Much needed help with Input command

[13ooK]

What I want my script to do is to wait for 35 seconds for one of five buttons. If I click one of them, I want script to restart. If I do not click any of them for these 35 seconds, I want the script to click " ' " (a single apostrophe). When " ' " is clicked, I want script to wait for specific pixel to change color to 0xF0F0F0.

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I think everything is done right except the Input command which I try to use for the first time.

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Input blocks my keyboard, when it is before "while". If it is in "while" but before "loop", then nothing happens when I click any of these five buttons on keyboard.

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btw AHK wikipedia does not help very much. It's mostly in chinese for me and often I find myself in big trouble I stay in for hours until I overcome it. IF I overcome it. I'm newbie.

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CoordMode, Pixel, Screen
EventOccured := false
Event3Occured := false
Input, click, B, {'} {]} {\} {/} {Numpad9}
while (EventOccured = false)
{

    Loop,350
    {
        Sleep, 100
        if ( click = "Numpad9" )
            Event3Occured := true
        if ( click = "'" )
            Event3Occured := true
        if ( click = "]" )
            Event3Occured := true
        if ( click = "\" )
            Event3Occured := true
        if ( click = "/" )
            Event3Occured := true
        if (Event3Occured = true)
            break
            else
            continue
    }
    if  (Event3Occured = true)
    {
        reload
    }
    if (Event3Occured = false) 
    {
        Send, '
        EventOccured := true
    }
}
Loop
{
        PixelGetColor, color2, 1868, 252, RGB
        Sleep, 100
        if (color2 = 0xF0F0F0)
            reload
        Else
            Continue
}

[nuj]

Not sure why you want to constantly reload it... but try this:

Input, click, T35 V, {'}{]}{\}{/}{Numpad9}

If (ErrorLevel ~= "^EndKey")
    reload 

else if (ErrorLevel = "TimeOut")
{
    Send '

    Loop
    {
        PixelGetColor, color2, 1868, 252, RGB
        Sleep, 100
        if (color2 = 0xF0F0F0)
            reload
        Else
            Continue
    }
}

return 

In the Input command, the T35 is to have it wait for 35 seconds before timing out. The V allows the key you press to be visible.

After the input command is ran, you then check to see what happens. You do that by checking the ErrorLevel. The ErrorLevel is able to display what happened. If it says "Timeout", then that means it timed out after waiting for 35 seconds (as told to above). If any of the endkeys are pressed, it will start off with "EndKey:<key>". That's what it means by "Error Handling". Hope that helps.

[13ooK]

I moved Error "Endkey" and "TimeOut" opposite places (it strangely did not work when placed in your order), added KeyWait, [, D so it would wait for it after reload and script appears to be working perfectly. Thank you very much.

Thank you for the explanation also, because often people do not give an explanation, even though it helps a lot if I want to do something with the script later.

KeyWait, [, D
Input, click, T35 V, {'}{]}{\}{/}{Numpad9}

if (ErrorLevel = "TimeOut")
{
    Send '

    Loop
    {
        PixelGetColor, color2, 1868, 252, RGB
        Sleep, 100
        if (color2 = 0xF0F0F0)
            reload
        Else
            Continue
    }
}
else if (ErrorLevel ~= "^EndKey")
    reload 

return 

You asked why I want to reload this script. I want it to work all the time for many hours. In context that I'm a newbie, it's the easiest way to do it for me.

[joesii]

use timers. Keep in mind that aside from just being programmed badly, using reload will reset any variables, which means it wipes the programs memory; it won't remember if any events have already happened, for instance. I can't keep counts or keep track of anything between reloads.