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lujomu

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Posted - 05/24/2013 :  15:17:50  Show Profile
Hi!

I'd like to define the hotkey [Ctrl]+[Shift]+V for a specific application that alters the clipboard content and then pastes it. For all other applications the original hotkey key combination should be simply passed on.

So far I have come up with the following Lua script:
winHand = acGetForegroundWindow()
winTitle = acGetWindowTitle( winHand)

if winTitle:sub( 1, 6) == "StatET" then
	cbText = acGetClipboardText()
	acSetClipboardText( cbText:gsub("%\\[%\\]?", "/"))
	acSendKeys( "^v")
	acSetClipboardText( cbText)
else
	acSendKeys( "^+v")
end
For that "StatET" application it is indeed working as intended, but for every other application the hotkey obviously seems to trigger itself in a loop and so the orginial key combination is never passed on to the actual application!

Is there a way to prevent this loop, e.g. another way to restrict that hotkey to a specific application?

Cheers!

Rob

USA
2615 Posts
Posted - 05/24/2013 :  15:53:06  Show Profile  Visit Rob's Homepage
Hmm, so far I can't think of a way to accomplish this, other than crafting custom windows messages (which will be a pain, inconsistent between apps, and probably not be worth the trouble).

Will keep thinking about it.
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lujomu

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Posted - 05/24/2013 :  16:23:17  Show Profile
Ahh, don't bother, it's not that important. Just thought there might be an easy way to accomplish this.

It would probably need a function that suspends the hotkey evaluation, analogous to acDisableCapture()/acEnableCapture().

I'll just change the hotkey for now.
Edited by - lujomu on 05/24/2013 16:23:29
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Rob

USA
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Posted - 05/24/2013 :  16:25:42  Show Profile  Visit Rob's Homepage
Right, and there's nothing currently in the code which would handle that scenario. Will keep it in mind for future development, though
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