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Remapping the volume slider?

Has anyone figured out how to remap the volume slider on the Wizard?
I hardly ever want to change volume, just turn on/off vibrate mode which is a single keypress anyway, but i would really like it to be an up/down control like my old Dell Axim.
I know it functions like this in IE full screen mode, but I really want it for everything (especially MS Reader).

I think a lot of people would like this. It allows a better grip on the phone whilst moving within the app you're using (eg: MS Reader).
Any guru's got an idea about this one?
Joe

Remapping
Absolutely neccessary thing to fix (volume slider)!
And as using double-language hard-keyboard layout I am in desperate need to remap the change-layout sequence.
What about remapping in this OS, is it possible to do something?

Someone did this on the Magician (found it in that group on here at the time), I remember finding it very useful!
If someone could do a Wizard version that would be great!

Solution Found
Here is how you do it (and it was on the Magician forums, thx for the tip :wink: ):
Install the program found at the URL below, or from the attachment as you wish.
When you get the setup screen, choose "Do not handle" for all except the volume slider, which is set to up/down.
Ok it, and there you go, slider is now up/down and works in MS Reader, Today screen, and general folder browsing.
It says on the site not to put it on any device not listed as compatible, which doesn't include the Wizard, but "He who dares, wins..."
I am well chuffed with it. Now I am all ready for my commute on Monday.
http://ae.inc.ru/download/AEBPlus.zip
Joe

Unless this is a new version. DO NOT USE AEB+ WITH A WIZARD
I tried AEbuttons plus awhile ago and It deleted a couple of my buttons. I dont think it is meant for a device with as many buttons as the wizard. I had to go in and manually create the buttons again. I told it to handle all buttons though. Maybe telling it to only handle the volume slider doesn't cause this problem. I won't try it again until they actually say the wizard is compatible.

I just checked all buttons having read your post.
The only casualty is the connection manager button, which now only switches from audio vol. on to vibrate ringers when held down, and I have an icon on the today screen to go there anyway.
I can live with that
BUT BEWARE: No comms manager button = no hard reset = what do you do when you need to hard reset?

guttrhead said:
Unless this is a new version. DO NOT USE AEB+ WITH A WIZARD
I tried AEbuttons plus awhile ago and It deleted a couple of my buttons. I dont think it is meant for a device with as many buttons as the wizard. I had to go in and manually create the buttons again. I told it to handle all buttons though. Maybe telling it to only handle the volume slider doesn't cause this problem. I won't try it again until they actually say the wizard is compatible.
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How did you restore the buttons?
Never mind:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33795

joebongo said:
The only casualty is the connection manager button
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BUT BEWARE: No comms manager button = no hard reset = what do you do when you need to hard reset?
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I just checked if it is possible to restore the connection manager button after installing AE Button Plus, and it seems to work
Just add these registry keys after you have installed the software and you have all your buttons back and an up down slider:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Keys\40C6]
"Flags"=dword:00000000
"ResetCmd"="\"\\Windows\\AppButtons\\Comm Manager.lnk\""
"Icon"="\\windows\\CommManager.exe, 0"
"Name"="Button 5"
@="\"\\Windows\\AppButtons\\Comm Manager.lnk\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Keys\40C5]
"Flags"=dword:00000000
"ResetCmd"="\"\\Windows\\AppButtons\\Record.lnk\" -b"
"Icon"="\\windows\\HotVoice.exe, 0"
"Name"="Button 4(Hold)"
@="\"\\Windows\\AppButtons\\Record.lnk\" -b"
You can put this in a .reg file and open it on your Wizard to import into the registry
I don't think Windows minds the button to be remapped for a hard reset, the hard reset will probably still work if the button is remapped by software.

Did you figure out which reg entries are actually changed when the slider is remapped by AEB? If we can figure this out, we could create a file to do this without the need to recreate.
I am also getting slowdowns/crashed on syncing via USB, and am beginning to wonder if this is another AEB effect.
Joe

joebongo said:
Did you figure out which reg entries are actually changed when the slider is remapped by AEB? If we can figure this out, we could create a file to do this without the need to recreate.
I am also getting slowdowns/crashed on syncing via USB, and am beginning to wonder if this is another AEB effect.
Joe
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I can't find any slider registry entries, but I have no idea where to look
I have noticed that once I close the AEB program my slider doesn't do anything anymore, so it might be possible that it is not just a registry entry

