[SOLVED] Launch HTC Volume Control on Fuze with 6.5.5 - Windows Mobile Software Development

[SOLVED] Launch HTC Volume Control on Fuze with 6.5.5 - Windows Mobile Software Development

[EDITThis has not worked with the latest Raph Energy ROMs since around June or July or 2010[/EDIT]
I should have editted this a while back.
The cab HTC_VolumeCtl.cab should not be used, unless you don't want to use the DPad or the arrow keys.
I now just use LaunchHTCVolumeControl_1.0.CAB with Tarkim's key remapper and it works great.
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LaunchHTCVolumeControl_1.0.CAB
Install the 2 cabs attached to this post.
Run the shortcut on the Start Menu.
It is something like Shortcut to LaunchHTCVolumeControl.lnk
Now the Volume buttons will launch the HTC Volume Control
If you copy that shortcut to Windows\Start Up
It will work most of the time.
1 time out of 15 soft resets, it launched the exe before the task bar was ready.
Thanks admaximum for posting the cab with the updated HTCVolumeControl.
I tranfered the cab from the post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6129949&postcount=55
[EDIT]
I've learned alot on this since I started this thread.
I have made an app that launches the Volume Control by sending the Left Mouse Down / Left Mouse Up to show the taskbar.
And then it sends a message to the appropriate item.
I have learned through the process that some items may appear that are not easy to detect through the registry.
Notification Items show up here:
HKLM\System\State\Shell\Notifications
If it also exists here:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Notifications
Then it is being displayed.
But there are exceptions, such as blue tooth.
It is displayed, but is not there.
So, I added code to search a a registry section that I also added to detect this.
HKCU\Software\JVH3\LaunchHTCVolumeControl\Ignore
And I put the bluetooth code in as another key.
So now it is extendable, if other notification items are found.
Just add the key. The same way the key for bluetooth is done.
I agree that this is not the best way to launch the control, but currently, it is the only known reliable way with a Fuze using build 23541.
[/EDIT]
[ORIGINAL]
Help - HTCVolumeControl.dll - methods and parameters
See post 27 for a cab that installs an exe and shortcut to launch the volume control.
Just use a key remapper to attach to volume buttons.
I am trying to figure out how to launch the HTC Volume Control on my Fuze from C#.
I ran depends.exe on HTCVolumeControl.dll to find the methods:
VOL_Deinit
VOL_Init
VOL_Open
VOL_Close
VOL_IOControl
VOL_Read
VOL_Write
VOL_Seek
But, I have no idea what arguments they take, or what they output.
And I am not sure how to find this out.
I wrote a really small app in C# to create a windows mobile app to execute the methods.
I only tried with: VOL_Init, VOL_Open, VOL_IOControl
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
[DllImport("HTCVolumeControl.dll")]
private static extern int VOL_Init();
[DllImport("HTCVolumeControl.dll")]
private static extern int VOL_Open();
[DllImport("HTCVolumeControl.dll")]
private static extern int VOL_IOControl();
When executing VOL_Init, it seems to do something. It makes it so the icon on the status bar will launch the Windows Mobile Volume Control instead of the HTC one and it displays a speaker icon, instead of the windows logo.
I also tried it with these import definitions:
[DllImport("HTCVolumeControl.dll")]
private static extern int VOL_Init(uint msg);
[DllImport("HTCVolumeControl.dll")]
private static extern int VOL_Open(uint msg);
[DllImport("HTCVolumeControl.dll")]
private static extern int VOL_IOControl(uint msg);
Either way I can't get the HTC Volume Control to launch by executing any of these methods.
Please help.
If we can get this to work, then any keymapper can launch the HTC Volume Control by launching an exe made like this.
Does anyone know what arguments these methods take?
And
Does anyone know what needs to be executed to start the control?
[/ORIGINAL]

