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calling sendkeys from within a custom menu #209090 03/02/09 11:48 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 106 L lerpicus OP Vogon poet
OP lerpicus Vogon poet L Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 106	The following code sets up a window with a custom menu, and also an alias which contains the same code as does the custom menu, but the code executes differently when called as an alias compared to being called from the dclick item. In fact, the sendkeys command inside the menu definition does not get past opening the scripts editor within mirc, whereas alias 't' opens the scripts editor and activates the file menu also. What do I need to do to get the custom menu to complete the sendkeys command? cheers. Code: alias menuTesting { window -l @menuTesting %count = 10 while %count { aline @menuTesting count = %count dec %count } } menu @menuTesting { dclick: sendkeys % $+ r % $+ f } alias t { sendkeys % $+ r % $+ f } - Just because it never happened doesn't mean it isn't true.

Re: calling sendkeys from within a custom menu lerpicus #209104 04/02/09 03:58 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,559 Germany H Horstl Hoopy frood
Horstl Hoopy frood H Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,559 Germany	Though I'm not able to explain this behaviour - You can "fix" it if you delay the dclick command with a timer, like: Code: menu @test { dclick : .timer -m 1 250 T test of T : T } alias T { sendkeys % $+ r $+ % $+ f } Note that I added an extra "$+" to the sendkey string because you've been sending an extra space char to the scripts editor, which may corrupt whatever script is currently displayed Smaller delays (e.g. 150ms) work fine for me; at aprox. 100ms however it started to be unreliable - thus I picked "250" to play safe a bit.

Re: calling sendkeys from within a custom menu Horstl #209108 04/02/09 05:20 AM
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OP lerpicus Vogon poet L Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 106	Thanks Horstl. I had noticed the extraneous spaces my code was generating, and thanks for the advice re using a timer. cheers - Just because it never happened doesn't mean it isn't true.

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