I know this board is mostly about WoW dualboxing, but I figure maybe someone might know what to do about this here...

Autohotkey works fine with WoW, but I can't seem to get it to work with FFXI. I think part of the problem with FFXI is that with macros you MUST use the alt or ctrl keys combined with a number, and perhaps something to do with the interface cancels it out... but still, it seems like it should be possible provided you send the window the correct keys.

Basically I have 2 windows open: one of the differences from WoW is that each window is titled after a character name instead of being titled "World of Warcraft". This is what I tried(also, "pol" is the name of the executable, i.e. pol.exe):

WinGet, polid, List, charname1
WinGet, polid, List, charname2

Ctrl & 9::

#IfWinActive, charname1

#IfWinActive, charname2
{
ControlSend,,{Ctrl down}{9 down}{9 up}{Ctrl up}, ahk_id %polid1%

ControlSend,,{Ctrl down}{9 down}{9 up}{Ctrl up}, ahk_id %polid2%
}
return

The second character types "9" in their chatbox, but there is no sign that control was every held down by the second window.

Any help with this would be much appreciated. Thanks!