Hi
I would like to change the messaging key on the keyboard so that pressing it opens a new message, rather than the inbox. Is this possible?
I have the new message shortcut, so all I need to be able to do is assign a hardware keyboard button to open a different program, ie the new message shortcut.
Any ideas?
Thanks
I use AEBplus for exactly this!
google AEBplus and you'll get it - occasionally (and i'm not sure why) pressing the button only gets as far as the messaging menu, but pressing again starts a new message.
you'll need to "create" the button in AEB (set it to map, and press what you want) - its button #00EF mapped to run application tmail with optional parameters -service "SMS" -To ""
(i tried mapping it to call a shortcut with the same link syntax - but that kept failing, and also had tried calling the service [not the exe] which again worked as a shortcut, but not when mapped)
Hope it helps!
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Ok, so I just realized that it's very troublesome to compose a new SMS, have to go to the inbox, press right soft key, press left joystick, press down joystick to select SMS and then start composing
So I got an idea to configure the Messaging button on Tornado Noble to point to the compose SMS straight away. I did some google, and found the attribute to the tmail.exe application.
So I tried to create a shortcut named Long_AP2.lnk, in it contain this line
19#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS" -to "" -body ""
I saved it and transferred it to my phone, but it don't seem to work, feeling that my attribute might be wrong, I saved it as Short_AP2 and put into my phone, it works and by pressing the SMS button, it opens SMS composer straight away.
So the question is, why can't I get it to work on Long_AP2? Or the file name is supposed to be something else?
I also want to ask, what i that number 19 at the beginning of the line, hardware keys?
I think that the LONG_AP1.lnk activates when you hold the button for a few seconds.
Lol, I know that for sure,
I want to make long hold to activate compose sms, but short press to inbox
Anyone can help me? This is for our own good
keybddr.dll didn't support Long_AP2.
These aren't attributes. Attributes are what tell us whether or not file is hidden, read only etc...
These are parameters or switches.
I don't understand why you need to use a parameter to make tmail.exe open with a blank text message. Unless mine is broken, that's what it does by default. (In fact, I think mine is screwed up... wtf?)
Have you considered using mortscript?
andot:
If keybddr.dll doesn't support long_ap how is the media player supposed to use this for FFW in music/video?
I think it's supposed to support it.
I mixed up, it should be arguments
At default, it opens the inbox, not the blank text message
Long_AP2
With "AE Button Plus" you can map simple, double, triple and long click to one key.
This is a very usefull utility !
you need to modify the registry keys to use AEB Plus with the multimedia keys.
http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
Hmm, I don't like to install additional cab to do simple stuff, perhaps find out what registry changes it does, and incorporate into a cab which installs the button, ill chk it out later
karhoe said:
I mixed up, it should be arguments
At default, it opens the inbox, not the blank text message
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I fixed it. Don't know how it broke, but it works as you describe.
Is there no way to make a text version of a mailto: shortcut?
Good that you fixed it, but hope we can have 2 purpose with a button
short hold for inbox, long hold for sms
as you know, with Wm6, composing sms is even more troublesome compared to wm5
Hi all
I'm currently using WkTask and already know AltTab app, and i want to know if this is a normal issue of these two softwares:
when you are in any app, with others opened, (with assigned button) you can switch to any other without problem, and until now it's ok; but when i'm in the today screen, with all the apps minimized and try to switch/show (using the assigned button) the opened apps, i cannot, and it opens the win start menu!
Is this normal or not? I've this problem with WkTask and AltTab too!
Is there any way to open and choose the minimized apps using the button?
thanks in advance!
PS: I already tried to serarch related posts, and also to ask in concerning threads but i had no answer!
Ciao
No one can answer me??! pls
I use wktask.
I created a shortcut called "AltTab" which calles
"wktastkcmd.exe" /f
I assigned a button to this shortcut. It will allways swich you to the next task. When all task are minimized (you are on home screen) it will open the first one.
Hope that helps.
JueLue
JueLue said:
I use wktask.
I created a shortcut called "AltTab" which calles
"wktastkcmd.exe" /f
I assigned a button to this shortcut. It will allways swich you to the next task. When all task are minimized (you are on home screen) it will open the first one.
Hope that helps.
JueLue
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Hi dude,
thx for your tweak!!
