AutoHotKey SystemBeep on keypress

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I'm trying to write an AHK script which gives an alarm beep when a user presses F1 to enter the help screen for a certain program. I can get the SystemBeep okay, but if the HotKey is programmed for F1 it doesn't open Help.

Can anyone suggest a way to do this?

  1. user presses F1
  2. systembeep
  3. Help window opens
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1 Answers

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Add ~ prefix to the hotkey.

~ - means that the hotkeys native function is not blocked

~F1:: 
    msgbox,hi! ; this gets executed and F1 command is still send to windows
return