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HTCVolumeControl.dll is a service DLL. So when calling the opening function you'll only get a handle to the service. The functions you posted here is the interface that every service DLL consists of.
When developing my Taskbar launcher I'm blocking the WM_LBUTTONDOWN/UP events from taskbar to launch my own stuff instead. And one guy complaint that HTC Volume control wasn't working anymore. After a little investigation I figured out that HTC Volume control is sending those messages with X=367 and Y=26 to make it launch the volume control window.
So to open HTC Volume control you simply have to call FindWindow to retrieve a handle to the status bar and then send both WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_LBUTTONUP with those coordinates in the LPARAM (Y in the hiword, X in the loword, or look at Remote spy to catch the "combined" value). I don't know how to use this in C# (probably the usual PInvoke: FindWindow and SendMessage?) but if you can't figure it out I'm sure someone else can help on.
To verify just open Remote Spy, select HHTaskbar and then hit the Volume up/down buttons on your phone and you should see the LBUTTON events.

RAMMANN said:
HTCVolumeControl.dll is a service DLL. So when calling the opening function you'll only get a handle to the service. The functions you posted here is the interface that every service DLL consists of.
When developing my Taskbar launcher I'm blocking the WM_LBUTTONDOWN/UP events from taskbar to launch my own stuff instead. And one guy complaint that HTC Volume control wasn't working anymore. After a little investigation I figured out that HTC Volume control is sending those messages with X=367 and Y=26 to make it launch the volume control window.
So to open HTC Volume control you simply have to call FindWindow to retrieve a handle to the status bar and then send both WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_LBUTTONUP with those coordinates in the LPARAM (Y in the hiword, X in the loword, or look at Remote spy to catch the "combined" value). I don't know how to use this in C# (probably the usual PInvoke: FindWindow and SendMessage?) but if you can't figure it out I'm sure someone else can help on.
To verify just open Remote Spy, select HHTaskbar and then hit the Volume up/down buttons on your phone and you should see the LBUTTON events.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you very much for this. When I get home from work,. I'll have some things try and learn.
I have not used Remote Spy before and have only grabbed handles to Windows in desktop programming. That was about 10 years ago.
This makes greate sense, since it can be launched from the status bar.
Thanks again.

RAMMANN said:
HTCVolumeControl.dll is a service DLL. So when calling the opening function you'll only get a handle to the service. The functions you posted here is the interface that every service DLL consists of.
When developing my Taskbar launcher I'm blocking the WM_LBUTTONDOWN/UP events from taskbar to launch my own stuff instead. And one guy complaint that HTC Volume control wasn't working anymore. After a little investigation I figured out that HTC Volume control is sending those messages with X=367 and Y=26 to make it launch the volume control window.
So to open HTC Volume control you simply have to call FindWindow to retrieve a handle to the status bar and then send both WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_LBUTTONUP with those coordinates in the LPARAM (Y in the hiword, X in the loword, or look at Remote spy to catch the "combined" value). I don't know how to use this in C# (probably the usual PInvoke: FindWindow and SendMessage?) but if you can't figure it out I'm sure someone else can help on.
To verify just open Remote Spy, select HHTaskbar and then hit the Volume up/down buttons on your phone and you should see the LBUTTON events.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK, I have coded this and am able to get the window handle and send it messages, but since the speaker that is normally visable on the same row as the clock does not launch the volume control, it doesn't quite work.
Non programatically, I must click the clock and then click the windows logo that appears. I have attached pictures.
When I send the message, the other row appears so then I can click the Windows logo. But I have not figured out what that window is. If it is HTTaskBar, then it is not responding.
Remote Spy is great. Just wish there were a way to stop and start the reading of messages and a way to capture it to a data file.

well, as I have experienced it the WM_LBUTTON* command is not used to programmatically click on the task bar and hit the icon. I think HTC Volume Control is hooked into the task bar and if receiving a special coordinate (the one I told you) it means: show it. It was reproducible on the HTC Touch Diamond, and it was also working on another device, I think Touch HD, which got a different screen resolution. So it doesn't check if you hit the coordinates of the volume icon, it only checks for the fixed coordinates. That's why it only works with this special coordinate.
The new WM 6.5 slidebar that pops up when hitting the taskbar is a different window, it's not HHTaskbar. Forget this one.
You should check again: open Remote Spy and listen to the messages of HHTaskbar. Then hit the volume up/down controls - I mean the hardware buttons of your device - and NOT hitting the taskbar. Now you should see the WM_LBUTTON* events (among many others, but those are unimportant). You need to send exactly the same and it should work.

