Need help Maping Number Pad Key

[Meyika]

I use the following script to have the "3" key continuously run a macro as long as I am holding down the key.

$3::
While GetKeyState("3","p"){
Send 3
Sleep 90
}
return

It worked perfectly for what I need. However, now I would like to change the key to one of the keys on my number pad. However, simply inserting Numpad3 into the appropriate places doesn't seem to work. Can anyone please help me.

Thanks

[kon]

It seems to work for me. Make sure that Numlock is toggled on.

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$NumPad3::
While GetKeyState("NumPad3","p"){
	Send, {NumPad3}
	Sleep 90
}
return

[Meyika]

It seems to work for me. Make sure that Numlock is toggled on.

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$NumPad3::
While GetKeyState("NumPad3","p"){
	Send, {NumPad3}
	Sleep 90
}
return

In my original script, I have: Send 3 and this seems to work. In the script you posted, you have: Send, {NumPad3} and I am wondering if the comma after "send" and the opening and closing braces around "NumPad3" in your script are necessary to make it work properly.

[kon]

In my original script, I have: Send 3 and this seems to work. In the script you posted, you have: Send, {NumPad3} and I am wondering if the comma after "send" and the opening and closing braces around "NumPad3" in your script are necessary to make it work properly.

Certain keys need to be enclosed in braces to be sent. See Key Names.
Try removing the braces. The literal text "NumPad3" will be sent instead of the key.
The comma is optional, it won't make a difference.

[Girlgamer]

Since the numpad keys have essentially two states, one when the numlock key is on and one when it's off, it's important to remember that there are two separate names for each key. If the numlock is on the 5 key is {numpad5} but when the numlock is off the same key is named {numpadclear}. Also some games do not enable the numlock by default so if you really want the 5 key you might want to precede the 5 key with send, {numlock} and after the 5 key is sent do send, {numlock} again to make sure everything goes back to normal.

[evilC]

So just do something like this:

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numpadclear::
numpad5::
   While (GetKeyState("numpadclear","p") || GetKeyState("numpad5","p")){
       ; continuously runs while one of the keys is held
       Sleep 90
   }
   return

Also, you could probably use something like this for the while statement:

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While (GetKeyState(A_ThisHotKey,"p")){

A_ThisHotKey holds the name of the key that triggered the thread.

[evilC]

Another method of doing this is like so:

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key_down := 0

numpadclear::
numpad5::
   key_down := 1
   return

numpadclear up::
numpad5 up::
   key_down := 0
   return

heartbeat()
return

heartbeat(){
   global key_down

   Loop {
      if (key_down){
         ; this runs continuously while key held
      }
      sleep 90
   }
}

I think this method is more CPU efficient as you are doing less checks on the state of the key.
It is also useful in a wider variety of situations - for example to check if this key AND that key are held