Hotkey Program

[amin84]

Hello,

I'm trying to write a hotkey program and I know exactly how to do it but it will be hard coded and the user won't be able to edit it.

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "HotKeyPressed")
HotKeySet("^!d", "HotKeyPressed")
HotKeySet("^+x", "HotKeyPressed")

While 1
    Sleep(500)
WEnd

Func HotKeyPressed()
    Switch @HotKeyPressed
        Case "{ESC}"
            Exit
        Case "^!d"
            ShellExecute("D:\Docs")
        Case "^+x"
            ShellExecute("D:\Docs\My Portables\Burner\AnyBurn\AnyBurn.exe")
    EndSwitch
EndFunc

I want the program to read a file that has hotkeys on odd lines and paths on even lines but I don't see how the program will load into itself.

Is it even possible?

Thanks.

[gruntydatsun]

yes, it is possible.   FileRead and use StringRegexp and the crlf to break the entries up.   Using the INI library might be less hassle for you though.

[amin84]

I know about the reading ini but let's say we read all the hotkeys and the paths that it has to execute. Now how do we generate a function on runtime and execute it? In he example above, that would be HotkeyPressed() function.

[gruntydatsun]

sorry leomoon, i missed the point there.

looks like you can't pass arguments to a function you call from HotKeySet so i guess you'd need to be able to dynamically create the functions based on what you read off the file.

does this thread help any?

 

[amin84]

The first way is to loop and create functions but hotkeyset needs the function created already:

$ini = @ScriptDir&"\hotkeys.ini"
Global $aHotkeys = IniReadSection($ini, "Hotkeys")
Global $i

For $i = 1 To $aHotkeys[0][0]
    HotKeySet($aHotkeys[$i][0], $i)
Next

While 1
    Sleep(500)
WEnd

For $i = 1 To $aHotkeys[0][0]
    Func Eval($i)&"()"
        ShellExecute($aHotkeys[$i][1])
    EndFunc
Next

The second way is to make one function with cases which is better cuz the hotkeyset already has the function ready. I just don't know how to create the cases with the array:

$ini = @ScriptDir&"\hotkeys.ini"
Global $aHotkeys = IniReadSection($ini, "Hotkeys")
Global $i

For $i = 1 To $aHotkeys[0][0]
    HotKeySet($aHotkeys[$i][0], "HotKeyPressed")
Next

While 1
    Sleep(500)
WEnd

Func HotKeyPressed()
    Switch @HotKeyPressed
        ;Loop through array and create cases
        Case Else
            ;do nothing
    EndSwitch
EndFunc

 

[gruntydatsun]

check the return value on HotKeySet, i can't get it to work unless it's fed strings, not variables

[gruntydatsun]

Its a dead quiet day here so I've been mucking around with it

$aHotkeys = IniReadSection(@ScriptDir & "\test.ini", "Hotkeys")

For $i = 1 To $aHotkeys[0][0]
    HotKeySet($aHotkeys[$i][0],"HotKeyPressed")
Next

While 1
    Sleep(500)
WEnd

Func HotKeyPressed()
    for $x = 1 to UBound($aHotkeys)-1
        if @HotKeyPressed = $aHotkeys[$x][0] Then Execute($aHotkeys[$x][1])
    Next
EndFunc

and make a file called test.ini in the root of the program folder with contents:
 

[Hotkeys]
+!d=ShellExecute("D:\backup")
+!x=ShellExecute("D:\repo")

this works for me

[amin84]

O wow. That's exactly what I was looking for. I didn't know about @HotKeyPressed.

Thanks!