Code to launch HTC Volume Control
I now can programatically launch the HTC Volume Control.
Code:
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Linq;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Collections.Generic;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.ComponentModel;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Data;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Drawing;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Text;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Windows.Forms;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Runtime.InteropServices;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]namespace[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] LaunchVolumeControl[/SIZE]
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[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]DllImport[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]"coredll.dll"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]internal[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]static[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]extern[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]IntPtr[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] FindWindow([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]String[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] lpClassName, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]String[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] lpWindowName);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]DllImport[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]"coredll.dll"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]private[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]static[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]extern[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]int[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] SendMessage([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]IntPtr[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] hWnd, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] msg, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] wParam, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] lParam);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]public[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] Form1()[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]InitializeComponent();[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]private[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]void[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] button4_Click([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]object[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] sender, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]EventArgs[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] e)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]IntPtr[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] hWnd = FindWindow([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]"HHTaskBar"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2], [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]null[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] LParam = ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])MakeLParam(240, 40);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]LParam = 0x1A01BE;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]WMessages[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2].WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0, LParam);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]WMessages[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2].WM_LBUTTONUP, 0, LParam);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])0x800c, 3, 0);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])0x498, 2, 0);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])0x407, 0x7c08d760, 0x0A);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])0x007, 0, 0);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]{ [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]WM_LBUTTONDOWN = 0x201, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Left mousebutton down [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_LBUTTONUP = 0x202, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Left mousebutton up [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x203, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Left mousebutton doubleclick [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_RBUTTONDOWN = 0x204, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Right mousebutton down [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_RBUTTONUP = 0x205, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Right mousebutton up [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x206, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Right mousebutton doubleclick [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_KEYDOWN = 0x100, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Key down [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_KEYUP = 0x101, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Key up [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]} [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]public[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]int[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] MakeLParam([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]int[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] LoWord, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]int[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] HiWord) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]{ [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]return[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] ((HiWord << 16) | (LoWord & 0xffff)); [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]} [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]
I found the remaining 4 by using remote spy. Great advice. I did that and actually figured it out before reading your last post though.
Remote Spy ultimately got me on the right track along with getting the window and sending it messages.
Such a great tool.
Thank you for your help.
It's almost 3am where I live, so I am going to get some sleep now.

Oh if you can't get it done at all! Another way you might want to try is using kbd_event() and simulate the hardware buttons (volume up/down) but I haven't tried it and I don't know which keycodes you need. Probably it's even the better solution but I just randomly figured out the WM_LBUTTON* method when working on Taskbar launcher and thought it's easy enough. 3 lines of codes, that is. Yes..... yes.... I know the kbd_event might even be a 1 liner. So I'm sorry for any irritation but I hope one of those methods finally works for you!

JVH3 said:
I now can programatically launch the HTC Volume Control.
Code:
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Linq;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Collections.Generic;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.ComponentModel;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Data;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Drawing;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Text;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Windows.Forms;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]using[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Runtime.InteropServices;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]namespace[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] LaunchVolumeControl[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
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[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]DllImport[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]"coredll.dll"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]internal[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]static[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]extern[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]IntPtr[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] FindWindow([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]String[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] lpClassName, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]String[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] lpWindowName);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]DllImport[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]"coredll.dll"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]private[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]static[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]extern[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]int[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] SendMessage([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]IntPtr[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] hWnd, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] msg, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] wParam, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] lParam);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]public[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] Form1()[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]InitializeComponent();[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]IntPtr[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] hWnd = FindWindow([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515][SIZE=2][COLOR=#a31515]"HHTaskBar"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2], [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]null[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] LParam = ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])MakeLParam(240, 40);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]LParam = 0x1A01BE;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]WMessages[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2].WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0, LParam);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]WMessages[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2].WM_LBUTTONUP, 0, LParam);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])0x800c, 3, 0);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])0x498, 2, 0);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])0x407, 0x7c08d760, 0x0A);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]SendMessage(hWnd, ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])0x007, 0, 0);[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]public[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]enum[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af][SIZE=2][COLOR=#2b91af]WMessages[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] : [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]uint[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]{ [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]WM_LBUTTONDOWN = 0x201, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Left mousebutton down [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_LBUTTONUP = 0x202, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Left mousebutton up [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x203, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Left mousebutton doubleclick [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_RBUTTONDOWN = 0x204, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Right mousebutton down [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_RBUTTONUP = 0x205, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Right mousebutton up [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK = 0x206, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Right mousebutton doubleclick [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_KEYDOWN = 0x100, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Key down [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]WM_KEYUP = 0x101, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]//Key up [/COLOR][/SIZE]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]} [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]public[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]int[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] MakeLParam([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]int[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] LoWord, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]int[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] HiWord) [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]{ [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]return[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] ((HiWord << 16) | (LoWord & 0xffff)); [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]} [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]}[/SIZE]
I found the remaining 4 by using remote spy. Great advice. I did that and actually figured it out before reading your last post though.
Remote Spy ultimately got me on the right track along with getting the window and sending it messages.
Such a great tool.
Thank you for your help.
It's almost 3am where I live, so I am going to get some sleep now.
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oh! Now this looks quite lengthy. And it's only working on your current screen resolution.

