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Riley Hosking
Riley Hosking

Reputation: 21

VBScript keypress- how?

I am quite new to VBScript and I'm looking to learn, so please keep it as simple as possible. (I'm sorry, but I just don't understand many examples provided by others.)

Basically, I'm trying to run 

Set wshShell = wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
do 
wscript.sleep 9000  
wshshell.sendkeys "2" 

loop

(its longer, I've just shortened our parts you don't need to see.)

I want to make it so that when I press the = key it will run the code, activating the keypress of the number 2.

For clarification on the loop part, I want it so that once I press = it will send the key 2 over and over without needing the press of = again.

A stop function would be very handy too!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7548

Answers (1)

Tommy
Tommy

Reputation: 74

It could be complicated to wait for a keypress in VBS. First, you need to loop to catch the pressed key, then you have to make annother loop (sleep 9000 and sendkeys "2") and finaly, find a way to stop the loop. There is a example here: Need to sense a keystroke in VBscript to end a loop.

If it's possible I advise you to use a HTA page with two buttons (start loop and stop loop) instead of waiting for a key to be pressed. Here is how to do this: How to stop a loop when pressing "OK" on a message box with VBS?

You need a HTA file (same thing as html but is standalone, not runed from a web browser and the extension is ".hta").

Upvotes: 1

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