750
		Random, rand4, 45000, 45000
		Send {Click, Down}
		Send {d down}
		Sleep, rand2
		Send {d up}
		Sleep, rand1
		Send {a down}
		Sleep, rand4
		Send {a up}
		SoundBeep, 1500
	}
	DllCall("mouse_event", uint, 1, int, 1200, int, 0)
	Send {w down}
	Sleep, 1000
	Send {w up}
	Loop, 40
	{
		Random, rand1, 500, 750
		Random, rand2, 44000, 45000
		Random, rand3, 500, 750
		Random, rand4, 44000, 45000
		Send {Click, Down}
		Send {a down}
		Sleep, rand2
		Send {a up}
		Sleep, rand1
		Send {d down}
		Sleep, rand4
		Send {d up}
		SoundBeep, 1500
	}
	DllCall("mouse_event", uint, 1, int, 1200, int, 0)
	Send {w down}
	Sleep, 1000
	Send {w up}
}
Return

By the way, shouldn't the DllCall be like this?:

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DllCall("mouse_event", "UInt", 1, "UInt", 1200, "UInt", 0)

Hello,

Thanks for the reply. For whatever reason, the code you pasted (with the indentation) does not work, it only works when you get rid of the F7::ExitApp line. my previous code does work (for some reason) however the the ExitApp hotkey doesn't work. as for the DllCall, it works as intended, though again, I'm not sure why.

[kunkel321]

I'm not an expert, but I think
F4::
causes it to play what is beneath it.

However when the code is all on one line like:
F7::ExitApp
Then that line of code is an "entity" of it's own. It waits for F7, then plays ExitApp.

So the top of your script is: "Wait for F4 keypress and play everything until you get to another hotkey, then stop." So it stops when it sees F7::.

Try putting

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F4::
;your code here
Return

F7::ExitApp ;at the bottom.

EDIT: As a side note: The indentation is just to make the code "human-friendly." The AutoHotkey engine doesn't care, so it shouldn't change how the code runs.

[MichaelAHK]

If I put the exitapp hotkey after the return function, do I need to wait for the script to complete before being able to activate it? also with it immediately interrupt the script? Thanks.

[kunkel321]

If I put the exitapp hotkey after the return function, do I need to wait for the script to complete before being able to activate it? also with it immediately interrupt the script? Thanks.

I believe the ahk script will exit completely (and immediately) from RAM if you press F7. Even if you press it mid-loop. I'm not 100% sure though. I don't know anything about DLLCalls, so I can't comment on whether that would be immediately stopped.