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    Question [Request/Help] Holding the keyboard arrow for 0.5 mili second etc ...

    Hello! Thanks for helping me if you decide to

    But yeah, i am trying to do the following:

    press Left Arrow Key for 1 second, then press up arrow key for 1 second then continue rest of the code!


    I have looked all over the internet and i cannot find anything... when i try to use

    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_UP);
    // --> Continue rest of the application


    it holds on left arrow key and stays looping forever... i even tried using timers but im i guess im not good enough to do that
    Please help me, my kind friends!


    /edit 2/

    never mind.. i did it using a differe
    long t= System.currentTimeMillis();
    long end = t+5000;
    while(System.currentTimeMillis() < end) {
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT);
    }

    but now im wondering, how do i stop it from holding that key after the event is done?
    Last edited by Jangan; February 2nd, 2012 at 08:50 PM.


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    Default Re: [Request/Help] Holding the keyboard arrow for 0.5 mili second etc ...

    Well if you looked at the Robot's class API, you would see this nice method:

    public void keyRelease(int key)

    Which
    Quote Originally Posted by Java SE 6 Robot API
    Releases one or more mouse buttons.

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    Default Re: [Request/Help] Holding the keyboard arrow for 0.5 mili second etc ...

    could you please explain a little more?

    how do i use this in my little code to stop the left arrow key?

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