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Loop Forever until SHIFT Key Pressed

Keywords:     IsKeyDown

Question:

How do I implement a 'Do forever" loop with a "Press Any Key to Quit" exit?

Answer:

Well, we cannot do "press any key" but how about a SHIFT key?
count=0
BoxOpen("Hello - Press Shift to exit",count)
while 1
   count=count+1
   TimeDelay(1)
   BoxText(count)
   if IsKeyDown(@SHIFT) then break
endwhile
Message("Do Forever exited at",count)

Article ID:   W13167
Filename:   Loop Forever until SHIFT Key Pressed.txt