I am writing a program in VB6.
By mistake many times my code contains an endless loop, inside which there is a message box. For example:
while a>0
msgbox "a is positive"
wend
Then I press the play/run and I realize what has happened. Is there any way to stop the debugging/running of my program?
The only thing that works so far is Ctrl+Alt+Del and end task. But this way the whole visual basic closes and I lose my unsaved data. (please don't comment that I should save my program more often. I know it (now)).
Edit: I found on the internet that maybe esc or ctrl+c or ctrl+break could do the job. The first two do nothing and my laptop doesn't have a break key
Solution: I have the insert key in my laptop. on the key there is also written pause for use along with the Fn key. So I was able to break the application by pressing Ctrl+Fn+Insert (which maybe could be translated in Ctrl+Pause)
edit: link to photo of my keyboard:
ctrl + break will work. If you don't have those keys, use the on screen keyboard.
Start | Run | osk
Then press ctrl + break.
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I am trying to make my MacBook in Windows behave similar to macOS: so I can switch between apps using Win+Tab (i.e., replicate the Alt+Tab action), but have all the Ctrl+... actions (like, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Z, etc) be accessible using the Win key (Win+C, Win+V, Win+Z).
In other words, I am trying to :
Remap Win key to Ctrl in all key combinations, but also
Have the Win+Tab act exactly as Alt+Tab (and I don't care if Ctrl+Tab stops
working as Ctrl+Tab, because I am not using that key combination at
all).
I am able to separately individually achieve 1. using LWin::Ctrl, and 2. using LWin & Tab::AltTab, but I cannot make them work together. Whenever I have something like
LWin::Ctrl
LWin & Tab::AltTab
or
LWin::Ctrl
Ctrl & Tab::AltTab
it just stops working, I am using Windows 10.
Did you try to use the symbols like documented here?
For your snippet that would mean:
LWin::Ctrl
LWin & Tab::Send, !{Tab}
There is a problem with this, as it simulates closed keystokes (regard !{Tab} as {Alt Down}{Tab}{Alt Up}. If you want to press and hold Win and then use Tab (or eventually tab multiple times), this doesn't work. To adress this issue, I found three main workarounds:
)
Let Alt stick to being pressed down:
LWin::Ctrl
LWin & Tab::Send, {Alt Down}{Tab}
LWin & Capslock::Send, {Alt Up} ;Suppose you won't use that hotkey elsewhere
)
Use something this solution by 2501:
h::AltTabMenu ; Opens the menu. Press second time to close.
n::AltTab ; Alt-Tabs through forwards
m::ShiftAltTab ; Alt-Tabs through backwards
The underlying principles/functionalities are documented here.
) Dig into AHK really deep: here (which is referenced in 1)
Annotation: Be aware that
<#::Ctrl
<#Tab::!Tab
does not work as Windows then handles the win key on its own first. You can verify This by testing:
<#::
MsgBox test
return
<#Tab::
MsgBox test
return
I want to make a simple script that will run when pressing ctrl + k. This script will then press WINKEY + 3 and then press ctrl + a. I cant seem to figure out a way to do this. I was trying batch files but SendKeys method does not support the WINKEY from what I gathered. This is Windows 7 or 10 (could be using either). Thanks
For those who don't know, WINKEY + 3 opens the third pinned program on the taskbar. ctrl + a is an internal command for that program. If anyone knows of another way to do this instead of faking the key presses, feel free to enlighten me.
I believe it isn't possible in batch, but as GregHNZ said, it is easily done in autohotkey. You can easily compile it into a exe, too!
Here's the code:
^k::
SendInput #3
SendInput ^a
If this doesn't work, try putting a Sleep command inbetween them:
^k::
SendInput #3
Sleep 1000
SendInput ^a
This just makes it wait for 1 second so the program can load (adjust the time to your needs, though!).
You can download Autohotkey here.
I've made some searches but not found this question, sorry.
In a vb6 loop Ive a msgbox showed.
Any way to enter in debug mode (as using F8) ?
I need this in order to change the conditions of the msgbox.
And not, I can't restart the project because then I will lost the changes and the time the array took (several hours).
TIA.
Assuming you are running in Debugger when the MsgBox shows, press Ctrl + Break to interrupt the MsgBox and drop into single-line stepping.
you can use breakpoints-you mark the point in code by clicking on the bar near the code and then you run the code at the moment the instruction pointer gets to this point you will see the code and the values at this point.
hope this helped.
If I press a shortcut combination (such as Ctrl+M) – VS waits for the second one. What if I want to cancel it? (e.g. if I mistakenly press the wrong letter and am not sure which one.)
It just waits, with the "(Ctrl+M) was pressed. Waiting for a second key of chord..." in the bottom of the screen.
How do I cancel it?
Press Escape. Usually it is not tied as a second keystroke.
I normally press Esc .
I don't know of any keyboard shortcut where Esc is the second key press.
There aren't many visual studio Chords that end with Esc so just hit Esc it'll say The key combination is not a command but it prevents you from performing a valid chord.
Another option is to record a no-op macro and assign it to Ctrl-M, Esc. It will say running macro at the bottom quickly and go away.
You are in Dvorak Keyboard mode in windows. Press Ctrl+Shift to get out of it...
Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
To Copy, press and release Caps Lock ONCE
To Paste, press and release Caps Lock TWICE, quickly
To Cut, press Ctrl+Caps Lock
The reason I want to do this is often times i find my self looking down to press the correct X/C/V key, since they're all next to each other (atleast on a QWERTY keyboard).
How can I do this on a standard keyboard (using Windows), so that it applies to the entire system and is transparent to all applications, including to Windows Explorer? If not possible with a standard keyboard, can any of the "programmable numeric keypads" do this you think?
In the above, by "transparent" I mean "the application should never know that this keystroke was translated. It only gets the regular Ctrl+X/C/V code, so it behaves without any problems".
Ps. Not sure of all the tags that are appropriate for this question, so feel free to add more tags.
SOLVED. UPDATE:
Thank you to #Jonno_FTW for introducing me to AutoHotKey.
I managed all three requirements by adding the following AHK script in the default AutoHotKey.ahk file in My Documents folder:
Ctrl & CapsLock::
Send ^x
Return
CapsLock::
If (A_PriorHotKey = A_ThisHotKey and A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < 1000)
Send ^v
Else
Send ^c
Return
That was easy!
NOT COMPLETELY SOLVED. UPDATE:
The above works in Notepad, but NOT in Explorer (copying files for example) or MS Office (even text copying does not work). So, I need to dig around a bit more into AutoHotKey or other solutions. Will post a solution here when I find one.
In the meantime, if someone can make AutoHotKey work for everything I need, please reply!
ALL SOLVED. UPDATE:
All I had to do was to change the capital "C"/X/Z to lowercase "c"/x/z. So Send ^C became Send ^c. It now works in ALL programs inlcuding Windows Explorer! Fixed code above to reflect this change.
I believe the program you are looking for is AutoHotkey.
You need a Global Keyboard Hook.
Very nice! Been looking for something like this for a while.
My script is slightly different, making use of shift or control combinations for cut/copy, then CapsLock on its own is always paste.
Ctrl & CapsLock::
Send ^x
Return
Shift & CapsLock::
Send ^c
Return
CapsLock::
Send ^v
Return
If you wanted to retain the option of retaining the Caps Lock function, I presume you could always remap e.g. Alt-CapsLock for this. I couldn't get it to toggle correctly when I tried it though.