RAMMANN said:
Oh if you can't get it done at all! Another way you might want to try is using kbd_event() and simulate the hardware buttons (volume up/down) but I haven't tried it and I don't know which keycodes you need. Probably it's even the better solution but I just randomly figured out the WM_LBUTTON* method when working on Taskbar launcher and thought it's easy enough. 3 lines of codes, that is. Yes..... yes.... I know the kbd_event might even be a 1 liner. So I'm sorry for any irritation but I hope one of those methods finally works for you!
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I have it working and just posted the code to do it.
Problem is that the hardware buttons launch the ugly windows mobile volume control.
I was writing this, so that I could launch the HTC Volume Control from the volume button key presses.
I still have to add more to handle the volume button presses but that will have to wait until tomorrow to start.
Thanks again for your help.
Using Remote Spy was the key.

RAMMANN said:
oh! Now this looks quite lengthy. And it's only working on your current screen resolution.
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The purpose is so that I can have the volume buttons launch the HTC Volume Control.
Currently it launches the ugly Windows Mobile Volume Control for all Raphael / Touch Pro / Fuze Roms that use the later 6.5.x builds such as 23529.
It does work when it's in landscape 2, so I am thinking the first 2 messages might not even be needed.
It's already working properly with Rhodium, Topez, and Leo without needing to do anything like this.

App that launches HTC Volume Control
This is really just a proof of concept app.
I wrote this for the Fuze and that is currently the only device that I know it works on.
But, the good news is that we can now launch the HTC Volume Control from code.
There are now multiple ways we can make the volume buttons launch the HTC Volume Control with this.
small exe that launches it so any existing keymapper program can launch the volume control.
exe that handles the vol up and vol down key strokes and launches it.

JVH3 said:
The purpose is so that I can have the volume buttons launch the HTC Volume Control.
Currently it launches the ugly Windows Mobile Volume Control for all Raphael / Touch Pro / Fuze Roms that use the later 6.5.x builds such as 23529.
It does work when it's in landscape 2, so I am thinking the first 2 messages might not even be needed.
It's already working properly with Rhodium, Topez, and Leo without needing to do anything like this.
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Ah! Ok! I see! I also had the old ugly volume controls appear on my Topaz when cooking some 6.5.x on it, but I had installed S2U and it replaces the Volume control so this was fine with me.
About your approach to launch the Volume Control, I'm still wondering why it didn't work on your device with the coordinates I told you. As a result it would only be 3 simple lines of code and that's it:
FindWindow(HHTaskbar)
SendMessage(WM_LBUTTONDOWN)
SendMessage(WM_LBUTTONUP)
Like suggested in another thread ("restart Manila") you maybe should also use PostMessage instead of SendMessage to make it more stable.

