Multi-control knob using Mouse+AutoHotkey

**spudgunblunder** · 01-22-2007, 09:14 PM

I want to be able to use the mouse wheel (up and down) to control CF.
I have achieved this so far using AutoHotkey.
I just use the following to map the "F9" and "F10" keys to the up and down roll of the mouse wheel:

Code:

WheelDown::F10
wheelup::F9

However, I then wanted to be able to change the function of the mouse wheel to other commands in CF such as "next/previous track" and "zoom in/out" etc.

The easiest way I could find to do this was to have these 3 .ahk scripts:

SCRIPT1

Code:

WheelDown::F10
wheelup::F9
Mbutton::run C:\script2.ahk
#SingleInstance force

SCRIPT2

Code:

WheelDown::^+oemplus
wheelup::^+oemMinus
Mbutton::run C:\script3.ahk
#SingleInstance force

SCRIPT3

Code:

WheelDown::^F
wheelup::^B
Mbutton::run C:\script1.ahk
#SingleInstance force

So when you press the mousewheel button it loads the next script, until you get to the last one (in this case script3) and then you loop round.

Is there a better way of doing this?
Either with AutoHotkey or another program.

Also, is there a way to automatically change the mousewheel functions when you load a certain screen in CF?
E.G. when you load media player it switches to "next/previous track"
then, if you load navigation it switches to "zoom in/out".
It may require both auto switching and also manual select as in the case of media player I would want to be able to control volume and skip tracks.

I would want to scan through the track more than skip to the next/previous but I'll cross that bridge if and when.