[Release] SKINbedder V3 - Preview #2

**0l33l** · 04-19-2006, 01:50 AM

Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Yes, I wanted to add hot keys...

SKINbedder.ini:

[HotKeys]
F12=Focus(iGMap)
Up=Focus(iGMap),Type(Up)
Down=Focus(iGMap),Type(Down)
etc, etc, etc.

You want to help me with the code for that Ol33l?

I've had no clue what you did after v2.5

I really haven't had time to program lately. I'm either hanging out with friends, or doing something else. For instance I'm going to check out Berkeley from Friday to Saturday.

Oh yeh.... another good thing would be to relay keys to a running instance of Sb, using command line parameters. Problem is that would not let us have two instances running

Basically I think just a main key that focuses should do fine. So say RR sends F12 to Sb, Sb focuses on the iGMap, and then the other keys are properly sent to iG.

**liquid_smoke** · 04-19-2006, 11:46 PM

ok, i think i have found a successfull workaround.
using autoit, it has window search options that include searching the childwindows of an application and im able to send commands to that window without sb blocking it.

**0l33l** · 04-20-2006, 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by liquid_smoke

ok, i think i have found a successfull workaround.
using autoit, it has window search options that include searching the childwindows of an application and im able to send commands to that window without sb blocking it.

Yeh.... that's how you were supposed to do it in the first place

I guess that should've been in the documentation *cough*RPM_VR4*cough*

**RPM_VR4** · 04-20-2006, 01:19 AM

I didn't even know you couldn't send something to the iG window's handle after SKINbedder grabbed it. Hey LS, what the AutoIt code for finding a sub-window handle then?

**0l33l** · 04-20-2006, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

I didn't even know you couldn't send something to the iG window's handle after SKINbedder grabbed it. Hey LS, what the AutoIt code for finding a sub-window handle then?

You can't send anything to iG's window handle because the handle changes after Sb takes it in. Then it becomes impossible to find unless you're doing a search for child windows.

**novolo** · 04-21-2006, 12:29 PM

ok, st*pid question: skinbedder doesn't work on anything that's not Win 2000 or XP right?

**RPM_VR4** · 04-21-2006, 01:40 PM

It is coded in Delphi 7 on the Win32 API, so I'm pretty sure it will work all the way back to Windows 95.

...however, as Ol33l and I were discussing in another thread... WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO RUN ANYTHING OTHER THAN XP IN YOUR CAR??? Hardware is cheap. You can get a Dell 2.2GHz /w 512 on e-bay for $200. Pull out the PSU and pop in an M2ATX for another $80 and you got everything but the 7" touch-screen.

**novolo** · 04-21-2006, 01:43 PM

lol, maybe there is cheap... here everything is very very expensive... but anyways i think i mught be going for XPlite so the footprint is minimal...

but anyways, so that you know, skinbedder doesn't work on win 98, an error poped out i think on the user32.dll something about layers or something like that...

**RPM_VR4** · 04-21-2006, 02:07 PM

Strange. It may depend on the SKIN then. Skins without transparancy should not be using layers. If you are using my iGuidance SKIN then just get rid of the GPSInfo and RouteList embeds and it might work.

**liquid_smoke** · 04-27-2006, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

I didn't even know you couldn't send something to the iG window's handle after SKINbedder grabbed it. Hey LS, what the AutoIt code for finding a sub-window handle then?

been bringing this up off and on for months.

The code i used in autoIT to find the child window of IG is

Opt("WinSearchChildren", 1)

you can include this on any line before you try to send any commands.
Since i only use skinbedder to embed IG and no other apps, it works fine as IG is the only child window and keys are sent to the window title
works flawless