Something that comes up now and then is whether or not compiled Macro Scheduler macros can respond to hot-keys. Macro Scheduler itself lets you assign system-wide hot-keys to macros so that when you hit that key combination, no matter where you are in Windows, the macro will be fired.<\/p>\n
Some people want to be able to distribute compiled macros (EXEs) to their friends and colleagues and have those EXEs respond to hot-keys in the same way. Something has to be running in order to listen for the hot-key and act on it. In the case of regular old Macro Scheduler that is Macro Scheduler itself. So how do we achieve it with a compiled macro?<\/p>\n
Method 1 – make the EXE itself listen for the hot-key:<\/strong><\/p>\n Use OnEvent to create a KEY_DOWN event handler to watch for the hot-key sequence:<\/p>\n \nOnEvent>KEY_DOWN,G,5,DoMacro<\/p>\n Label>Idle_Loop SRT>DoMacro The above will run indefinitely and whenever CTRL+ALT+G is pressed the macro code in the DoMacro subroutine will be fired. Clearly the macro has to be running all the time to listen for the hotkey – after all, something has to listen for it. So you could have the EXE run on startup by adding a shortcut to the Startup folder for example. Perhaps also compile the EXE with the \/NOSYSTRAY and \/HIDE parms so that the EXE is not visible when it runs. Or, better, compile with a custom icon so that your EXE has it’s own fancy icon in the task bar.<\/p>\n
\n Wait>0.02
\nGoto>Idle_Loop<\/p>\n
\n..
\n.. Your Code Here
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\nEnd>DoMacro\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n