AutoHotkey help please - RESOLVED!!!!!!

[BadMouth]

this script should be kept somewhere where people can find it easily, there should be a repository for things like this on the boards.

+1

I was thinking a stickied thread, but there already seem to be a lot of them in this forum.

Gonna start a script folder on my computer so I don't lose it.

[wxforecaster]

That did it!!!  i did not define a pause variable for the second cabinet, since it has a separate pause button, and now both cabinets work perfectly..thank you so much for all your work.  this is an awesome script, and i'm sure it will come in handy for others as well.  THis is really great...thank you so much.

this script should be kept somewhere where people can find it easily, there should be a repository for things like this on the boards.

thanks again.

You're quite welcome. I certainly don't mind writing AHK scripts for others now that I seem to have a strong handle on it.
I think we should probably clean this thread up though so that only the final version is there???

BTW, since I'm just beginning to customize my own setup, I could certainly use a subscription to HyperSpin if you guys want to donate (although to be honest, your enjoyment and thanks are enough for me).

[nitz]

In proper usage, you should be spawning the script when you launch MAME, and terminate it when you close down the game and return to Windows (or your front end).
So, MaLa should be launching the .ahk script (or compiled .exe) when it launches MAME. If the front end cannot launch additional executables, than that in my opinion is a severe flaw in the frontend.

Perhaps this is a moot point now, but I was thinking about this and I think a workaround would be fairly simple if you wanted to just run the script when mame is running.

For mala, I would create a mame.cmd file and point mala to that instead of mame and in the command file you could type

mame.exe %1
cd c:\scripts
scriptname.ahk
exit


substituting your own file and folder names of course