[APP] DredSensor - Allow you to disable 'Home' and 'Back' keys while playing games

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New version 1.2 available here
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Reviewed on gadgetmix.com: See the article
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If you have tried to play a game needing left and right key on an HTC Touch Diamond, you noticed that they are 2mm wide and if you click next to it, you get back to home page or to dialing menu etc...
So I've written a prog allowing you to lock these 4 keys actions and replace it by classical key event (VK_LEFT, VK_RIGHT, ...).
In that way you can play tetris, and use "Pick-Up" and "Hang-Up" keys for going left and right.
Link ->: DredSensor
To use it, you need:
1) An HTC Touch Diamond (it's the only one i have so i can't test it on other models)
2) Install the .cab
3) Reboot your HTC
4) Run a game (or app or ...)
5) Get your stylus out and back-in, in less than 1 second
6) Click "Yes"
----- A config window opens:
7) Check that Type = "HardKeySimul"
8) Click "Ok"
Now you can use (and eventually assign) your 'Home', 'Back', 'Pick-Up' and 'Hang-Up' keys in that game/app.
Actually, the 'Pick-Up' and 'Hang-Up' keys are always defined as Left and Right events.
Have fun.
Ps:
For people interested, the other "Type" in the config window are:
- "Launcher": allow you to quicklaunch 4 app (that you define in the config wnd) when you double tap (not click, just tap) on one of those 4 keyz
- "Scroll": allow you to scroll the current window by tapping those 4 keyz panel
- "KeySimul": allow you to send left/right/up/down events by tapping those 4 keyz panel

Sounds Great, will give a try....
If you can make this buttons to be assinged to other apps the whole time you'll be a hero

palmbluetooth said:
Sounds Great, will give a try....
If you can make this buttons to be assinged to other apps the whole time you'll be a hero
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In fact if you launch /Program Files/DredSensor/DredSensorCfg.exe, you can edit the "Default" config that applies every time no other config matches...
So if you set the Default config in "Launcher" mode, you can quicklaunch app from everywhere...
Actually, the Launcher mode works with "double tap" rather than click. But i can update it quite easyly to make it work on click if you want.

Dredger, can't wait to try this. This is my biggest gripe when playing games, and I didn't even think to post on here to see if someone could come up with something. I'll test today and let you know how it works!

Very Nice App, really works well.
The only thing is that I don't know how to add 'start', 'ok', answer and hang up to the buttons, do you have any suggestions?
Thanks, I'm loving it.

not able to download. all it gives me is a lot of squares and nothing else.

clever idea, finally i can play racing game on my diamond, thanks!

A very nice and welcome idea. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with my Raphael. Tried it with Kevtris: succesfully installed, soft-reset, started the game, and configured DredSensor for the game, but when I push e.g. the phone up key, it still brings up the phone application. I didn't change any of the settings in the DredSensor config screen (I did check that "HardKeySimul" was selected).
Hope you can make it work for Raphael too, it is so annoying trying to play games with the d-pad, when you accidentally press the home/phone/etc. keys all the time.

Work perfect on Diamond but... it doesn't work on Touch HD... (error.. Unable to load HTC API DLL)

aBE-One said:
A very nice and welcome idea. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with my Raphael. Tried it with Kevtris: succesfully installed, soft-reset, started the game, and configured DredSensor for the game, but when I push e.g. the phone up key, it still brings up the phone application. I didn't change any of the settings in the DredSensor config screen (I did check that "HardKeySimul" was selected).
Hope you can make it work for Raphael too, it is so annoying trying to play games with the d-pad, when you accidentally press the home/phone/etc. keys all the time.
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pinele said:
Work perfect on Diamond but... it doesn't work on Touch HD... (error.. Unable to load HTC API DLL)
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Sorry, i only have an HTC Diamond so unless you offer me a Raphael or HD, it's quite hard for me to check anything.
For the touch HD, maybe you should download HTCAPI.DLL somewhere, put it in /Windows and try again.
For the Raphael, on the related article on gadgetmix.com (see 1st post for the link), it seems it works on HTC Touch Pro so it should work on yours.

palmbluetooth said:
Very Nice App, really works well.
The only thing is that I don't know how to add 'start', 'ok', answer and hang up to the buttons, do you have any suggestions?
Thanks, I'm loving it.
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Sorry, i think i don't understand exactly what you would like to do...
Start, Ok etc are default functions on that buttons so you have nothing to do to get them doing that...

