simulate key pressed down

[mgroen]

Hi,

the thing is this:
if you open notepad, press any character, keep it pressed down, its displayed value is repeatedly displayed.

I would like to script this behaviour in AutoHotKey.

So far I've created this:

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^j::
Run, Notepad.exe
sleep, 1000
SetKeyDelay, 0, 30000
send, d

When I run it, Notepad is started, the d key pressed, but it's only displayed once. It's keypress is not hold down. Could anyone help me solving this?

Thanks,
Mathijs

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
see: https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Se ... Down_a_Key
only held down:

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^j::
Run, Notepad.exe
sleep, 1000
send, {d Down}
Sleep, 30000
send, {d Up}
Return

with auto-repeat:

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^j::
Run, Notepad.exe
sleep, 1000
Now := A_TickCount
While, (A_TickCount - Now) < 30000
{
	Send, {d Down}
	Sleep 30
}
send, {d Up}
Return

[mgroen]

Hallo,
see: https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Se ... Down_a_Key
only held down:

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^j::
Run, Notepad.exe
sleep, 1000
send, {d Down}
Sleep, 30000
send, {d Up}
Return

with auto-repeat:

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^j::
Run, Notepad.exe
sleep, 1000
Now := A_TickCount
While, (A_TickCount - Now) < 30000
{
	Send, {d Down}
	Sleep 30
}
send, {d Up}
Return

I tried both approaches. First one doesn't repeat the key. The second one does , which is fine. Thanks