On Pause

[zone97]

I looked but couldn't find this answer, but certain it has been asked before. Is there anyway a function can be triggered just before a script is "paused" when its icon is clicked. The default autoit gui will cause the script to pause if the trey icon is clicked right or left. I have a script that while running removes the close button from another application (to prevent accidental closure), when my script closes it restores the close button. But i'd like this to also happen should the script be paused. Any way to capture this, short of a whole context menu creation with a new pause function..

Thanks.

[Earthshine]

do the same thing. turn off the tray icon when you run.

[zone97]

I'd like to keep the ability to pause the app.

[FrancescoDiMuro]

If I am understanding right, you want to create a custom Tray Menu with custom functions?  

[Earthshine]

good luck

[zone97]

Actually trying to avoid that, my question is... Is there a way to trigger an action/function just before a script gets paused when its icon gets clicked.. For instance, say if a left or right click is detected, enable the button, then script gets paused. I know I can create a custom context menu and create function that simulates the pause.. Trying to avoid doing that. Didn't know if there was a built in functions like "onPause" that can be used instead of coding a whole menu and pause function. I am already using the "OnAutoItExitRegister("OnClose")" just curious if a similar function was available to catch a pause event.

Edited July 30, 2018 by zone97

[BrewManNH]

The whole point of pausing the script is so that it stop processing until you unpause it. That would defeat the entire purpose of pausing the script. You can't do something if you tell it to stop doing anything.

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@zone97
I think you could easily create a custom Tray Menu, which does perform only the Exit from the script.

[Earthshine]

3 minutes ago, BrewManNH said:

The whole point of pausing the script is so that it stop processing until you unpause it. That would defeat the entire purpose of pausing the script. You can't do something if you tell it to stop doing anything.

this....

[zone97]

Ok, i get that COMPLETEDLY.. What I am needing is a trap, to do something JUST before pause takes effect. Just like the example I gave. OnAutoItExitRegister("OnClose") which does something just before closing the script.. If a function doesnt exist to do this, i'm out of luck as its too much work to build a custom context menu to pause/unpause just to do what i need.

[LarsJ]

You must ask yourself what is paused and what is not paused. Is it the entire Windows system that's paused? I doubt it. It's probably only the internal AutoIt message handling system that's paused.

Therefore your problem can be solved with a technique called subclassing. If you know how to implement subclassing in AutoIt then it's not that hard. If you don't know, then it's not a trivial task.