Target script problem - multiple same ActKey calls result in only one key press

[Dudikoff]

Just got some TM MFD's so I'm playing around with the Target scripting and immediately ran into a problem.

 

If I invoke multiple key pulse presses in a loop (so the number of times it is invoked varies according to some variable), it only gets invoked once for some reason. Is there a way this can be done without having to CHAIN them?

 

E.g. I map an MFD key to invoke a function which has a while loop as so:

 

define SomeKey USB[whatever]

 

int counter = 0;

 

int main() {

MapKey(&LMFD, OSB1, EXEC("doSomething();"));

}

 

int doSomething() {

while (counter < 2) {

ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+SomeKey);

counter = counter + 1;

}

}

 

I added some printf's and saw that the loop part does get invoked twice, but the key only gets pressed once for some reason. And if I use ActKey(KEYON+SomeKey); ActKey(SomeKey); it gets pressed twice, but the DCS doesn't catch it as presumably the key press is rather short. I also tried the DeferCall(100,&ActKey,PULSE+KEYON+SomeKey); but no dice.

 

I'm thinking I could CHAIN two pulses or these on/off presses with some delay in between, but AFAIK I can't invoke CHAIN directly (only as part of the MapKey definition) and I'm not aware of how to insert a delay in the code (the "Generating keystrokes with pure script" chapter doesn't really go further than what I've tried already).

 

Is there a way to do this within these functions or I have to ditch the loop and then invoke either a single key press or a chained one depending on the exact variable value?

 

Thanks :)

 

BTW, I saw some code examples like "&Joy = GetIndexJoy (SelectUsbDevice ("VID_044F&PID_B10A"));". I don't suppose it might be possible to use e.g. a Saitek joystick's DX key press as a shift switch in Target in some way?

Edited August 17, 2016 by Dudikoff

[Thermal]

Have a look at this:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=161759

 

Its not doing a "while", and you cannot interrupt it once it executes. But if you simply wish to "chain" some commands, that will do it.

 

int counter = 0;

int main() {
           MapKey(&LMFD, OSB1, EXEC("doSomething();"));
}

int doSomething() {
   while (counter < 200) {
       ActKey(DeferCall(counter, &ActKey, PULSE+KEYON+F3 ));
       counter = counter + 100;
   }
   counter = 0;
}

[Dudikoff]

Have a look at this:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=161759

 

I'll try that tonight, thanks.

[Dudikoff]

It worked if I introduced a variable delay in the consecutive invocations of the DeferCall.

 

I suppose the software or the driver is intentionally filtering out key invocations of the identical type to avoid unintended double-taps.