[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

Quote:

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long t= System.currentTimeMillis();
long end = t+5000;
while(System.currentTimeMillis() < end) {
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT);
}

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but now im wondering, how do i stop it from holding that key after the event is done?

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

Code Java:

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public void keyRelease(int key)

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Which

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Java SE 6 Robot API

Releases one or more mouse buttons.

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could you please explain a little more?

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