Author Topic: New program: Ethervane ActiveHotkeys (freeware) (Read 549,805 times)

tranglos · « **Reply #75 on:** February 14, 2012, 09:41 PM »

New (February 2012): ActiveHotkeys is now hosted on my site at tranglos.com. This thread is still good for support and new version info, I'm not going anywhere :-)

No changes in functionality, but a standard installer and a portable version are now available. Latest version direct download:

standard installer
portable version (zip file)

ewemoa · « **Reply #76 on:** February 14, 2012, 10:35 PM »

Any comments on the following?

Quote from: ewemoa on April 20, 2010, 11:13 AM

Is there already support for VK_APPS (the key that brings up the context-sensitive menu)?

(I checked the thread so far, the docs, and the app itself but didn't have much luck figuring this out.)

tranglos · « **Reply #77 on:** February 14, 2012, 10:54 PM »

Quote from: ewemoa on February 14, 2012, 10:35 PM

Any comments on the following?

Quote from: ewemoa on April 20, 2010, 11:13 AM
Is there already support for VK_APPS (the key that brings up the context-sensitive menu)?

(I checked the thread so far, the docs, and the app itself but didn't have much luck figuring this out.)

Let me get back to you on that. I am not sure VK_APPS can participate in hotkeys. Do you know of an app that uses it in a hotkey?

ewemoa · « **Reply #78 on:** February 14, 2012, 11:22 PM »

Thanks for the response.

Quote from: tranglos on February 14, 2012, 10:54 PM

Do you know of an app that uses it in a hotkey?

Back when I made the original query I was in the process of writing one that did (this was in AHK) -- but I didn't end up releasing it. Apart from that one I don't recall any at the moment.

tranglos · « **Reply #79 on:** February 14, 2012, 11:52 PM »

Quote from: ewemoa on February 14, 2012, 11:22 PM

Thanks for the response.

Quote from: tranglos on February 14, 2012, 10:54 PM
Do you know of an app that uses it in a hotkey?

Back when I made the original query I was in the process of writing one that did (this was in AHK) -- but I didn't end up releasing it. Apart from that one I don't recall any at the moment.

Tried it, and sure enough, VK_APPS can be used in hotkeys. I'll add a test for it. Thanks!

ewemoa · « **Reply #80 on:** February 15, 2012, 01:15 PM »

Quote from: tranglos on February 14, 2012, 11:52 PM

Tried it, and sure enough, VK_APPS can be used in hotkeys. I'll add a test for it.

Thanks!

tranglos · « **Reply #81 on:** February 15, 2012, 02:06 PM »

New release 2012-02-15
ActiveHotkeys version 1.3.1 build 16

ADDED: support for the VK_APPS key (context menu key). Thanks, ewemoa!

Download the latest version here

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #82 on:** February 15, 2012, 03:27 PM »

Cool, I love this app ... Its saved my ass more than once.

ewemoa · « **Reply #83 on:** February 17, 2012, 02:26 AM »

Thanks for the new release!

Just tested it with VK_APPS and it seemed to work fine

tranglos · « **Reply #84 on:** February 17, 2012, 02:30 AM »

Quote from: ewemoa on February 17, 2012, 02:26 AM

Thanks for the new release!

Just tested it with VK_APPS and it seemed to work fine

When I looked at the code, it was already handled. (It does need some special handling, because Delphi does not have a name built-in for this key, so it could not be displayed without additional hand-holding. It's a bug in XE and XE2, listed on QualityCentral).

What was missing was that I forgot to add the key to one of the groups, as AH always checks all keys in a group (alpha, numeric, etc.). So it could display it, but wasn't checking for it. I'm sorry it took so long!

doyusi · « **Reply #85 on:** May 15, 2013, 12:50 PM »

Great app, thanks alot tranglos! I couldn't withheld my appreciation and donated as much as i can

I was looking a long time for such an app to get an overview on existing hotkeys and to use this information to assign new hotkeys.

First i found "Hotkey Commander" but it crashes already at start (Win 7 64x).
Then i tested "Hotkey Explorer" which starts but freezes and doesn't respond few seconds after its start. But it seems to be able for this app to to figure out which hotkey is occupied by which application. May be you(tranglos) can do it, as well.

Additional info: The "standard installer" version (of ActiveHotkeys) doesn't work on my system. I get the error "This program can only be installed on versions of Windows designed for the following processor architectures: x86".
But the portable starts and works well as far.

Thanks alot again!

josh1978 · « **Reply #86 on:** January 24, 2014, 01:21 AM »

Thank you for the program - very nice! But I'm not getting hotkeys that programs/applications use, say Microsoft Word. I ran the program and found that control + right arrow is empty, so I assigned that to a global shortcut.

Some time later I opened Microsoft Word, which uses this shortcut, and my global shortcut was ignored.