Thank You
Hey! This looks like a really good program idea. Its not all that simple to figure out. I'm also not too sure there is an alternative way to customize the program.
Once I had it figured out, it works really well. Kudos for the update. My Diamond is getting much more reading use now. I just found that the d-pad was pretty much useless until now.
Also kudos on the stylus idea. Pretty nifty way to activate the menu.
Two thumbs up. I'm looking forward to any updates in the future.

Dredger97 said:
For the Raphael, on the related article on gadgetmix.com (see 1st post for the link), it seems it works on HTC Touch Pro so it should work on yours.
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Well, maybe they're using another ROM or something. Are you sure they tested it with a Raphael? Maybe they just tested it with a Diamond and presumed it would work on a Raphael (I'm not familiar with the site, so I don't know what devices they're using).
Anyhow, after some more testing, it is actually partly working. That is, sometimes the phone/hang up buttons work as left/right, sometimes they don't. With the phone button it's about 50 % working, 50 % not (in Kevtris). For some reason the hang up button is working more frequently, something like 80 % working, 20 % not.
Also tried it with another game - Marble Worlds 2 demo - again only a part of the key presses are registered correctly.
I understand it's hard for you to test anything when you don't have a Raphael, but if I can do anything to help (apart from donating my Raphael to you ), just ask.

aBE-One said:
Well, maybe they're using another ROM or something. Are you sure they tested it with a Raphael? Maybe they just tested it with a Diamond and presumed it would work on a Raphael (I'm not familiar with the site, so I don't know what devices they're using).
Anyhow, after some more testing, it is actually partly working. That is, sometimes the phone/hang up buttons work as left/right, sometimes they don't. With the phone button it's about 50 % working, 50 % not (in Kevtris). For some reason the hang up button is working more frequently, something like 80 % working, 20 % not.
Also tried it with another game - Marble Worlds 2 demo - again only a part of the key presses are registered correctly.
I understand it's hard for you to test anything when you don't have a Raphael, but if I can do anything to help (apart from donating my Raphael to you ), just ask.
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You probably run another program that uses the same sensor API and that conflict with DredSensor.
Don't you have G-Scroll or something similar installed?

Is it possible to assign the home and back hardware button to make left and right soft keys?

aBE-One said:
A very nice and welcome idea. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with my Raphael. Tried it with Kevtris: succesfully installed, soft-reset, started the game, and configured DredSensor for the game, but when I push e.g. the phone up key, it still brings up the phone application. I didn't change any of the settings in the DredSensor config screen (I did check that "HardKeySimul" was selected).
Hope you can make it work for Raphael too, it is so annoying trying to play games with the d-pad, when you accidentally press the home/phone/etc. keys all the time.
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On my Raphael program works perfectly. My ROM is PROven ROM 1.09 PLK.

Claus72 said:
Is it possible to assign the home and back hardware button to make left and right soft keys?
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Not in that first version but as it seems people find it usefull, i'll probably update it to let you choose which key or app-launch you affect to each button.

Dredger97 said:
Not in that first version but as it seems people find it usefull, i'll probably update it to let you choose which key or app-launch you affect to each button.
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When you do that, can you consider left and right softkeys? That'd be a significant advantage, as I find the lack of the two keys annoying in some apps (esp java ones).
On a side note, does the software poll for input? While I doubt it would affect the battery that much, I'll probably limit my usage to be on the safe side.
Great app!

g2tl said:
When you do that, can you consider left and right softkeys? That'd be a significant advantage, as I find the lack of the two keys annoying in some apps (esp java ones).
On a side note, does the software poll for input? While I doubt it would affect the battery that much, I'll probably limit my usage to be on the safe side.
Great app!
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So if I understand, you'd like the possibility to simul left or right softkey by clicking on 'Home' and 'Back' for example?
On the side note, it doesn't poll for input, but it polls every second to check which app is on the foreground. The input job is event based.

Dredger97 said:
So if I understand, you'd like the possibility to simul left or right softkey by clicking on 'Home' and 'Back' for example?
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correct
On the side note, it doesn't poll for input, but it polls every second to check which app is on the foreground. The input job is event based.
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Which I'm assuming is not happening when the screen is off (through power button)?

How to disable "footprint" on right hardware-button?