RAMMANN said:
Ah! Ok! I see! I also had the old ugly volume controls appear on my Topaz when cooking some 6.5.x on it, but I had installed S2U and it replaces the Volume control so this was fine with me.
About your approach to launch the Volume Control, I'm still wondering why it didn't work on your device with the coordinates I told you. As a result it would only be 3 simple lines of code and that's it:
FindWindow(HHTaskbar)
SendMessage(WM_LBUTTONDOWN)
SendMessage(WM_LBUTTONUP)
Like suggested in another thread ("restart Manila") you maybe should also use PostMessage instead of SendMessage to make it more stable.
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I might change that.
I did try the way you had posted with the coordinates provided.
I am using the ArkSoft taskmanage.
I'm really tired right now, but I think I remember it activating the ArkSoft task manager.
I need to go get some sleep now.

JVH3 said:
I might change that.
I did try the way you had posted with the coordinates provided.
I am using the ArkSoft taskmanage.
I'm really tired right now, but I think I remember it activating the ArkSoft task manager.
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I see. So the guy seems to got the same problem I got. On devices on which the HTC Volume control is working (older builds?) it should have the effect, that when the user hits the Volume up/down it would launch ArkSoft instead of HTC Volume Control
JVH3 said:
I need to go get some sleep now.
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Goodnight!
Tomorrow you can try to move ArkSoft activation area and try again. If happens what I wrote before then you can use the method I first told, ArkSoft has to fix his taskman, and finally you got a stable way to launch HTC Volume Control. if you then code the app in native C then you even got a responsive way to launch it Otherwise I could also build a small EXE and upload if you're interested.

Very interesting thread. Definitely will make a donation for who fixes this for those devices not running htcvolume in combination with wm6.5.x.
Im on a blackstone and this is the only big flaw in the new builds

I still need to do a little work.
I just noticed that it does not launch it if there are notifications, such as new email.
Instead it launches somethign else.
But, after dismissing the notification, then it works.
i noticed the slider that appears after closing the clock has an extra icon on it.
So, I probably need to send message left mouse down.
and then move mouse left maybe 100px, since it will stop.
this assumes notifications are always to the left of the volume (windows logo) icon.
I think this will work, but I am at work.

I think you are going crazy this way. I still suggest: try the original commands I told you. If Arcsoft is launching instead, move the activation area somewhere else. I'm pretty sure you get HTC Volume Control launch properly (and simple).

RAMMANN said:
I think you are going crazy this way. I still suggest: try the original commands I told you. If Arcsoft is launching instead, move the activation area somewhere else. I'm pretty sure you get HTC Volume Control launch properly (and simple).
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I will try when I get home. I am at work for a little while longer.
My activation area for ArkSwitch is the upper left and it's not that big.
When you did this, were you using a later build of Windows, such as 23529, 23518, etc.
It has been a problem with all 6.5.1, 6.5.3, and 6.5.5 ROMs where the volume buttons won't launch the HTC Volume control.
The TaskBar with these builds changed. It's not as tall.
Only recently were they able to get these to work, by using packages from a Leo. But they did not get it to work for anything other than Rhodium, Topaz, and Leo.
I will still try.
If I manually launch the Volume Control, I must click on the clock, and then click on the windows logo in the notification region that drops down, as described in the post with the pictures.
So, I would expect that I would need 2 sets of messages for each click.
Unless the specifc 1 pixel will trigger it. But since this task bar is not the same taskbar as with Windows Mobile 6.1 or 6.5, the behavior may be different.
It will be at least an hour before I get to this.

Change to original suggestion did not work
staticvoid Main(string[] args)
{
IntPtr hWnd = FindWindow("HHTaskBar", null);
uint LParam = (uint)MakeLParam(367, 26);
SendMessage(hWnd, (uint)WMessages.WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0, LParam);
SendMessage(hWnd, (uint)WMessages.WM_LBUTTONUP, 0, LParam);
}
It just makes it show the larger Notification region like I showed in the post with the picture.
I killed ArkSwitch, QuickMenu, and ChangeScreen before testing.
I am going to try several variants of the y coordinate, since the taskbar is shorter in 6.5.5 that 6.1 and 6.5.
I tried with all y coordinate betweed 0 to 36 with x fixed at 367.
This method does not appear to work for Windows Mobile 6.5.5
I will return to my original way and add the additional messages for a moues move to the left.

