keypress suddenly types very slowly?! How to speed it up?

[Johnc]

Hi Steve,

keypress command has been fast but all of a sudden it has become quite slow in typing (around 10 characters per seconds)... wondering what I have done wrong?

Tried to reboot windows, uninstall and reinstall MMM without fixing it.  Any parameters I should check? Thanks! John

[Steve]

Hi John,

Keypress should put out keys as fast as you have recorded them. Maybe something in the OS is getting in the way.

Give this demo a try:
1 | X | X | 150 | Keypress lwin
2 | X | X | 150 | Keypress n
3 | X | X | 150 | Keypress o
4 | X | X | 150 | Keypress t
5 | X | X | 150 | Keypress e
6 | X | X | 150 | Keypress p
7 | X | X | 150 | Keypress a
8 | X | X | 150 | Keypress d
9 | X | X | 150 | Keypress enter
10 | X | X | 150 | Keypress Shift+ | T
11 | X | X | 150 | Keypress h
12 | X | X | 150 | Keypress i
13 | X | X | 150 | Keypress s
14 | X | X | 150 | Keypress space
15 | X | X | 150 | Keypress i
16 | X | X | 150 | Keypress s
17 | X | X | 150 | Keypress space
18 | X | X | 150 | Keypress s
19 | X | X | 150 | Keypress o
20 | X | X | 150 | Keypress m
21 | X | X | 150 | Keypress e
22 | X | X | 150 | Keypress space
23 | X | X | 150 | Keypress t
24 | X | X | 150 | Keypress y
25 | X | X | 150 | Keypress p
26 | X | X | 150 | Keypress i
27 | X | X | 150 | Keypress n
28 | X | X | 150 | Keypress g
29 | X | X | 150 | Keypress space
30 | X | X | 150 | Keypress i
31 | X | X | 150 | Keypress n
32 | X | X | 150 | Keypress space
33 | X | X | 150 | Keypress Shift+ | N
34 | X | X | 150 | Keypress o
35 | X | X | 150 | Keypress t
36 | X | X | 150 | Keypress e
37 | X | X | 150 | Keypress p
38 | X | X | 150 | Keypress a
39 | X | X | 150 | Keypress d
40 | X | X | 150 | Keypress enter
41 | X | X | 150 | Keypress  - - This is some auto-typed text ....

If everything is working as it should then it should look something like this:

[Johnc]

Thanks Steve for the illustrations!
My keypress typing was at least twice as slow as your one line example and maybe it is a Windows thing but I found a workaround:

original slow version
54 | X | X | 300 | Keypress %STRING%%STRING2%%STRING3%.pdf


new fast version using clipboard
55 | RUN ACTION | COPY TO CLIPBOARD | %STRING%%STRING2%%STRING3%.pdf | AND | 2 | X | X | 300 | Keypress Ctrl+ | v
almost instantaneous in a firefox url box!  Now I recall... I was using ctrl-v before but switched to the first solution and hence the slow down.

Thanks!