Shortcut Key Activate (off focus) and Deactivate questions

[newpie]

Hello, I was wondering if there is a method to activate a card of a stack while the program has no focus when the combination shortkey is hit. I know how to make the combo short key work already while stack is active fyi.

Activate question:
Example:
- Alt +b activates a card (as a mnemonic) built in a button
- When user goes to a different program on windows and the livecode exe loses focus how do ensure when they hit Alt+B the card will pop up. Currently as it has no focus it does nothing.

Deactivate question:
Is there a way to deactivate a mnemonic of a button until it is done running its script it activates. It is as simple as using disable button command.

Thanks for the help, please let me know if you have questions.

[LCNeil]

Hi newpie,

I don't believe such functionally is directly possible within a LC app. To bring the LC app back into focus, you would need to use something like AutoHotKey. The following link should give you some information on this-

http://lifehacker.com/5468862/create-a- ... fic-window

Kind Regards,

Neil Roger
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LiveCode Support Team ~ http://www.livecode.com
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[newpie]

Thank you Neil for the quick reply. I used Autohotkey before so that won't be an issue.

Is there a way I can wrap an autohotkey compiled version (exe version) as an external or something similar when I save my livecode script as a standalone?

thx again