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A simple Question

Hi, I Got my T-Mo TP2 the other day (used to have a x7501) and there is one thing that's driving me CRAZY. When TF3D is enabled how do you change the soft keys to something else and rename them? I tried using SK-tools but that didn't work either. When I go to "setting,personal, Menus, buttons" the only one listed is the "Send" button in the list. Is there a reg hack to fix this?
Also PBar will not work with TF3d?? Thanks...Tj

Install Advanced Config. Under Menu>More Settings>Key Mapping, you can change the softkeys from here
To get it, search!!

Hmm Ok I did that and it still opens the Camera on left soft key and People on the right one...I also tried this with SK Tools. For some reason after TF3D starts it goes to the default soft keys, Maybe it has something to do with it being a T-mo phone?...Tj

did you try a soft reset? It worked for me, may becuase I've got the WWE...

mihii said:
did you try a soft reset? It worked for me, may becuase I've got the WWE...
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Yep did a SR about 8,000 times ...lol...Thanks for the ideas...Tj

TrekkerJmm said:
Hi, I Got my T-Mo TP2 the other day (used to have a x7501) and there is one thing that's driving me CRAZY. When TF3D is enabled how do you change the soft keys to something else and rename them? I tried using SK-tools but that didn't work either. When I go to "setting,personal, Menus, buttons" the only one listed is the "Send" button in the list. Is there a reg hack to fix this?
Also PBar will not work with TF3d?? Thanks...Tj
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To Modify left/right home softkeys in Manilla (Touch Flow 3D) you can edit the Registry as follows.
DEFAULT: All Fields Blank.
HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila
The Left key keys are as follows (I've setup to Opera):
HomeLSKText = Web
HomeLSKPath = \windows\Opera Browser.lnk
(I've left my right key default for the moment - i.e. blank which will default to camera.)
The right key registry keys are as follows:
HomeRSKText
HomeRSKPath
After you have finished do a Soft Reset - (no need for 8,000 SR )
Enjoy!

Have any Idea how to add HTC's Program List as a softkey? I don't like the launcher but I like the list. I'd rather get rid of the programs tab and just launch the programs list from the home page.

haongusa said:
To Modify left/right home softkeys in Manilla (Touch Flow 3D) you can edit the Registry as follows.
DEFAULT: All Fields Blank.
HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila
The Left key keys are as follows (I've setup to Opera):
HomeLSKText = Web
HomeLSKPath = \windows\Opera Browser.lnk
(I've left my right key default for the moment - i.e. blank which will default to camera.)
The right key registry keys are as follows:
HomeRSKText
HomeRSKPath
After you have finished do a Soft Reset - (no need for 8,000 SR )
Enjoy!
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Ahh OK now thats much better, thought I was in for 8001...lol...Tj

After finally managing to get rid of my horrid vodafone theme, I've noticed that the soft keys have changed from All People/Internet to Phone/Camera.
The camera one is super annoying as I'm always pressing it by accident, using the hack above I have managed to change the right key back to internet, but I'm struggling with the left key.
Can someone tell me what the HomeLSKPath needs to be to bring up 'All People'
TIA

haongusa said:
To Modify left/right home softkeys in Manilla (Touch Flow 3D) you can edit the Registry as follows.
DEFAULT: All Fields Blank.
HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila
The Left key keys are as follows (I've setup to Opera):
HomeLSKText = Web
HomeLSKPath = \windows\Opera Browser.lnk
(I've left my right key default for the moment - i.e. blank which will default to camera.)
The right key registry keys are as follows:
HomeRSKText
HomeRSKPath
After you have finished do a Soft Reset - (no need for 8,000 SR )
Enjoy!
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HI,
Newbie here...just got my TP2 last week. If I want to swith the Left soft key to Contacts, what to i write n HOMELSKPATH= . Cant see to get it to work...thanks in advance..
KL

For those looking for Contacts/All People in the link.
Can't test this, as I'm using Finger-Friendly-Friends as my contact manager, but.....
To get the contacts application try the following in the path:
\Windows\Start Menu\Contacts.lnk
If you have "Contacts" in your start menu then this should work.
If you don't have "Contacts" in your start menu then:
Temperorly put it there
Copy the file (\Windows\Start Menu\Contacts.lnk) to your PC
Edit it with notepad (or similar).
Use the path that you see in this file.
You can now remove "Contacts" from your start menu again.
Hope this helps.

