Help with loop :/

Nagarules · Post by **Nagarules** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:40 pm

How can i make a loop until F5 is pressed on the keyboard?

for example:

Repeat>

Command 1
Command 2
Command 3
Command 4

Until> Waitkeydown>VK116

How can i convert what i just explained into Macro scheduler :S

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:00 pm

Use OnEvent.

Nagarules · Post by **Nagarules** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:15 pm

well, i have this:

OnEvent>KEY_DOWN,VK116,0,(Dont Know What Gos Here)

Label>start
wait>1
Send Character/Text>test
Press Enter
Goto>start

what do i do from here to make the macro pause itself or quit itself when vk116 is pressed :/

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:23 pm

Well, OnEvent calls a subroutine so you need a subroutine to handle the pause and you specify the subroutine name in OnEvent. This is how I would do it:

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OnEvent>KEY_DOWN,VK116,0,DoPause

Let>paused=false
Label>start
  wait>1
  SetFocus>Notepad*
  Send Character/Text>test
  Press Enter

  //wait & do nothing if paused
  Repeat>paused
    //Do nothing
    Wait>0.02
  Until>paused=false

Goto>start

//Pause/Resume subroutine
SRT>DoPause
  If>paused=false
    Let>paused=true
  Else
    Let>paused=false
  Endif
End>DoPause

Pressing F5 will pause the script. When F5 is pressed DoPause is called which first sets paused to true. The main loop will then run the Repeat/Until loop - doing nothing while paused=true. If F5 is pressed again paused is set to false, so the repeat/until loop in the main loop now exits and the main loop can continue.

Note however that you can pause macros just by pressing the Pause key on your keyboard.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:26 pm

BTW - note that my example requires Notepad to be open. Notepad uses F5 for inserting date/time. So either use against another app, or change VK116 to VK115 to test against F4. It's just an example!

Nagarules · Post by **Nagarules** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:38 pm

Well i tried it this method and i have a little problem:

OnEvent>KEY_DOWN,VK115,0,pause

Label>start
wait>2
Send Character/Text>test
Press Enter
Goto>start

SRT>pause
WaitKeyDown>vk113
END>pause

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I wanted it to pause when i click F4 and resume when i click f2...

but this only works if i push F4 HARD on the keyboard for 1 second... i dont think i explained myself good enough

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:23 am

I think the problem is the Wait>2 It's not looking for keys when it's waiting.

Nagarules · Post by **Nagarules** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:30 am

So what should i add o.O?

Help with loop :/

Help with loop :/

:/

hmm

so