How does WaitKeyDown> Work?

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:05 pm

I'm trying to set up a very simple macro for someone to scan a sequence of webpages in different domains. I thought I could use WaitKeyDown to control the flow. According to the Help "WaitKeyDown>VK101 - waits for virtual key code 101 (Numpad 5) to be pressed" so I thought something like this test should work but it just passes from one message to the next without waiting. What am I doing wrong?

MessageModal>Start
WaitKeyDown>VK101
MessageModal>One
WaitKeyDown>VK101
MessageModal>Two
WaitKeyDown>VK101
MessageModal>Three
WaitKeyDown>VK101
MessageModal>That's all folks

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:01 pm

WKD>VK101 works fine for me. In fact the numlock has to be on or I get nothing when I press "5". But in any case it definitely waits between messages until the key is pressed.

Maybe try a simpler key. VK32 is the space bar. or try a character key.

WaitKeyDown>a

Sorry I don't have a better answer.

Dick

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:23 pm

Thanks for the confirmation. It seems to be something strange with this particular PC, I tried it on 2 other PC's and it works perfectly. VK32 works OK on this one, but not VK101, very odd