Keyboard Media Buttons

[gagan512]

Hi,

I had posted this in another topic but it was suggested that I start a new topic.

Here's what i want:

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i had a question relating 'multimedia' keys on keyboards. is there a way to read the raw hex code that they return when pressed?

Reason i want to know: my multimedia keyboard has media buttons like "play/pause/next track....." but they only work with media player. i want them to work with winamp, and other media players. so i wanted to make an autoit script that reads the key hex code.

all the scripts i've seen around here seem to involve the following algorithm:

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If (blah pressed)

You pressed (blah)

Case

<<Look-up-table defining all the keys>>

...

...

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I wanted one specifically for the multimedia keys,, any ideas ?

thanks

[jvanegmond]

Winamp has a option to customly set Hotkeys, you can also use MEDIA_* there.

[Paulie]

maybe the "_IsPressed" function will help a little...

Check the beta helpfile or here

Edited July 18, 2006 by Paulie

[BPBNA]

In Winamp, just go into the preferences, go to Global Hotkeys and enable them. Works perfect with my Logitech G15.

[jvanegmond]

Use this, if you can't find them, change the range from the For loop in the function.. :

#include <misc.au3>

While 1
    $p = Pressed()
    If $p <> 0 Then
        MsgBox(0, @ScriptName, "Hex value of key pressed : " & $p & @CRLF & "Decimal value of key pressed : " & Dec($p) )
    EndIf
WEnd

Func Pressed()
    For $x = 400 to 800
        If _IsPressed(Hex($x,2)) Then
            Return Hex($x)
        EndIf
    Next
    Return 0
EndFunc

Edited July 18, 2006 by Manadar

[gagan512]

In Winamp, just go into the preferences, go to Global Hotkeys and enable them. Works perfect with my Logitech G15.

Winamp has a option to customly set Hotkeys, you can also use MEDIA_* there.

I dont want this for Winamp alone, want it to be globally available.

I'm actually designing the keyboard myself on a USB enabled microcontroller. I have "scan codes" that i program on the chip, but since it a "HID" application, windows does its own thingamagic and converts them to ASCII.

I'll look up the IsPressed options, thanks guys

[gagan512]

no luck yet with this...