10 Times event => Action

[PieterDM]

Hi everybody,

I'm new to EG and I have a problem. I've searched for 2 days but found no answer so I decided to ask you guys.
I want to trigger an action after an event has occured let's say 10 times.

For example:
when I pres the "A" key 10 times, I want a program to open. ( it's not the trigger I want, it's just an example)
I use that program for a while and close is.
afterwards I want to press the "A" key again 10 times to open that program.

I think I should write a Python script that is excecuted every time the event occures?
Or is there an other easyer solution? ( I have no experience with Python )

If someone could help me it would save me a lot of time

Kind regards, Pieter.

[Pako]

You do not need any scripting, when you use the Multitap plugin with "Single key" mode.
In fact it can be any event (this is not restricted to the real key).

Pako

[PieterDM]

Pako,

Thank you for Your quick reply, I will look into multitap!

Kind regards

[PieterDM]

Hi Pako,

I looked into multitap and tried to find some examples on the forum.
This is what I came up with so far:





On these images you see my settings. Now what I want is to push the 'A key' 3 times to start DTLite.exe .
When I right click and execute, DTLite starts, so that's ok.
My problem is that DTLite doesn't start when I press the 'A key' 3 times, and when I press a forth time it restarts at 1x.

I must have overlooked something, hope you can help me?

kind regards.

[Pako]

Perhaps it would be helpful if timeout is not zero.

Pako

[PieterDM]

OK, thanks Pako, I see how multitap works now.

However I don't think multitap is a solution to my problem.
The presses of the 'A key' can be 20min appart, and by the 10th press on the button my command should be excecuted.

Can multitap be a solution to this problem?
Is there another way to insert a counter of some kind?
Or should I try to make a Python script for this?

Kind regards, Pieter.

[Pako]

I do not know what it means "appart" (I could not find it in the dictionary).
However, I understand how it is meant.
Yes, in this case Multitap plugin is not suitable.
Here it is necessary to use a simple Python Script.
For example, it might look like this:

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limit = 10
if "myCounter" not in eg.globals.__dict__:
    eg.globals.myCounter = 0
eg.globals.myCounter += 1
if eg.globals.myCounter == limit:
    eg.TriggerEvent("Limit.Reached", prefix = "MyCounter")
    eg.globals.myCounter = 0

Pako

[PieterDM]

Woehoew, got it working!

You were great help Pako, thank you and happy holidays!