Not the end of the world. I just want to make sure I'm using your product right. I know that the tool won't identify which program uses the hotkey, but from what I understand, it should show that the hotkey is in use, correct?

Thanks!

Steven Avery · « **Reply #87 on:** January 31, 2015, 07:47 AM »

The website says it works for 32-bit only, the conversations here seem to be about any Windows OS.

Is the program good for Windows 7 64-bit?
If not, is there a recommended alternative.?

"This application does not work correctly on 64-bit versions of Windows. Use it on 32-bit versions only."
http://www.tranglos.com/activehotkeys/

charlestek · « **Reply #88 on:** May 03, 2015, 11:54 PM »

Tranglos, can you tell me what is the issue with Windows such that one cannot tell which program has registered particular hotkeys or shortcuts or duplicates?

I was discussing this issue over at 7Forums: Hotkey Conflict

skwire · « **Reply #89 on:** May 04, 2015, 12:21 AM »

Hi, charlestek, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.

Quote from: charlestek on May 03, 2015, 11:54 PM

Tranglos, can you tell me what is the issue with Windows such that one cannot tell which program has registered particular hotkeys or shortcuts or duplicates?

The problem is such that the Windows API offers no function to determine which application has registered which hotkey. In other words, there is simply no way to get the information from the operating system.

charlestek · « **Reply #90 on:** May 04, 2015, 01:48 AM »

Skwire,

Thank you. That is pretty crummy. I'm sure there is no great motivation for Microsoft to fix this.

charlestek · « **Reply #91 on:** May 04, 2015, 02:14 AM »

I just sent an email regarding the same to Charles Petzold. It would be interesting if he responds.

J-Mac · « **Reply #92 on:** May 04, 2015, 05:38 AM »

Very frustrating, I know!

I've researched this and have never been able to find a solution. I have installed numerous programs which claimed to be able to map out the current key mappings - none worked and several crashed my machine hard.

Jim

charlestek · « **Reply #93 on:** May 13, 2015, 03:57 AM »

Never hear from Charles Petzold. (who works for Xamarin)

Used to be there would be clear teams from Microsoft that you could identify who was responsible for developing and maintaining what
and you usually could contact someone who could give you some solid information. After the layoffs and Microsoft's contraction,
it is a lot hard to do this.

skwire · « **Reply #94 on:** May 13, 2015, 10:56 AM »

@charlestek: Regarding this issue, I'm of the opinion that if an app could have been written to do this, it would have been a long time ago. Hell, I would have written it myself if there was a way to get that hotkey data.

DaynaGirl · « **Reply #95 on:** June 16, 2015, 05:04 PM »

Quote from: tranglos on May 05, 2009, 07:54 PM

Unfortunately I can't test under x64; no-one I know round here uses a 64-bit system. Can you describe what happens?

Every time I run the 'test hotkeys' option I get different results alternating everytime I press the button.
{windows 8.1, x64, options: shift+ctrl, numerical 0-9}

So first time I get a list of 3 hot keys, next time I get 8. next 3, next 8 repeating.

Dayna.

cshnik · « **Reply #96 on:** October 24, 2015, 08:05 AM »

Quote from: skwire on May 13, 2015, 10:56 AM

@charlestek: Regarding this issue, I'm of the opinion that if an app could have been written to do this, it would have been a long time ago. Hell, I would have written it myself if there was a way to get that hotkey data.

The answer is "Hotkey Commander" (this is not a freeware).

PS you can extract hotkey data using global window subclassing

pstein · « **Reply #97 on:** March 12, 2017, 05:42 AM »

Maybe I am blind, but as far as I can see the program does NOT list key combinations with "print/PrtSc" e.g. ALT+PrtSc

Am I right?

Is there a workaround?

Is there a (newer) program which offers this information?

Peter

tomos · « **Reply #98 on:** March 12, 2017, 07:22 PM »

sorry -- never mind...
[got mixed up with Ethervane Echo thread]

Renegade · « **Reply #99 on:** September 08, 2024, 05:23 PM »

Quote from: tranglos on May 05, 2009, 04:38 PM

...
New (February 2012): ActiveHotkeys is now hosted on my site at tranglos.com. This thread is still good for support and new version info, I'm not going anywhere :-)

A standard installer and a portable version are now available. Latest version direct download:

standard installer
portable version (zip file)
...

Heh! Didn't know that this existed here. Needed this today and found it here:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/display-global-hotkeys-in-windows-with-activehotkeys

Check the last release date!!!

Release date: 2009-05-09

WOW!

And it works perfectly!

Just goes to show that sometimes you don't need another version or an upgrade - sometimes the job is done.

And it looks like tranglos.com is no longer. So I'm very glad that the program was attached to the top, original post! Phew~!