How to spam a key?

[ablazed]

Hello, I apologize in advance if this topic is a duplicate (which it probably is) but I cannot find exactly what I'm looking for, or it's too complicated for me to understand.

In short I'm trying to make a script that spams a key when I hold it down. (ie. I hold down the e key and it spams it until I release the key)

Currently this is what I have:

$secondsToHoldKey = 0

$KeyToPress = "e"

 

Send ("{"&$KeyToPress&" DOWN}")

Sleep ($secondsToHoldKey*1)

Send ("{"&$KeyToPress&" UP}")

 

Honestly this is from another post I saw, and it doesn't work at all for me and I don't think I'm even close to the right track. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edited July 6, 2013 by ablazed

[JohnOne]

Sorry, but I can't spend too much time trying to figure it out.

[ablazed]

Sorry, but I can't spend too much time trying to figure it out.

Thanks, it's nice to know people are at least looking at the thread.

[Andreu]

Help me if I'm not understanding exactly what you want...

But my keyboard does this automatically?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

^ Held the A key down briefly. There are settings (Assuming Windows... considering Mac Vs AutoIt = Lol)... that change the sensitivity, and how quickly it spams a key when you hold it down.

[Bert]

I see no reason for this other than for a game. If I'm right, then please review the forum rules. If I'm wrong (it won't be the first time, nor the last) then can you tell me why you need this functionality?