I just want to have a script that can reload my main script

[supplementfacts]

My main script is AutoHotkey.ahk. Sometimes it runs into trouble and Pauses itself. Then I have to right-click on the red taskbar icon and select 'Reload this Script'. This always works fine. The script is back to square one, it just hangs out waiting for me to give input, and (importantly) it's not in the middle of the procedure that led it into trouble. The only problem is that it's annoying to have to right-click every time the script runs into trouble. I'd prefer to be able to type something like 'sss' and have that do the very same thing that right-clicking and selecting 'Reload this Script' does.

So here's what I have in a second script:

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:?*:sss::
Sleep, 300
DetectHiddenWindows, On 
WinClose, %A_ScriptDir%\AutoHotkey.ahk
Sleep, 500
Run, %A_ScriptDir%\AutoHotkey.ahk  " /restart"       ; I've also tried this line without the quotation marks, and with /force added
return

But this doesn't work. Admittedly, it successfully closes the main script and then runs it again. But it doesn't reload the main script from square one. Instead, the main script picks up where it left off, and continues with the procedure that led it into trouble. This is exactly what I don't want to happen.

Does anyone know an easy way to have a second script that accomplishes the same thing that is accomplished by right-clicking my main script's red paused taskbar icon and selecting 'Reload this Script'? Thanks!

[boiler]

Why not just have your main script reload your main script? If you add the following hotstring, it should work even when it's paused.

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:?*X:sss::Reload

[lmstearn]

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Run, "%A_ScriptDir%\AutoHotkey.ahk"  /restart

Another option is to setup a hotkey with Reload, and send the hotkey to the script. (ninja'd)

[Datapoint]

Maybe the last example at the bottom of the page here: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/misc/SendMessage.htm

[supplementfacts]

Why not just have your main script reload your main script? If you add the following hotstring, it should work even when it's paused.

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:?*X:sss::Reload

I'd like to do other things with the second script while the main script is reloading. In any case, do you know how to have the second script reload the main script?

[supplementfacts]

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Run, "%A_ScriptDir%\AutoHotkey.ahk"  /restart

Another option is to setup a hotkey with Reload, and send the hotkey to the script. (ninja'd)

Unless I'm mistaken, the code you've provided is exactly what the comment in my code says I've already tried. It 'reloads' the main script in the middle of the procedure that led to trouble.

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by setting up a hotkey with Reload, what it means to send a hotkey to a script, and which script you mean it would be sent to. Could you explain further? Thanks!

[supplementfacts]

Maybe the last example at the bottom of the page here: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/misc/SendMessage.htm

Unless I'm mistaken, that reloads every script. That means the second script would also be reloaded. I merely want to reload the main script.

[swagfag]

this boggles the mind. why did u write a script that pauses itself when it runs into an error in the first place? remove the pause, then u dont need additional scripts and hotkeys

[DuckingQuack]

I'd like to second Swag on that, because it seems better to debug it rather than work around it being buggy. However, if the hang-up is intentional, why not throw in a hotkey with gosub to take yourself to a place in the script that will function?

[boiler]

Why not just have your main script reload your main script? If you add the following hotstring, it should work even when it's paused.

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:?*X:sss::Reload

I'd like to do other things with the second script while the main script is reloading. In any case, do you know how to have the second script reload the main script?

And how exactly does the main script reloading itself prevent you from doing things with the second script while the main script is reloading?

[supplementfacts]

this boggles the mind. why did u write a script that pauses itself when it runs into an error in the first place? remove the pause, then u dont need additional scripts and hotkeys

The script is working with a website that is unpredictable, so this is a lot easier than trying to debug in response to chaos.

[supplementfacts]

Why not just have your main script reload your main script? If you add the following hotstring, it should work even when it's paused.

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:?*X:sss::Reload

I'd like to do other things with the second script while the main script is reloading. In any case, do you know how to have the second script reload the main script?

And how exactly does the main script reloading itself prevent you from doing things with the second script while the main script is reloading?

Because then the command would be based on the main script, not the second script. So I'd have to run a command to reload the main script, and then run a second command off the second script. I'd prefer to just run a command off the second script that reloads the main script and does additional things.

[supplementfacts]

I'd like to second Swag on that, because it seems better to debug it rather than work around it being buggy. However, if the hang-up is intentional, why not throw in a hotkey with gosub to take yourself to a place in the script that will function?

The hang-up isn't intentional. It's due to a website that behaves erratically. Do you know how to have the second script reload the main script?

[lmstearn]

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Run, "%A_ScriptDir%\AutoHotkey.ahk"  /restart

Another option is to setup a hotkey with Reload, and send the hotkey to the script. (ninja'd)

Unless I'm mistaken, the code you've provided is exactly what the comment in my code says I've already tried. It 'reloads' the main script in the middle of the procedure that led to trouble.

Sorry should have emphasised the quotes:

Run, "%A_ScriptDir%\AutoHotkey.ahk" /restart

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by setting up a hotkey with Reload, what it means to send a hotkey to a script, and which script you mean it would be sent to. Could you explain further? Thanks!

Setup a hotkey in the problem script like

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^R::Reload

Then in the calling script use

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:?*:sss::
...
if WinActive("AutoHotkey.ahk")
Send ^R

Would something like this work for you- haven't tested it here yet.

[Datapoint]

Maybe the last example at the bottom of the page here: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/misc/SendMessage.htm

Unless I'm mistaken, that reloads every script. That means the second script would also be reloaded. I merely want to reload the main script.

I guess I didn't explain that you would need to modify it to only find your one script.

This reloads test.ahk

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:?*:sss::
ReloadScript()
{
	DetectHiddenWindows, On
	SetTitleMatchMode, 2
	PostMessage, 0x0111, 65303,,, test.ahk ahk_class AutoHotkey
	return
}

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