Hi,
I would like to disable the footprint-application from the right hardware-button, but it dosn't work. In registry under HKLM/Software/Microsoft/shell/keys I've made two new entries (40C1 and 40C2), so I can choose now the two hardware-buttons in preferences. But when I lay another program to the right hardware-button, this programm starts together with footprint...
The left hardware-button is no problem, it works fine with every programm I want
Thanks
oese
(sorry for my bad english, I hope you can understand my problem...)

Looks like it is somehow hardcoded into the TouchFLO interface. I managed to "unmap" the left key (simply by uninstalling TomTom), but I had no success with the Footprints key so far.

I think that some program or registry setting is responsible for these keys mapping.
I've managed with ae button plus to assing a different application to these keys, but the default apps run again with the new apps. And I think that because you uninstalled tomtom, just they didn't find the app and for this is not running with the new assinged app.
I don't think that is touchflo related.

dancer_69 said:
I think that some program or registry setting is responsible for these keys mapping.
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I am not sure mate, tried to look almost everywhere in the registry with no success. But I'll keep trying, the Navi and Footprints buttons sux. I'd rather have Diamond's/HD's Back and Home keys, if nothing better.
dancer_69 said:
I've managed with ae button plus to assing a different application to these keys, but the default apps run again with the new apps.
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Got the same result too, when tried to map another app with AEBP.
dancer_69 said:
And I think that because you uninstalled tomtom, just they didn't find the app and for this is not running with the new assinged app. I don't think that is touchflo related.
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Sure, I know it just doesn't find the app, but at least it got me rid of TomTom (I am an iGO 8 user). I admit it's quite lousy workaround.

I think I found something.
Seems that the function of these buttons loading as a service.
I've managed to unbind the left button by stop the NaviService(NPS0 and I think that
the service App Service(APP1 is responsible for the right button, but I cannot stop this service.Needed further research though.
EDIT:
I've managed to disable it from registry(HKLM\Services\App). I changed Context and Index values to 0 and seems that the button is unbind now!
Needed to set these services to not automatic start also. This can be done with FdcSoft Task Manager 3.1

Ok, after some time playing around with my registry, I found a workaround how you can start a different program with the footprint button:
(BTW I have a German version so I'm not sure how the features are called in English, so if anyone can describe what I write next clearer, please feel free. Thx)
First you have to go to system preferences. In the system tab you'll find an option where you can make some adjustments about A-GPS and Place Settings. In the left tab you can activate and deactive A-GPS and tell your device which provider to use to access it. In the right tab you can tell the device not to notify you if some HTC software wants to start this feature which monitors the place where you are. Check this box.
This will keep the Google notifier to pop up every time you press the footprint button.
The go to the registry:
\HKLM\Software\HTC\FootCam
and simply change the path in there to any program you want to use with the button. e.g. \Program Files\ThumApps\ThumbCal\Thumbcal.exe

Well, works well, but do you have any idea if disabling these services does not cause any other issues?

After a hard reset I did the following
- installed the 40C1 and 40C2 reg key
- set the the NaviService(NPS0) to manual
Both buttons can now be used by Windows without any issue so far. No more changes were needed for me. Hope that helps. (I have a HTC Guide, that is the O2 branded version)
Sebastian

I mentioned that few posts above.
The problem is that when the NaviService doesn't run, NaviPanel doesn't start automatic when in carkit mode, even if this option is checked in carkit settings screen.

kuerbis said:
- set the the NaviService(NPS0) to manual
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Hi,
where I can find this setting?
oese

dancer_69 said:
I think I found something.
Seems that the function of these buttons loading as a service.
I've managed to unbind the left button by stop the NaviService(NPS0 and I think that
the service App Service(APP1 is responsible for the right button, but I cannot stop this service.Needed further research though.
EDIT:
I've managed to disable it from registry(HKLM\Services\App). I changed Context and Index values to 0 and seems that the button is unbind now!
Needed to set these services to not automatic start also. This can be done with FdcSoft Task Manager 3.1
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sorry for my stupid question

it works for my iolite...
THANKSALOT

Left Key
HKey_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\NaviService
Turn «Flags» from 0 to 1
For me it works

U can read this (its in german), include a reg-file to dissolve this and a navipanel.lnk for start menu
Greetings Mirko

angeja said:
HKey_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services\NaviService
Turn «Flags» from 0 to 1
For me it works
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that thing disable my both buttons for some reason. and copilot and footprnts!! well it looks that it works for me atm.

