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 Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:38 am Post subject: [VB6]Enabling Timer with hotkey help |
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How can I do it? The auto clicker can click up to very fast speeds but it can also be hard to stop(almost impossible). I want the hotkey to be "Ctrl+1".
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: |
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Did you even try to figure out how to do this. Because nobody here is going to just give you code. This section is for helping, not giving. Try to code it, if you have problems then come back here. But as for registering the hotkey, I would use the RegisterHotKey API.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: |
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I tried figuring out by editing some code I found but all attempts failed 
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Well post what you have. Here's what I would do if it were C++. Not quite sure how to make this to vb though.
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#define IDC_AC_HOTKEY 100
bool bHotkey = FALSE;
RegisterHotKey(hwnd, IDC_AC_HOTKEY, MOD_CONTROL, VK_KEY_1);
//other coding
case WM_HOTKEY:
if(bHotkey) {
bHotkey = FALSE;
}
else {
bHotkey = TRUE;
}
break;
case WM_TIMER:
while(bHotkey) {
//ac code
}
break;
//more cases and coding
UnregisterHotKey(hwnd, IDC_AC_HOTKEY);
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:00 am Post subject: |
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| Ummm... If you're not sure about VB why would you post C++?
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:34 am Post subject: |
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I could have posted nothing, and you wouldn't have had any idea on how to use APIs. At least you know how to use them now.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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obi: You need to chill with your new found attitude. If you are going to get snippy with people don't bother posting.
Dillio: You can either register the hotkey using RegisterHotkey, but this would cause you to need to subclass in VB. Instead, I would suggest just using GetAsyncKeyState. You can capture a keypress via a timer then.
For example heres some code to activate a timer if the user presses F12:
| Code: | Option Explicit
Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
Private Sub Form_Load()
'// Timer1 is our hotkey monitor timer.
Timer1.Enabled = True
Timer1.Interval = 10
'// Timer2 is our function timer which is enabled when
'// our hotkey is pressed.
Timer2.Enabled = False
Timer2.Interval = 1
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
If (GetAsyncKeyState(vbKeyF12) And 1) Then
Timer2.Enabled = True
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Timer2_Timer()
MsgBox "Our hotkey was pressed.."
Timer2.Enabled = False
End Sub |
Just add two timers with default properties to your project, the Form_Load even will set the needed properties for the timers. Then test it by running it and pressing F12 while it's running.
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Sorry. I have a question, is there a way to define a program local hotkey instead of using registerhotkey which makes a system wide hotkey. And get you use GetAsyncKeyState to catch more than one key? For example, something like...
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if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_CONTROL && 0x5A)) {
//do whatever
}
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| Code: | Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
If ((GetAsyncKeyState(vbKeyControl)) And GetAsyncKeyState(vbKeyF12)) Then
Timer2.Enabled = True
End If
End Sub |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Wiccan you rock!
Edit: Btw how could you make a combination of keys to activate? Just add a + ?
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| But you shouldn't use GetAsyncKeyState, since you have to call it constantly, I prefer RegisterHotKey, if you use VB.NET you can redirect the message hook to your own function and then on WM_HOTKEY message call your function.
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Make sure you put this in a module first!
| Code: | Public Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
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| Symbol wrote: | | But you shouldn't use GetAsyncKeyState, since you have to call it constantly, I prefer RegisterHotKey, if you use VB.NET you can redirect the message hook to your own function and then on WM_HOTKEY message call your function. |
As I said above, with RegisterHotKey in VB6, you have to subclass the WndProc since you do not have direct access to it. If he didn't know how to use a hotkey, I highly doubt he knows how to subclass which I didn't want to post an example of as it's more work the needed.
| HornyAZNBoy wrote: | | Make sure you put this in a module first! |
You do not need to put API declarations inside modules. You only need to place them in a module if you plan to use them throughout the code and not in a single file. As my example shows, the declare must be private in a Form object, but, you can use them perfectly fine inside a Form.
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Quick question. . . what are the pros/cons of using GetAsyncKeyState vs. RegisterHotKey? I have never used RegisterHotKey before I'm guessing it is global also. If so what is the diffrence?
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| Quote: | | Quick question. . . what are the pros/cons of using GetAsyncKeyState vs. RegisterHotKey? I have never used RegisterHotKey before I'm guessing it is global also. If so what is the diffrence? |
GetAsyncKeyState simply returns the value of the current key being pressed, so it needs to be looped very often to make sure it doesn't miss the press, it doesn't take too much memory
RegisterHotKey is a global hotkey that you have to declare, upside is that you dont need a loop for it. Downside is that if you want to use a large amount of keys (ie, your whole keyboard) you need to declare, create and destroy all of them in your code, which can be quite long
RegisterHotKey is generally a better idea, especially for the kind of thing dillio wants to do
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