Very odd HotKeySet Behavior

[avery]

Ok this is very odd. I have provided an example below that recreates the error or glitch I am experiencing.

If you run the script:

• hitting just "b" works and keyboard is fine
• hitting LeftShift+b works and the keyboard is fine
• hitting RightShift+b works right the first time but things get really weird from here. I can only fix the keyboard when I hit the LeftShift one time after killing the script. If I don't do this none of my special keys work, like when I hit "ESC" key it spells [ESC] on the screen, same for space, enter, backspace etc.

Please just open notepad, run this script, do RSHIFT+b inside notepad and then hit ESC key and see what it does. If you do the same thing with LSHIFT it works fine and also even after the script is killed the keyboard is still broken. For some reason you have to hit LSHIFT 1 time after you kill script to make the keyboard work again.

#include <Misc.au3>
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Global $d = 1
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HotKeySet("b", "agent_b1")
HotKeySet("+b", "agent_b2")
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Func agent_b1()
    ToolTip("Inside agent_b1", 1, 1, "agent_b1")
    HotKeySet("b")
    Send("b")
    If ($d) Then ConsoleWrite("hk: b" & @CRLF)
    HotKeySet("b", "agent_b1")
EndFunc   ;==>agent_b1
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Func agent_b2()
    ToolTip("Inside agent_b2", 1, 1, "agent_b2")
    HotKeySet("+b")
    Send("B")
    If ($d) Then ConsoleWrite("hk: +b" & @CRLF)
    ;Sleep(100)
    HotKeySet("+b", "agent_b2")
EndFunc   ;==>agent_b2
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
While 1
    Sleep(1000)
WEnd
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>"C:\abox\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\abox\au3\broken_hk.au3" /autoit3dir "C:\abox\AutoIt3" /UserParams

+>14:16:20 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.2.0.0.3 Environment(Language:0409 Keyboard:00000409 OS:WIN_XP/Service Pack 3 CPU:X64 OS:X86)

>Running AU3Check (1.54.19.0) from:C:\abox\AutoIt3

+>14:16:20 AU3Check ended.rc:0

>Running:(3.3.4.0):C:\abox\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\abox\au3\broken_hk.au3"

OS: Windows XP with latest patches

AV: McAfee (on all pc at my work)

au3 version: 3.3.4.0

Please let me know if you have any further questions. I really need to get this fixed for a work project.

Thank you so much! I am willing to donate again for this help. I've donated twice already because this community has helped me out many, many times before.

Respectfully,

Avery Howell

[Fulano]

It looks like you are mixing HotKeys and send. Your problem might be related to the known bug discussed in the FAQ here.

Hope this helps.

[avery]

It looks like you are mixing HotKeys and send. Your problem might be related to the known bug discussed in the FAQ here.

Hope this helps.

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works for the most part. If I hold shift+b it shows the right results most of the time. My results look like this:

BBbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbBBbBBBBBBBBBbBBBBBbBBBBBBbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

Do you think if I shorten the delay from 1000 to 500ms I'd get less "b"'s because when I hold the hotkey +b (shift i should get all capitial b"s (.

Thanks again for the help, that FAQ is amazing and I bookmarked it.

Edited April 22, 2010 by avery

[avery]

_SendEx seems to have fixed some of it but it misses some.

If I hit shift+b really fast 15 times I only see 5 of them

Edited April 22, 2010 by avery

[Fulano]

It looks like you are mixing HotKeys and send.

Nope. The correct hotkey key is disabled before the send(samekey) is used.

Actually I was referring to the modifier keys' tendency of getting 'stuck' on or off when a hotkey calls send(), not a lack of unsetting the hotkey.

[Fulano]

Aha, So thats why my selection was acting all weird.

Annoying isn't it? Took me forever (and a few helpful prods from the guys on the forum) to figure it out.

[martin]

(O, I did not follow your link, so overlooked your reverence.)

Quite so m'lud.

[Fulano]

.::Fulano bows deeply, becomes overbalanced and slams into an unfortunately placed suit of armor::.

Edited April 22, 2010 by Fulano