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Skrommel's Software / CAPshift and Windows 7
« on: August 25, 2013, 11:26 PM »
I think this might be a better forum than I chose at first.

CAPshift doesn't seem to work in Windows 7.  All the stuff in the menu that operates on the selected text does nothing.

Is this well know?

Thanks -- Vincent

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Skrommel's Software / CAPshift and Windows 7
« on: August 25, 2013, 01:30 PM »
CAPshift doesn't seem to work in Windows 7.  All the stuff in the menu that operates on the selected text does nothing.

Is this well know?

Thanks -- Vincent

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Post New Requests Here / Need ADH Advice
« on: May 06, 2010, 08:09 PM »
You, Skrommel, were kind enough to write a AHK program for me to provide a hotkey to display a little window showing what program owns the window under the cursor. When pushed a second time, the little window goes away. I use it all the time. (Program at end).

I tried to modify it to be a simple program, rather than a hotkey by removing this line:

!^w::

It sort of works, but the feature of the second call clearing the little window is gone. I don't know the AHK script language at all.  Any idea what I did wrong.

Thanks -- Vincent

PS I wonder why you haven't made this one of your publicly available (or did I miss it). I find it invaluable.

Code: AutoIt [Select]
  1. ;AutoHotkeys.ahk
  2. ;Vincent Kruskal's Hotkeys
  3. ;Skrommel @ 2007
  4. ;Kruskal  @ 2007
  5.  
  6. #SingleInstance,Force
  7. #NoEnv
  8.  
  9. !^w::
  10.   If ToolTipFlag=
  11.     {
  12.       MouseGetPos,x,y,winid,ctrlid
  13.       WinGet,pid,Pid,ahk_id %winid%
  14.       path:=GetModuleFileNameEx(pid)
  15.       ToolTip,%path%
  16.       ToolTipFlag = 1
  17.     }
  18.   Else
  19.     {
  20.       ToolTip,
  21.       ToolTipFlag =
  22.     }
  24.  
  25. #q::
  26.   SoundPlay,C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Sound Effects\silence.wav
  28.  
  29.  
  30.  
  31. GetModuleFileNameEx(p_pid) ;by shimanov at www.autohotkey
  32. {
  33.    If A_OSVersion in WIN_95,WIN_98,WIN_ME
  34.    {
  35.      WinGet,name,ProcessName,ahk_id %p_pid%
  36.      Return,name
  37.    }
  38.    h_process:=DllCall("OpenProcess","uint",0x10|0x400,"int",false,"uint",p_pid) ;  PROCESS_VM_READ=0x0010  PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION=0x0400
  39.    If (ErrorLevel or h_process=0)
  40.       Return
  41.    name_size=255
  42.    VarSetCapacity(name,name_size)  
  43.    result:=DllCall("psapi.dll\GetModuleFileNameExA","uint",h_process,"uint",0,"str",name,"uint",name_size)
  44.    DllCall("CloseHandle",h_process)
  45.    Return,name
  46. }

Edit by Skwire: Added code tags.

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Coding Snacks / Using Special Keyboard Keys to Control USB Speaker Volume
« on: November 09, 2008, 10:51 PM »
Many keyboards, on notebooks at least, have special Vol+, Vol- and Mute buttons.  I recently bought a USB speaker and Vol+ and Vol- have no effect, except to display the normal volume bar. (Strangely Mute still works although the only way to unmute is to use a Vol button which in other ways doesn't work.)

I installed a freebie, Sound Volume Hotkeys, which is really nice for what it does -- provide shortcuts Win+Up and Win+Down to control volume and display a different, but quite nice volume bar.

But it's annoying not to be able to use the special purpose keys and especially since they still have to be used for unmute.

Is there any way for software to see the pushing of Vol+ and Vol- to be able to make this work nicely?  The controls they need to change are those displayed in Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices Properties -> Volume.  I have no idea where the volume level displayed in the volume feedback bar is stored.  Basically THAT number should get fedback to the Windows volume value.

PS If a coding snack could do this, there is one more think which would be handy.  When switching between the USB speaker to the built-in one (or unplugging the USB speaker), the definition of what speaker to use must be manually changed in Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices Properties -> Audio -> Sound playback.  What a drag!  You'd think the system would be smart enough that if the USB speaker is plugged in, I want to use it, and if not, I want to use the built in.  As it is I can be left with no sound at all. Either automating this or, at least, providing an easy shortcut to be given the choice would be great.

As usual, many thanks -- Vincent

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Coding Snacks / Dual Monitors: Declare Apps which Should Open on the Secondary Monitor
« on: November 26, 2007, 10:52 PM »
I run Windows XP with dual monitors (sometimes).  The secondary one is a TV.  I'd like to set it up so that applications which play video start on the TV when I have dual monitors (and quietly do nothing when there is only one monitor).

Any ideas -- Vincent

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