I hate the camera softkey being there also. I hit it by mistake all the time. I would like it to be Opera too I think and the all contacts can stay on the right.. I don't know what I am doing but I may try to edit mine. I am new to all this.. I have Total Commander is that how I get to my registry to modify it?

i too need assistance w/ remapping the camera softkey...i dont know why they would have made that a default location for a business phone...

Some problem..
haongusa said:
To Modify left/right home softkeys in Manilla (Touch Flow 3D) you can edit the Registry as follows.
DEFAULT: All Fields Blank.
HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila
The Left key keys are as follows (I've setup to Opera):
HomeLSKText = Web
HomeLSKPath = \windows\Opera Browser.lnk
(I've left my right key default for the moment - i.e. blank which will default to camera.)
The right key registry keys are as follows:
HomeRSKText
HomeRSKPath
After you have finished do a Soft Reset - (no need for 8,000 SR )
Enjoy!
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Hey,
I tried at first just changing the name of the softkeys and by that it stopped function. and after locking the phone it goes back to default, and i need to switch to other screen (ie contacts/calender etc) and when i am back to home it returns to whatever i changed it to.
any idea why?

TouchFLO 3D Can't change home softkey... bug?

Has anyone been successful with this? No amount of hacking is allowing me to change the soft key for the touchflo 3d home page section...
I have used Advance Config, TouchFlo Detacher and Registry editing:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila
HomeLSKText = Text on softkey
HomeLSKPath = Path to program to run (or blank for default)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila
HomeRSKText = Text on softkey
HomeRSKPath = Path to program to run (or blank for default)
My result:
The text changes but the button will not launch program.
Search for a way to have it work leads me to the same result. could it be the version of manila?
my touch pro 2 is sprint version. I read one other forum where a tmobile version could not get this working either with my same result.
any info would be helpful. thanks

I used only the Advance Config
it works fine with me

Since I just cleared my storage (cause I manage to **** up the touch flo and have two settings and no calendar tab), I will try advance config first without touching the registry.

Ok I just realized Advanced Config does not remap the softkey for the TouchFLO 3D shell. It remaps the regular today screen's softkey. Unless I'm doing something wrong, here's what I did.
1. open advance config
2. press menu (right soft key)
3. clicked "more settings"
4. clicked "key mapping"
5. key mapping configuration for path and text shows up, did the changes.
of course since this only remaps the regular screen's softkey, the change does not show on the touch flo 3d home page soft key (where camera is).

I had a similar issue trying to set up TFDetacher and my Sprint TP2. I ended up hard resetting because it was jacked up. I haven't had a chance to try to fix yet.

I had the same issue, but only with the left softkey. Till now I found no solution.

Baluliloe said:
I had the same issue, but only with the left softkey. Till now I found no solution.
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Problem is that (at least on my TMO unit, but I've seen others report the same thing)
HomeLSKText - Changes Text on the left softkey
HomeRSKText - Changes Text on the right softkey
HomeLSKPath - Doesn't appear to do anything!
HomeRSKPath - Changes application launched by LEFT softkey (note - that is NOT a typo!)
i.e - it's easy to change the left softkey on the Manilla home page, but so far I've not found out how to change the right softkey - though I've seen screen caps here that show it changed, so it is clearly possible.
-Steve

On the sprint version there is no fix as of yet you can change the name on the key, but the activation is still contacts, this is with reg edits and programs i have tried.

Keyswop - changes the phone or Lock softkey.... still trying to find something to change the Touchflo 3d Icons so I can attach different movie players and such to the interface though.
Styg
http://mobisapienz.com/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=82&task=view.download&cid=57

yes, that was my other ultimate goal was to make those other touchflo tabs into buttons rather then 'tabs', that opened programs. personally I don't want ANY tabs, and just keep the touchflo on the home page, but disabling the tabs also disable their overlay features (hence loading from quick programs doesn't load the touchflo version like calendars).

