Wait For Various Key Press

[GregChi]

I have a macro that gets input for a number:

 

//Type the day & then / (auto types 06)

// DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-/ )Starts as 01/00/00...ends as 01/xx/06

Text Type: <F2>

Text Type: <INSERT>

Text Type: <ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT>

Wait for Text: "/"

rem: Text Type: <ARROW RIGHT>

Text Type: 06

Text Type: <INSERT>

Text Type: <ENTER>

 

<REM2:DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-/ )><TEXTTYPE:<F2>><TEXTTYPE:<INSERT>><TEXTTYPE:<ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT>><DIS:<BEGCLIP><DIS:<WAITKEY2:000000:000005:48><WAITTXTN2:000000:000010:/><DIS:<TEXTTYPE:<ARROW RIGHT>><TEXTTYPE:06><TEXTTYPE:<INSERT>><TEXTTYPE:<ENTER>>

 

 

If they want to exit without typing the '/', how do i write "if <esc> do something else if down arrow do something else" as choices?

[joe]

This will work:

 

Wait for Text: "/"
 OR
Wait for Key Press: ESC


<WAITTXTN2:000000:000000:/><OR><WAITKEY2:000000:000000:48>

[GregChi]

Thanks,

OK this does find either / or ESC .....

Now I need to know which it did find before the macro continues.

If I clipboard start/end copy, I capture ME cmds (<WAITTXTN2:000000:000000:/><OR><WAITKEY2:000000:000000:48>);

If I <shift>-left arrow & the '/' was pressed, the clipboard has it,

but if ESC was pressed, the macro goes berserk.

Anything else I have tried gets nothing.

What command will get the result? How do I capture what was pressed; a key or <esc>,<tab>,<alt>,<shift>?

 

 

// DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-/ )

 

// edit cell

Text Type: <F2>

// switch to overstrike

Text Type: <INSERT>

Text Type: <ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT>

Repeat Until %T1% <> %T1%

Clipboard Empty

Clipboard Start Copy

Wait for Text: "/"

OR

Wait for Key Press: ESC

Clipboard End Copy

 

// ??How do I capture the results here??

// ?? if not ' / ' exit macro

 

// if ' / ', finish & goto (down) to next cell

Text Type: 06

Text Type: <INSERT>

Text Type: <ENTER>

// repeat on next cell

Macro Run: DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-/ )

Repeat Exit

Repeat End

 

CODE

 

<REM2:DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-/ )><REM2:><REM2:edit cell><TEXTTYPE:<F2>><REM2:switch to overstrike><TEXTTYPE:<INSERT>><TEXTTYPE:<ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT>><REP3:08:000002:000001:0001:1:01:T1><CLIPE><BEGCLIP><WAITTXTN2:000000:000000:/><OR><WAITKEY2:000000:000000:48><ENDCLIP><REM2:><REM2:??How do I capture the results here??><REM2:?? if not ' / ' exit macro><REM2:><REM2:if ' / ', finish & goto (down) to next cell ><TEXTTYPE:06><TEXTTYPE:<INSERT>><TEXTTYPE:<ENTER>><REM2:repeat on next cell><MACRUN2:DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-/ )><EXITREP><ENDREP>

[paul]

If you can live with the extra keypress required (i.e. the Enter key), then the command "Variable Set String %T1% from Prompt" would do the trick.

[GregChi]

OK If i waitfor the ESC key at the start of my macro,

 

// DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-/ )

 

// edit cell

Text Type: <F2>

// switch to overstrike

Text Type: <INSERT>

Text Type: <ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT>

 

waitfor the esc key here

 

Where can I find if the esc key was pressed?

Would it be captured in any variable?

the macro knows it was pressed, but I want to do something if it is pressed.

If esc clean up & exit macro, Else continue with the macro.

I can't find this 'flag'.

[GregChi]

Never mind, figgured it out

 

// OOo calc DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-keypad /)

Clipboard Empty

Repeat Until %T1% <> %T1%

// edit cell [switch to overstrike (always starts as insert)]

Text Type: <F2><INSERT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT>

Wait for Text: "/"

OR

Wait for Key Press: ESC

Text Type: <SHIFTD><ARROW LEFT><SHIFTU>

Clipboard Copy

Variable Set String %T1% from Clipboard

If Variable %T1% <> "/"

Text Type: <ESC><ARROW DOWN><ARROW RIGHT><ARROW UP>

Macro Stop

End If

Text Type: /06<ENTER>

// repeat on next cell

Repeat End

 

CODE

 

<REM2:OOo calc DateFixer( Ctrl-Shift-keypad /)><CLIPE><REP3:08:000002:000001:0001:1:01:T1><REM2:edit cell [switch to overstrike (always starts as insert)]><TEXTTYPE:<F2><INSERT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT><ARROW LEFT>><WAITTXTN2:000000:000000:/><OR><WAITKEY2:000000:000000:48><TEXTTYPE:<SHIFTD><ARROW LEFT><SHIFTU>><CLIPC><TVAR2:01:03:><IFVAR2:1:01:2:/><TEXTTYPE:<ESC><ARROW DOWN><ARROW RIGHT><ARROW UP>><MSTOP><ENDIF><TEXTTYPE:/06<ENTER>><REM2:repeat on next cell><ENDREP>