programing mouse buttons for FARR

[DocSavage]

I am trying to program a mouse center center button (wheel) to open FARR. Can you tell me the instruction? pointing to .exe starts a new instance. in the keystroke mode, it only accepts modifier (alt, cntrl, etc) & a standard key.

[lanux128]

assuming you had installed Farr in "C:\Program Files\DonationCoder\Farr", the following should be ok. also check this thread for more examples.

Code

MButton::Run, C:\Program Files\DonationCoder\Farr\FindAndRunRobot.exe

[mouser]

lanux, i think he means a mouse wheel to bring up FARR from tray, rather than run it when its not running.  i.e. just trigger the FARR hotkey.

[lanux128]

re-reading the 1st post that seems the case. anyway, here's the modified version.

Code

; This script is to bring up Farr window via mouse
; Source: hxxp://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2812.msg58794#msg58794

#SingleInstance, force
#NoTrayIcon
;Set path here
Farr_exe=%ProgramFiles%\DonationCoder\Farr\FindAndRunRobot.exe

MButton::
Process, Exist,FindAndRunRobot.exe
If ErrorLevel <> 0
  Send, {Pause}     ;'Pause' key is the default
Else
  {
  Run,%Farr_exe% -tray
  Sleep, 1000
  Send, {Pause}
  }
Return

[mouser]

nice 

i'll add this to my list of permanently useful FARR stuff.

[lanux128]

nice 

i'll add this to my list of permanently useful FARR stuff.

thanks, mouser! but i just noticed that this script takes over the middle mouse-button. so a better alternative would be to use an additional key/button to trigger. so, change MButton:: to either one of the below.

• ~MButton & RButton::      ;Hold the middle button then right-click
• !MButton::                    ;Hold the Alt key while middle-clicking

[DocSavage]

You are correct that I want to press the middle button (wheel) down to bring up FARR from the tray instance.
Thanks for the responses guys, but I'm not a programer. Can you tell me where to paste this script? Looks like it should go somewhere in the mouse instruction. Or in Win32? Does it go somewhere in the FARR code? If so, how do I get it in there?
Forgive me my lack of knowledge.

[lanux128]

the long version is you have to download & install AutoHotKey then copy the above code and save it as <whatevername>.ahk and execute this ahk file. the shorter version is to download the attached file and start using the middle-mouse button to call up Farr.

P.S. Use Win+x to exit the script.

[DocSavage]

I just did & it works perfectly!

[Armando]

Lanux : I want to do the same thing but map it to ctrl+pause (or ctrl+break). I'm writing send, ^{pause} but it doesn't work. 

[yksyks]

You can use HotkeyP to redefine the middle-click to Break key. Just tried it, it works, but IMHO using mouse is against FARR idea, isn't it?

[Armando]

(yksyks : actually, I'm not really using my mouse, but Lanux's script gave me another idea... )

[lanux128]

Lanux : I want to do the same thing but map it to ctrl+pause (or ctrl+break). I'm writing send, ^{pause} but it doesn't work.

Armando, do you want to send ctrl+pause upon middle-clicking? if that is so, try {CtrlBreak} instead.

[Armando]

Thanks! 

[lanux128]

(yksyks : actually, I'm not really using my mouse, but Lanux's script gave me another idea... )

you're welcome and btw, what is this idea you mentioned earlier? just curious.

[Armando]

Oh... nothing special Lanux, really.  ... Don't force me to say it... OK, I give up : it just gave me the (very simplistic) idea to remap my farr hotkey to the "menu" key I never use. On my laptop the "break" key is not exactly convenient to hit, and I tend to use ctr+space or alt+space  for other purposes (like selecting item in my SQLNotes Grids...) 

[lanux128]

sorry mate, i "forced" a confession out of you.. i feel really, really bad..

[Armando]