You can use AE Button Plus, you can assign 4 different actions to each button.

Dontatos said:
that thing disable my both buttons for some reason. and copilot and footprnts!! well it looks that it works for me atm.
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Before read THIS
Then use "Start" - "Settings" - "Hardware-Buttons" to change assignment.
Greetings Mirko

Yes It Works,
Followed the steps and it works. I assigned foot prints to put phone in standby ( screen off / on ) The Off works quick, the On has a delay but I will get used to it.
Set the NAVI to Manual Start is the trick

Long press to get FN+Key

Hi all, I just got my Snap after having the Dash for 3 years. The Snap is great but I have one problem...
On the Dash, when typing, long press will input the Alt+key combination, e.g. when long press on the "W" key it will input "1". The Snap can't do it and I need to press the FN key
Any way to change this?
Thanks,
Eran

[email protected] said:
Hi all, I just got my Snap after having the Dash for 3 years. The Snap is great but I have one problem...
On the Dash, when typing, long press will input the Alt+key combination, e.g. when long press on the "W" key it will input "1". The Snap can't do it and I need to press the FN key
Any way to change this?
Thanks,
Eran
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That would be a great improvement! I had this same feature on my Diamond. I like the Snap keyboard, but you just have to push the FN key too much during some regular typing!

I'd like this too.

seems like know one know how to solve... this is really annoying on this great phone!

This depends on keyboard driver, what's always a dll library written by a manufacturer specifically for each device.
Similar problem has Touch Pro 2.
E.g. unlike Rose, where press+hold function can be simply remapped to another character/function.

OK I think I've provisionally got this sorted - you have to edit the keymap file using a text editor (either on the device using e.g. Total Commander or (probably more easy) copy the file to your PC using Activesync, edit it then copy it back to your device). On my snap the file is \Windows\eT9.Maple.wwe.kmap.txt - might be different depending on your ROM and language settings.
Before we go any further, make a backup of the file because you can get into all sorts of problems if you mess it up. It will be recoverable with a hard reset if necessary, but you probably want to avoid that...
The process is pretty self explanatory when you look at the kmap.txt file, but as an example:
Look at the entry for the R key:
{R R R 3 3 0x03}
As stated in the beginning of the kmap.txt file (on my device anyway), the third character in the above entry is "VK2 -> key to interpret when for press and hold". So simply change this to:
{R R 3 3 3 0x03}
Reboot your device and try it in messaging - when you hold the R key you will get a 3. Now you need to do this for every key! I haven't done it for the whole keymap yet - this might be the sort of thing you want to do personally, it's not THAT big a job I guess.
Cheers.

P.S. I also used this to remap the tab key, which I don't find that useful.

THANK!!!
this works beautifully!!! now the keyboard is as it should be the first place
Attached is the file for the WWE with long press supported for all keys

[email protected] said:
this works beautifully!!! now the keyboard is as it should be the first place
Attached is the file for the WWE with long press supported for all keys
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That's brilliant!
I've modified your file to get rid of 2 small bugs (* and 0 longpress not working) and absolutely love the keyboard now!

Psmit said:
That's brilliant!
I've modified your file to get rid of 2 small bugs (* and 0 longpress not working) and absolutely love the keyboard now!
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Could you post your modifications? Also, has anyone tried this on the Sprint Snap?

Has anyone remade the above file for the US keyboard? In other words, here is the layout for my keyboard:
Q1 W2 E3 R% T+ Y( U) I- O_ P"
A* S4 D5 F6 G~ H/ J? K$ L= ,@ (DEL)
(CAPS) Z7 X8 C9 V' B& N! M; .: (ENT)
(ALT) TAB0 SYM# (SPACE)

<strike>Sorry, dumb question but it's been a long time since I tweaked around in \Windows
It says I don't have permission. Neither locally, nor through the PC.
What to do?</strike>
Nevermind, used Total Commander to do it!

Strange thing though - a long press on "Q" locks the keypad. Yet there is no code for "locking" in kmap.txt.
That would be sweet to have on inner circle! A one-click lock. Hmmmmmm.

qwerty017 said:
Could you post your modifications? Also, has anyone tried this on the Sprint Snap?
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Hi,
I upload the corect one, with Q(*), TAB (#) and SYM (0) modificated.

