autohotkey question

[craiganderson]

(numbered for discussion only)

1) fullscreen := "-fullscreen " . (If (Fullscreen="true") ? ("1") : ("0"))

2) fullResolution := If FullResolution ? ("-fullres " . FullResolution) : ("")

3) Run(executable . " """ . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """ " . fullscreen . " " . fullResolution, emuPath)

questions:

Is line 1) defining the variable fullscreen to equal a command line"-fullscreen" if certain conditions are met?

Is line 3) in addition to running the emulator, also executing a command line command to go fullscreen?

thank you

craig

[bleasby]

1) fullscreen := "-fullscreen " . (If (Fullscreen="true") ? ("1") : ("0"))

This is the same as:

;The red part:
If (Fullscreen="true") {
   temp = 1
} else {
   temp = 0
}

;The rest:
fullscreen := "-fullscreen " . temp

basically what do you have is a fullscreen variable with values true or false and you want to transform this variable to have values "-fullscreen 1" or "-fullscreen 0"

so the possible results for fullscreen after the command are:

-fullscreen 1

if the red fullscreen = true or

- fullscren 0

if the red fullscreen is not true

The only thing is that everything is condensed in one line because you can write if else statements using the "?" and ":" separators if you want smaller code.

2) fullResolution := If FullResolution ? ("-fullres " . FullResolution) : ("")

This one just say that if FullResolution has some content, it assumes the value on it preceed by the word -fullres. For example if FullResolution = 2, them the result from this line would be: "-fullres 2".

3) Run(executable . " """ . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """ " . fullscreen . " " . fullResolution, emuPath)[/color][/b]

The command line is this:

executable . " """ . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """ " . fullscreen . " " . fullResolution

so it will write the emulator path followed by the rom name, followed by whatever is set on the fullscreen and fullresolution variables.

For example:

C:\mame.exe tmnt.zip -fullscreen 1 -fullres 2

[craiganderson]

do most emulators "respond" to or "recognize"

-fullscreen 1 versus -fullscreen 0??\

the emulator that i am playing around with (xroar) - according to its documentation - just needs to be "told" -fs to go to fullscreen mode....

how would the 1 versus 0 play a role with xroar? or not?

thank you very much for your help and patience

craig

edit

so maybe something like this??

If (Fullscreen="true") {

temp := "-fs"

} else {

temp := "" <-------------------------can i do this to send "nothing"??

}

fullscreen := temp

Run(executable . " """ . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """ " . fullscreen . " " . fullResolution, emuPath)

[craiganderson]

"fullstring" and "Fullstring" are separate variables?

[bleasby]

if it is just that, -fs, just use something like this:

fullscreen  := If (fullscreen="true") ? "-fs" : ""

Run(executable . " """ . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """ " . fullscreen, emuPath)

autohotey is case insensitive for variable names except if you change that by setting it yourself.

[craiganderson]

Cant get it to work

If i put -fs in the emulator's config file xroar.conf...........the emulator runs fullscreen

But i cant get the module to do it EVEN if i type this in the module

Run(executable . " """ . romPath . "\" . romName . romExtension . """ " . "-fs" . " " . fullResolution, emuPath)

should "-fs" work as i have it in the line directly above??......... assuming that it works in the config file?? (which it does)

[bleasby]

placing something in the command line will not change a emulator configuration except if the emulator does that by himself and expressively states that on its docs.

If you want to change the config file text, it is a completely different subject. You have to read the file, know how it is structured and save the info to the file by completely different ahk commands.

Maybe you should start trying to learn ahk with simpler things before.

[craiganderson]

placing something in the command line will not change a emulator configuration except if the emulator does that by himself and expressively states that on its docs.

If you want to change the config file text, it is a completely different subject. You have to read the file, know how it is structured and save the info to the file by completely different ahk commands.

Maybe you should start trying to learn ahk with simpler things before.

Thanks

The command line option (i.e. "-fs" most certainly DOES NOT work with this emulator.

I figured out how to change the config file with iniwrite however the problem with this emulator (in my very inexperienced opinion) is that it DOES Not want a KEY before the "-fs"

in other words

in the config file (xroar.conf)

-fs all by itself works to run it fullscreen

Fullscreen = -fs does nothing

this is a problem (i think) because IniWrite and IniDelete expect a Key (i thinK)

and if IniDelete doesnt have a key the ENTIRE Section will be deleted.

or without a key the iniwrite just keeps adding it to the next line

So I think the best I could do is put the following in the notes section

;----------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Do the following in order to run the emulator in fullscreen mode:

; 1) Create a file called "xroar.conf" and place it in the same folder as the emulator "xroar.exe".

; 2) Inside the file called "xroar.conf" type the following: -fs

; In order to run in windowed mode: erase the -fs text in the "xroar.conf" file.

;----------------------------------------------------------------------------