Pause Script with a hotkey

[BlueOrange]

Ok, so I've been looking at this script (below), and I must say I'm quite confused. All it seems to do is display a little tooltip box with "Script is Paused", but I'm guessing that's all it is meant to do.

What I'm looking for is to actually pause a script on a hotkey (eg. F2) and then resume it using the same hotkey (or different, not too important)

But what I need is a code to pause it, then resume on a hotkey. I get how hotkeyset works, but I don't know how to pause it. (sorry if this is a silly question, I'm a bit new to this thing)

Thanks in advance

; Press Esc to terminate script, Pause/Break to "pause"

Global $Paused
HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("+!d", "ShowMessage") ;Shift-Alt-d

;;;; Body of program would go here;;;;
While 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd
;;;;;;;;

Func TogglePause()
    $Paused = NOT $Paused
    While $Paused
        sleep(100)
        ToolTip('Script is "Paused"',0,0)
    WEnd
    ToolTip("")
EndFunc

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc

Func ShowMessage()
    MsgBox(4096,"","This is a message.")
EndFunc

[chmod777]

try this for better understanding:

; Press Esc to terminate script, Pause/Break to "pause"

Global $Paused
HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("+!d", "ShowMessage") ;Shift-Alt-d

;;;; Body of program would go here;;;;
While 1
    MsgBox (0, "This script is running!", "This script is currently running thus you will see this message every second second ;-)")
    Sleep (2000)
WEnd
;;;;;;;;

Func TogglePause()
    $Paused = NOT $Paused
    While $Paused
        sleep(100)
        ToolTip('Script is "Paused = SCRIPT IS NOT RUNNING = you wont get another message if you dont unpause it"',0,0)
    WEnd
    ToolTip("")
EndFunc

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc

Func ShowMessage()
    MsgBox(4096,"","This is a message.")
EndFunc

and put all you want inside the while-wend loop

Edited August 25, 2008 by chmod777

[BlueOrange]

try this for better understanding:

; Press Esc to terminate script, Pause/Break to "pause"

Global $Paused
HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("+!d", "ShowMessage") ;Shift-Alt-d

;;;; Body of program would go here;;;;
While 1
    MsgBox (0, "This script is running!", "This script is currently running thus you will see this message every second second ;-)")
    Sleep (2000)
WEnd
;;;;;;;;

Func TogglePause()
    $Paused = NOT $Paused
    While $Paused
        sleep(100)
        ToolTip('Script is "Paused = SCRIPT IS NOT RUNNING = you wont get another message if you dont unpause it"',0,0)
    WEnd
    ToolTip("")
EndFunc

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc

Func ShowMessage()
    MsgBox(4096,"","This is a message.")
EndFunc

and put all you want inside the while-wend loop

Thank you so much for that

I see what to do now!

Again, many thanks for helping a newbie like me out

[Valuater]

Maybe a little clearer..

; Press Esc to terminate script, Pause/Break to "pause"

Global $Paused, $counter = 0
HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("+!d", "ShowMessage") ;Shift-Alt-d

;;;; Body of program would go here;;;;
While 1
    $counter +=1
    ToolTip('Script is "Running"',0,0, $counter, 1)
    Sleep(700)
WEnd
;;;;;;;;

Func TogglePause()
    $Paused = NOT $Paused
    While $Paused
        sleep(100)
        ToolTip('Script is "Paused"',0,0, $counter, 1)
    WEnd
    ToolTip("")
EndFunc

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc

Func ShowMessage()
    MsgBox(4096,"","This is a message.")
EndFunc

8)

[JamesDover]

Excellent, I've never seen pause used that way before.

[cookiekiller89]

Maybe a little clearer..

; Press Esc to terminate script, Pause/Break to "pause"

Global $Paused, $counter = 0
HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("+!d", "ShowMessage") ;Shift-Alt-d

;;;; Body of program would go here;;;;
While 1
$counter +=1
ToolTip('Script is "Running"',0,0, $counter, 1)
Sleep(700)
WEnd
;;;;;;;;

Func TogglePause()
[color=#00ff00]$Paused = NOT $Paused
While $Paused
sleep(100)[/color]
ToolTip('Script is "Paused"',0,0, $counter, 1)
WEnd
ToolTip("")
EndFunc

Func Terminate()
Exit 0
EndFunc

Func ShowMessage()
MsgBox(4096,"","This is a message.")
EndFunc

8)

hi, is there anyway you could explain the use and purpose of the array is it? $counter... i executed this bit of code and paused my script and i recieve the 0 from $counter, im just wondering what is this for, is it just an example for what could be a timer

?

also i highlighted some code above and don't understand the operater NOT, which is notEqual ? im just wondering the process

'cause i dont understand u start by calling the function toggle then it says $paused not equal to $ paused i just don't get it 'cause there's nothing in that variable either? so how is the script taking action and know what it has to do?

sorry for all my questions, i've tryed looking at the operator and looking at other examples but i just dont understand how all the things work together...

I hope to get better with each thing and start to understand the processes a little better.

does the variable automatically take on any result i shud say if inside the function/anyfunction 'cause global??

ahh i really dont understand

thanks everyone if u can help

[water]

This thread is nearly 4 years old. It's sugggested not to necro such an old thread but to open a new one

You will get much more attention and answers.

BTW: The help file is a very good ressource to understand how AutoIt works.

[cookiekiller89]

This thread is nearly 4 years old. It's sugggested not to necro such an old thread but to open a new one

You will get much more attention and answers.

BTW: The help file is a very good ressource to understand how AutoIt works.

thanks waters, i've had a look at helpfile but i just dont get how things correspond work with each other sometimes, i will try look harder and start a new thread in future.

thanks