Error The hotkey "e" will not be active because it does not exists in the current keyboard layout

[auser01]

From my old Windows 7 computer I have copy/pasted AutoHotkey commands and when I start AutoHotkey it reports errors:
Note: Error The hotkey "e" will not be active because it does not exists in the current keyboard layout.

On top is error message and behind is AutoHotkey script.

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The problem is letter "e" does not exists on my keyboard. This is actually ANSII character that in Windows 1250 code page is character "č" that exits on my keyboard.

This got to be some code page problems. How to fix this code page problems?

Thanks

[mikeyww]

You could try a scan code.

[auser01]

Hi,
I have got SC027 as scan code. But now my script does not work as intended.

What I would like to do? In "Vim" text editor I would like to completely ignore <Caps Lock> key. E.g. if <Caps Lock> is turned on and I press letter "a" normally I would get letter "A", but I want to get letter "a", so ignoring the <Caps Lock> key.

I have had the following code on my Windows 7 machine (sorry I don't remember the AutoHotKey version).

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#IfWinActive ahk_class Vim
a::
+a::
b::
+b::
c::
+c::
SC027::
;č::
;+č::
;ć::
;+ć::
d::
+d::
;đ::
;+đ::
e::
+e::
f::
+f::
g::
+g::
h::
+h::
i::
+i::
j::
+j::
k::
+k::
l::
+l::
m::
+m::
n::
+n::
o::
+o::
p::
+p::
q::
+q::
r::
+r::
s::
+s::
;š::
;+š::
t::
+t::
u::
+u::
v::
+v::
w::
+w::
x::
+x::
y::
+y::
z::
+z::
;ž::
;+ž::
varShift := GetKeyState("Shift")
varKeyAll := A_ThisHotkey
StringReplace, varKey, varKeyAll, +
StringUpper, varKeyUpper, varKey
StringLower, varKeyLower, varKey
 
if varShift = 1
  	{
   		Send %varKeyUpper%
   	}
   	else
   	{
   		Send %varKeyLower%
   	}

return
#IfWinActive

I have commented out the line 9 with text "č::" to get ";č::" and now added line 8 above with text "SC027::", but now when I press letter "č" in Vim text editor, I get text: sc027, but obviously I want to have "č" letter displayed in text editor.

Any idea how to fix a problem?
Thanks

[mikeyww]

A demonstration is below.

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key = a
Send %key%       {%key%}`n
key = SC027
Send %key%   {%key%}`n

[auser01]

From my code in line 8 I have changed:
SC027::
to
SC027:: Send {SC027}

I reloaded the script and now letter "č" works fine in both cases, CapsLocks turned on and CapsLocks turned off.

But strange problem appeared, when I type:
abcčdefghijklmnoprstuvz
it is displayed in both cases CapsLock turned on or off:
ččččdefghijklmnoprstuvz

For some reason letters a, b, c, č and d all get changed to "č". I like the "č" getting into "č", but not a, b, c and d. It is interesting that all other keys are working properly.

Any idea what is the problem?
Regards

[mikeyww]

You introduced an implicit Return.

Another example is below.

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#UseHook
a::
+a::
SC027::
Send % Format("{{:" (Instr(A_ThisHotkey, "+") ? "U" : "L") "}}", RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "\W"))
Return
#UseHook Off

Introduction and Simple Examples:

If a hotkey needs to execute only a single line, that line can be listed to the right of the double-colon. In other words, the return is implicit.

Simpler:

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#UseHook
a::
+a::
SC027::
+SC027::
Send % RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "\w") "{" RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "\W") "}"
Return
#UseHook Off

Or:

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#SingleInstance Force
Loop {
 WinWaitActive, ahk_exe notepad.exe
 originalCapsLockState := GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T")
 SetCapsLockState, Off
 SoundBeep, 1500
 WinWaitNotActive
 SetCapsLockState, %originalCapsLockState%
 SoundBeep, 1000
}

[auser01]

Hi,
I have now used:

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SC027::
+SC027::
Send % RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "\w") "{" RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "\W") "}"
Return

and it works fine. If CapsLock is pressed or no, letter "č" is always at lower key state as expected.

Now I have 4 more keys to do the same. I did:

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SC028::
+SC028::
Send % RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "\w") "{" RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "\W") "}"
Return

Now I have tree more keys to do the magic, for keys:
"01B", "01A" and "02B", but for some reason this three keys do not work as above code. For example I did:

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01B::
+01B::
Send % Format("{{:" (Instr(A_ThisHotkey, "+") ? "U" : "L") "}}", RegExReplace(A_ThisHotkey, "\W"))
Return

and when I reload the script I get error:

Error at line 473.
Line Text: 01B::
Error: Invalid hotkey.

The script was not reloaded; the old version will remain in effect.

I also tested last block of code from your previous sample (starting from #SingleInstance...) in separate script, made sure all AutoHotKeys programs are closed down, run the script, tested in Notepad, and it looks like no effect, all letters of alphabet appear like they are typed down respecting CapsLock key pressed or not pressed.

[mikeyww]

01B is not the name of a key, hence the error.

[auser01]

Hi,
in AutoHotKey keyboard detection I get:
- 01B for letter đ,
- 01A for letter š,
- 02B for letter ž
Please see attachment.
Regards

[gregster]

Then use SC01B instead of 01B (beause it's in the SC - scan code - column), like you did here.

[auser01]

Problem solved!!!
@gregster, thank you for your feedback. Sure I made a mistake and forgot to prepend "SC" in front of scan code.