Taking control of the damn file
Hi folks. Can anyone help me out on how to get control of the .txt file?
greg530 has clearly done it using Total Commander but I can't get it it work at all, either on the PC or the device itself. Refuses to be edited or deleted or have it's permissions changed.
tia

did u try resco explorer?

Greg530 said:
Strange thing though - a long press on "Q" locks the keypad. Yet there is no code for "locking" in kmap.txt.
That would be sweet to have on inner circle! A one-click lock. Hmmmmmm.
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You can assign a single press lock to the Windows Live Messenger button if you like - use VJDeviceLock and the instructions here.

[email protected] said:
did u try resco explorer?
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Thanks, but I tried that with no luck. The file is in the ROM so I can't see how I can change it without reflashing.

Psmit said:
That would be a great improvement! I had this same feature on my Diamond. I like the Snap keyboard, but you just have to push the FN key too much during some regular typing!
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Is this just the Snap? My T-Mobile Dash 3G has these baked in already.

Is there a key code to launch PIE?
I don't need the Messenger shortcut and I'd like to replace it:
{0xE4 0x96 0x8D 0x8D 0x00 0xff} // VK_IME_APP_CAMERA 0x8D, 0x96 = IM

[APP][Private Beta Jan 3, 2010] X1BH (X1 Button Hook)

X1BH beta
X1 Button Hook
Jan 3, 2010
By Jonathan King
GUI/Updater by DOCIOHN​
Special thanks to DOCIOHN who not only created the settings GUI and updater, he is providing the server space to make updating possible.
Description
X1BH is a successor of X1BC and the (kinda) released X1BC2. The program gives you the capability to assign different functions to the panel, ok, soft, and volume keys. Another feature is the capability to disable screen rotate when the keyboard slides. You can assign a button to toggle this feature. X1BC also supported adding fn functions to the keys on the keyboard that had none as well as making 'tab' or 'win' a ctrl key. This feature is not yet added to X1BH but will be in future versions. A new feature not seen in any previous program is a fix for the X1 keyboard repeat problem. While this is a hardware problem, X1BH can prevent key repeats that appear too rapid. Credit for the idea for this feature goes to J-Pro. Unlike the previous programs, X1BH runs as a service therefore not counting toward the 32 process limit. This was something suggested by Dandie.
Download
See the second post for the current version.
Background
You may have noticed that my enthusiasm for the X1BC and X1BC2 projects dropped for a while. The reason for this is that I was frustrated with the methods for trapping the keys. X1BC used SetWindowsHook to set a low level keyboard hook. The problem with this method is that many programs like to use this function as a means for trapping keys and only one program is allowed to have a low level keyboard hook at a time. Having X1BC running in the background all the time prevented some applications from working and just annoyed others. Most importantly, I found that it was not possible to send volume up/down keys. Next came X1BC2. Instead of a hook I used hotkeys. There were some things better but some things worse. The biggest problem was that 3rd party programs liked to use hotkeys too. And when they did, they robbed X1BC2 of its hotkeys. There was no way I know of to detect my hotkeys were taken. The only way to restore would be to restart the program.
Enter X1BH. It started by me thinking what would it take to rewrite the button driver. I disovered keypad.dll. It runs a service responsible for detecting keyboard interrupts and broadcasting the key event using keybd_event(). It seemed that keypad.dll had much responsibility though. I could not feasibly rewrite it. So I had a better idea. Leave keypad.dll to do all the grunt work and just hook the keybd_event() routine. By modifying the import address table at runtime I redirect keybd_event() calls to my own routine that gets to decide what really gets sent out. The result is total and exclusive access to keys before everything else. The possibilities are wide. While I do not modify keypad.dll in any way, I will probably release a CAB installer that includes it just because my hooking routine will only work with a certain version of the dll.

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More details will be added later. To use, install the CAB and soft reset. Use the settings program to change options.
Current issues/work needed:
- Capturing the panel button will not prevent the panel manager from opening. To stop this you must delete the panel manager reg key
- Ctrl key still to be added

Could use this one too.

Sounds great - I'd love to have any easy way to do all these things + CTRL is extremely useful imho and being able to decide which key to make CTRL would be awesome
Thanks,
Peter

Lovely, JKingDev.
I just hope put ctrl/tab alloc functions on the first priority to-do of X1BH release

I agree - I was considering installing another app that would add CTRL functionality, but that one was hard coded to the TAB key, but I use that for other functions, such as filling in forms - being able to set the Windows key for CTRL though would be perfect since I already have that duped as my XPanel key. So being able to decide which you want to make Ctrl, either TAB or Windows Key or something else would be great
Peter

Ctrl key is next on the todo list. It will support tab or win key. Maybe even sym or "au". The original functionality of the key can be preserved though. It can be something like if you hold the key while pressing a letter it is ctrl. If you just press it, it acts normal.