I tried it and works, as you said! Than i realized a strange issue:
it also works, without any changes in the schortcut, but assigning to it different buttons, and exactly:
-> directly works with "OK" and "Win Menu" buttons, normal or long press
-> doesn't work with "IE" and "Mail" buttons, normal or long press
I don't know why, but these buttons have different effect on softwares!!
However, i added it to "OK" long press button and it select the minimized app in the upper bar showing me also the name just below the selectoion and by the arrows i can switch to the others one still minimized!
Thnaks for your contribution!
Ciao
I currently have a Kaiser and I'm planning the following setup:
- left soft key: Dialpad (phone canvas)
- short press send key: Call History.
For the left soft key, it is quite easy, go to:
Code:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112\
and change "Open" to "\Windows\cprog.exe" and "Default" to "Dialpad" or whatever name. Soft reset.
Or simply delete the content of 112 key and soft reset, without it the left soft key defaults to "Phone" linked to the phone canvas.
Call history is also easy to shortcut "\Windows\LaunchMSItem.exe" CALLHISTORY_ALL_CALLS.
The issue is with the short press send key. I searched my guts out but I could not find how to remap it. Found solutions for "long press" but not for short.
I want of course to keep the ability to actually dial a number with it.
I am interested in a simple solution without aditional software, scripts etc.
Help much appreciated.
Regards - Daniel
To my knowledge you can't map the send/end keys for short press unless you start digging real hard in some system files which.. even pauldegroot didn't manage to do.. and supbro is still fighting for with iDialer..
By 'end key' if you mean the Off-hook key (the red button), then you can't remap it without using third-party apps.
In fact, it's a bit of a bother even by using third party apps.
The reason is because the dial and end keys are special keys designed almost exclusively for the purpose of using in the phone app.
For more technical info, and how to go about doing it the really hard way:
http://thefiles.macadamian.com/2008/06/detecting-phone-buttons-on-wm56.html
I use aebutton plus to remap my send and end keys - not short key though - I have them mapped for double press/ tripple press. (long press and short-presshave the old functions..)
-mark
@deXter: it was the send key, sorry for that, I corrected the first post. Your link is still valid however - thanks - it seems I have to do a lot more reading on this.
Any quick solution is still welcome
again, same problem.
Small progress
1. By editing
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:MSCprog\1
I can assign any program to the send key.
Trouble is:
- cprog is not starting anymore with the phone, meaning no signal and no dialing.
- the newly assigned program autostarts at boot.
2. In some WM5 documentation, I learned that under
Code:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\
you could have four keys, 112, 113, 114, 115, corresponding to the left soft, right soft, send and end keys respectively.
In WM6 only the first two seem to work.
Still searching...
Hi everybody!
I'm actually using Dutty's HolyGrail R1 Rom for topaz, and for a long time (since original rom) I've been looking for a way to get rid of all the autocomplete and xT9 services on my TD2. The only thing I want is to freely type whatever I want without any kind of suggestions or corrections . I've tried the Advanced Configuration Tools to tweak this unsuccessfully. Does anyone knows how to do it?
Why not pressing the little XT9/ABC button on your device's keyboard and put the device in ABC mode? In that mode the topaz displays exactly whatever you type..
yea but this does not disable button, i want to disable button that it will be always in ABC mode, even if i press that button again, something like keyboard look when you type "To:" field (XT9 ABC) button is disabled...
Hi there
Have you tried using the Text Input Settings that you can find if you touch the Up arrow next to the Text Input Selector available whenever you can input text, ie, SMS or email entry?
You get a pop up menu which has Text Input Settings as an option. If you select that you get an options dialog that has a heading 'XT9 Settings' one of which is 'Word Completion (XT9)' with an On/Off slider button. Toggle this to Off and you should find that when the keyboard is presented you are now set in ABC mode with no option to toggle into XT9 mod.
Should point out that I am running a standard ROM with Manila 2.1.
Hope that helps?
Balders
I have a phone running Froyo that has a physcal T9 keyboard. When one of the T9 number keys is pressed while on the launcher screen, instead of launching the dialer as would be expected, the phone interprets the keypress as a text entry and launches the multi-search app instead. For example, if I press on the number '2' button, it interprets this as text input of the letter 'a' and opens the search app with the letter 'a' as the initial input.
I am trying to alter this behavior. I have tried picking through the framework files to try and find something that pertains to this, and even wrote my own app with the intents and intent filters set to the same as those of the search app, but cannot get anything to open with a number button press other than the damn search app.
Any suggestions on how to change this behavior are appreciated.