TurboClick

[Locksmitharmy]

I was updating a software at work and it required about 20,000 lines to be inserted into a database. many already existed because this was a small monthly update. The software thought it was polite to tell me every time I was updating something that already exists... and forced me to click [OK] before continuing. I though that was silly and wrote this script to make my mouse click repeatedly while I walked away. (it clicked repeatedly because I layed something over the button)

after it worked so well I made it have a hotkey ([Ctrl] + [Insert]) to turn on and off this function (so dragging could be used)
I named it TurboClick (like the Turbo buttons on the old NES joypads):
.exe download: http://lsadevelopment.com/Software/Files/TurboClick.zip
Source:

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#NoTrayIcon
var = 1 
MsgBox TurboClick is OFF.`n`r([Ctrl] + [Insert])

^Ins::
  if(var = 0)
  {
    var = 1
    MsgBox TurboClick is OFF.
  }
  else
  {
    var = 0
    MsgBox TurboClick is ON.
  }
return 

~$LButton::
  if(var = 0)
    KeyWait LButton, T0.5
    if ErrorLevel
      While GetKeyState("LButton", "P")
      {
        Click
        Sleep 25
      }

[BoBo]

Are all those programms you provide for download (on your page) made with AHK??

[Locksmitharmy]

haha no.
actually this is my first venture into AHK.
most (not all) are C# programs.

I am learning AHK has some real power though. might be worth learning more and getting better with it.

[Delta Pythagorean]

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#NoTrayIcon
Var = 1
MsgBox,, Turbo Click, Turbo Click is currently off. Use the hotkey`, Ctrl+Insert`, to toggle it on and off.

^Ins::
MsgBox, % "Turbo Click is " (Var := !Var) ? "on" : "off"
Return 

~$LButton::
While (GetKeyState("LButton", "P") && (Var = 1)) {
	SendInput, {LButton}
	Sleep 25
}

Untested, but made smaller.

[Locksmitharmy]

I like this:

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^Ins::
MsgBox, % "Turbo Click is " (Var := !Var) ? "on" : "off"
Return

is that a boolean AND assignment operator (the := )
pretty cool.

[Delta Pythagorean]

I like this:

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^Ins::
MsgBox, % "Turbo Click is " (Var := !Var) ? "on" : "off"
Return

is that a boolean AND assignment operator (the := )
pretty cool.

If you want an easy explanation for it: ? : is basically a smaller, one line if and else expression.
The Var := !Var is for "toggling" the variable's state. If 1, or true, then it would flip to be 0, or false.

[Locksmitharmy]

I understand the one line if statement, it is the same as c#.
But in c# we would not use the := ... we could just say (Var = !Var)...
What is the : for?

[Delta Pythagorean]

I understand the one line if statement, it is the same as c#.
But in c# we would not use the := ... we could just say (Var = !Var)...
What is the : for?

That turns the variable to be in Expression mode. Without it, it forces the if to ask if the Var is not the Var. Which is useless and makes no sense.
Without the colon, it's a normal if command. With it, it defines the variable.

[Locksmitharmy]

Neat Thanks.

(for completeness, In c# (var == !var) would do a comparison only while (var = !var) would do an assignment and still return a boolean because var IS a boolean)

[Jaxter88]

Neat Thanks.

(for completeness, In c# (var == !var) would do a comparison only while (var = !var) would do an assignment and still return a boolean because var IS a boolean)

When using "=" to assign a value, literals are tolerated. However, assigning a variable's value requires bracketing the variable name with "%" delimiters, e.g. Var1 = %MyVar%.

The ":=" assignment operator doesn't require this, and has other useful properties.

See:

https://autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm

and the "Assign" section of the Operators help page at:

https://autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#Operators

[Locksmitharmy]

Neatoe, thanks for that

[elModo7]

Looks nice! Love your software!

[Tomer]

Cool tnx