Quite nice work, JKingDev! Thanks for doing that!
P.S.: Thanks for the credit

Who will get to try this? I'd be glad to do it

LazyFunker said:
Who will get to try this? I'd be glad to do it
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Sure, just send me a PM with your email address. Though one tester has already indicated that they have not have any problems, so perhaps a public release is very soon.

JKingDev said:
Ctrl key is next on the todo list. It will support tab or win key. Maybe even sym or "au". The original functionality of the key can be preserved though. It can be something like if you hold the key while pressing a letter it is ctrl. If you just press it, it acts normal.
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Sounds great - I use the Tab and Win keys daily, the Sym key weekly - and the au key never. So I'd be quite happy making that a permanent CTRL key, even if I lost all the au functionality. I'd be happy if I had to hit a key with the au to make it do it's original function, rather than having to hit a key with the au to make it CTRL .
If you have even some of these options that would make this program awesome imho .
Thank you,
Peter

pdamouse said:
Sounds great - I use the Tab and Win keys daily, the Sym key weekly - and the au key never. So I'd be quite happy making that a permanent CTRL key, even if I lost all the au functionality. I'd be happy if I had to hit a key with the au to make it do it's original function, rather than having to hit a key with the au to make it CTRL .
If you have even some of these options that would make this program awesome imho .
Thank you,
Peter
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Hmm. How about au key is ctrl. Fn+au is regular au. There are so many possibilities. Should I really make all these options or maybe just the best 3 so that it doesnt become confusing.

JKingDev said:
Hmm. How about au key is ctrl. Fn+au is regular au. There are so many possibilities. Should I really make all these options or maybe just the best 3 so that it doesnt become confusing.
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That option, Fn+au for au would be perfect imho - It's up to you though how many options you put in, maybe you could have an advanced mode and a simple mode - with the 3 basic options in simple and then the option for users to set more advanced functions elsewhere.
My problem with the other software was that it was hard coded and had no other option - no matter what other options you selected in that program, TAB was always CTRL and that just didn't work for me. Having 3 options already puts you ahead of the game - allowing people to customize is great, but if you are making multiple releases I'd say stick with the options you've mentioned for now and add others as they are requested.
To me I can't think of any better combo than au = Fn+au & Ctrl = au
Peter

I am very pleased that the investigation of Keyboard System DLL has brought such results ... Can not wait for the official version, which will be need to compliment any Xperia X1

Wooooo! I've been waiting so long for this Jking! Finally! PM'ing right away.

Hey, I copy keypad.dll to Windows and I lost control of all buttons
I've just figured out the reason. I don't have keypad.dll in windows folder. I use Untamed 1.1 Rom (MrRush)

Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few days. PMs are being answered. I am on the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team at Virginia Tech. We are participating in the EcoCAR Challenge (add us on facebook/follow on twitter!) and this past week I have been in Daytona Florida participating in the Winter Workshop event. It has been hard work and I had to take a break from X1BH but I think we did well.
Some new developments, there will be a UI setting app. Thats one reason I am holding back the release. Another XDA member is writing the program. They have chosen to remain anonymous. It will even have an updater built in. That same user is graciously granting some server space. I am very grateful for their effort and contribution. Version 1 will come soon.

It is great to hear that you are contributing to the earth! Looking forward to the release of X1BH~

great job!!!
great job man!!! greetengs to you and to Dandie! i must say i enjoyed reading posts and threads written one year ago. it is amazing how much passion you guys put in solving these problems. small problems for geeks but big problems for humanity can't wait to try cab. once again, big thanks!!!
P.S. If only Tesla was alive today we all wouldn't need petrol cars. sorry for offtopic.

x1bh
looks very compromsing and a very nice idea to hook keypad.dll directly ..
x1bc is still a great program to customize xperia keys but x1bh looks even better ... i would appreciate, if there was an easy way to create oem like using no hardcoded paths or paths read out from registry ..
i use x1bc and cook it into my roms .. btw, x1bc is great as it does not work only for x1