Pause While loop by hotkey

Question

I want to pause an AutoIt script containing a While loop and some functions. But I am only able to close the script on HotKeySet(). How can I pause

Answer 1

I want to pause an Autoit script, containing a while1 loop and some functions. But I am only able to close the the script on HotKeySet. So how can i pause it?

"Pause" While -loops by running their instructions conditional to (key-toggled) states (untested, no error checking):

Global Const $g_sKeyQuit    = 'q'
Global Const $g_sKeyPause   = 'p'
Global Const $g_iDelay      = 500

Global       $g_bStateQuit  = False
Global       $g_bStatePause = False

Main()

Func Main()
    HotKeySet($g_sKeyQuit, 'SwitchStateQuit')
    HotKeySet($g_sKeyPause, 'SwitchStatePause')

    While Not $g_bStateQuit
        If Not $g_bStatePause Then YourCode()
        Sleep($g_iDelay)
    WEnd

    Exit
EndFunc

Func YourCode()
    Local Static $iCount = 0
    $iCount += 1
    ConsoleWrite($iCount & @LF)
EndFunc

Func SwitchStateQuit()
    $g_bStateQuit = True
EndFunc

Func SwitchStatePause()
    _SwitchVar($g_sKeyPause)
EndFunc

Func _SwitchVar(ByRef $bSwitch)
    $bSwitch = Not $bSwitch
EndFunc

• P pauses.
• Q exits.
• Change content of YourCode() as required.

Visual explanation (illustrating While -loop in Main()):

• Loops and AdlibRegister() are different ways to accomplish the same (choose either one).
• Use TimerDiff() if accurately timed repetition is required because simply adding Sleep() introduces time-drifts (disregards execution time, which is true for AdlibRegister() as well). As per documentation:

  Note that other running processes often affect the timing accuracy and so pauses are likely to last for slightly longer than requested.