Input tool using MouseWheel - Page 9

zorro · 11-03-2005, 03:29 PM

Nifty little thingy Tony G built there... Would be the perfekt PowerMate replacement. Imagine what one could do with all that buttons

In one of the german forums I was reading about an rotray encoder that also has a 4 way joystick. It's very similar to the BMW iDrive.

zorro · 11-04-2005, 04:02 AM

Ok, I've put a updated version online. A few bugs were removed and a Application Configuration Tool has been added (you'll love that).

Uninstall the old version and install the new one.

http://phoco.net/__Bin/MWIProSetup.zip

Cris · 11-04-2005, 06:51 AM

WOOOW! This is sooooo sweet Zorro. This version works like it should. I've only used the predefined settings you made for winamp and stuff, and they work like a charm. Amazing pice of software!!!

Only thing is that if I'm for example in firefox, the wheel work for MWI, but also works as a scroll. Anyway around this, so it would only be for MWI when the wheel button is pressed.

Got to go build that mouse thing in the armrest now...(I've got the motivation I needed)

Cris · 11-04-2005, 09:51 AM

I've played with it a lot, and it's now time to configure it. So basiclly, everything that uses hotkeys can be programmed, right? Any place this is explained in detail?

EDIT: I didn't understand much out of those links...
No problem with it until now. I've been using it with winamp, and only at one point it didn't want to move to the next song, it just played the same song no matter what I did in MWI. But after stopping winamp manually, MWI started to work again.

zorro · 11-04-2005, 10:07 AM

To know what Keys you can send, have a look here: http://zhorvat.dyndns.org/PCForums/S...spx?PostID=148
It's the same as with PhoCo RemoteKey option, except that it's called "command" whereas MWI uses the name "param".

A short sample: To send a Alt-F1 to a application, set param="ALT,F1" and set processName to the name of the process as it appears in Taskmanager or set windowCaption to the title of your applications window (i.e. Notepad)

zorro · 11-05-2005, 04:30 AM

Added capability of sending messages to RoadRunner (action = SendCopyData) or other apps that are using WM_COPYDATA.

To get the changed EXE only click here: http://phoco.net/__Bin/MWIProExeOnly.zip
To get the RoadRunner sample click here: http://phoco.net/__Bin/AppControl/RoadRunner.zip

Have fun

pottillo · 11-05-2005, 05:24 AM

With the last version i receive the following error messages:
(look at the attached image)

I have .net framework ver. 2 installed.

zorro · 11-05-2005, 05:44 AM

If you dind't set any colors to "Transparent", I guess you need to intall .NET 1.1.4 as well

Cris · 11-05-2005, 05:58 AM

I get this error almost everytime I want to start an amplication with MWI. The paths are correct, but it doesn't want to open winamp or RR...once opened it works ok. I can also close them.

zorro · 11-05-2005, 06:21 AM

Did you check the path to the Applications?

Cris · 11-05-2005, 06:41 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by zorro

Did you check the path to the Applications?

Yes. Tryed making them myself. I does work sometimes, but not all the time.

One thing though. As I said, when using MWI, the scroll is also active, either you're on an internet page, or in winamp. Is there anyway to make the scroll wheel only for MWI, when MWI is running?
For example, when in winamp, shuffling through MWI's menu witht he scroll wheel, it also togglles the volume in Winamp. Same thing when you're winamp's playlist. Using when scroll wheel in MWI also means you're surfing through the palylist...

zorro · 11-05-2005, 07:52 AM

In fact, MWI is programmed to block passing wheel messages to the system as long as one of it's windows is open.
I've rebuilt the libraries in the setup package and put 'em online in a separate package http://phoco.net/__Bin/MWIProDllsOnly.zip

Please download it and copy them over the existing ones.

Cris · 11-05-2005, 08:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by zorro

In fact, MWI is programmed to block passing wheel messages to the system as long as one of it's windows is open.
I've rebuilt the libraries in the setup package and put 'em online in a separate package http://phoco.net/__Bin/MWIProDllsOnly.zip

Please download it and copy them over the existing ones.

Works fine now!

Cris · 11-08-2005, 10:24 AM

I finished the fabrication of the iDrive button. Inspired by TonyG, I decided to put an encoder in the button. Looks nice too. (can't see that, because of the phone quality of the pic)

But the impulses sent by the encoder are a little faster than the ones by the scrool wheel, so is there any way I can make the scrool wheel not that sensitive from the software?

zorro · 11-08-2005, 11:20 AM

Looks hot man, even with the poor pictre quality.

Yes, there is an option in the configuration called "SlowDown" the higher the value the less sensitive it gets.