Think the answer for remapping the soft keys in Manila TF3d home are as follows (using windows calendar as an example):
Within the registry.
1) HKLM\software\HTC\Manila
Within that folder see if the following string exists and change the value - if it doesn't then create it:
Value Name "HomeLSKArguments "
Value Data "-manila off"
(without the quotes)
Then next string
Value Name "HomeLSKPath"
Value Data "\windows\calendar.exe"
Then next string
Value Name "HomeLSKText"
Value Data "Calendar"
(Don't enter the quotes above)
This works for me and remaps the left soft key to open the normal windows calendar program. Also works with Right Soft Key simply by changing LSK to RSK - (got my RSK taking me straight to Comm Manager)
Good luck
Barney

Barneyabz said:
Think the answer for remapping the soft keys in Manila TF3d home are as follows (using windows calendar as an example):
Within the registry.
1) HKLM\software\HTC\Manila
Within that folder see if the following string exists and change the value - if it doesn't then create it:
Value Name "HomeLSKArguments "
Value Data "-manila off"
(without the quotes)
Then next string
Value Name "HomeLSKPath"
Value Data "\windows\calendar.exe"
Then next string
Value Name "HomeLSKText"
Value Data "Calendar"
(Don't enter the quotes above)
This works for me and remaps the left soft key to open the normal windows calendar program. Also works with Right Soft Key simply by changing LSK to RSK - (got my RSK taking me straight to Comm Manager)
Good luck
Barney
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thanks for the input. at least now I know the arguments path is probably important. However, it still does not work. same results, text changes, but does not operate. =(

nope did not work 4 me, maybe we can have other sprint users try this out to see if they are successful.Are you sure this is step by step in how you accomplished this?

I think I may have figured it out or at least am on to something...
I remapped my LEFT softkey to open Windows Media Player.
HomeLSKArguments:
HomeLSKPath:
HomeLSKText:Media Player
HomeRSKArguments:
HomeRSKPath:\Windows\wmplayer.exe
HomeRSKText
I have a brand new Sprint TP2.

dshosu said:
I think I may have figured it out or at least am on to something...
I remapped my LEFT softkey to open Windows Media Player.
HomeLSKArguments:-manila off
HomeLSKPath:
HomeLSKText:Media Player
HomeRSKArguments:
HomeRSKPath:\Windows\wmplayer.exe
HomeRSKText
I have a brand new Sprint TP2.
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I believe you figured it out. Arguments is not needed though. -manila off doesn't do anything.
So RSKPath points to left... that's really annoying. I remember reading this somewhere, but it was so ridiculous that I never tried it. LSKPath doesn't do anything though. =( Definitely a bug somewhere

yeah the left key can be re-mapped, its the right key that activates contacts and has yet to be changed.

mankoorb said:
yeah the left key can be re-mapped, its the right key that activates contacts and has yet to be changed.
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Ahh bummer. I though I figured something out.
But just to be clear:
Only Sprint customers are having problems with remapping the softkeys, and it's only the right softkey.
The Verizon Touch Pro2 doesn't have to reverse the RSK/LSK paths AND can remap the RSK.
Maybe someone should re-title this as a Sprint only problem?

I've also read some tmoble have this problem too.
just curious, what version of manila do people have? (listed in the same registry location).
mine is 2.1.38416.1 and I am with Sprint.

@ dshosu: idk about tmobile but sprint versions has this issue, verizon's dont.
@ tonefour: i have the same manila version.

Mine is exactly the same, I just got mine yesterday from Sprint (2.1.38416.1)

Help toremove awfull Windows volume controler

Hi all!
I use the WM6.5 ROM V64 (Core 23053) w/ LEO-MANILA/FOOTPRINT (thanks to PDAVIET).
I would like to remove the awful WM volume controler and replace it by the HTC volume controler. I do not want to use SetVolume application.
I remark that HTCVOLUME key does not exist (reg, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\BOOtLauncher\Servic e). I creat the Key HTCVOLUME and creat module ="\Windows\HTCVolumeControl.dll"
When I make a soft reset, again the awfull windows is present.
What is the dll file is launching when the Awfull window is running???
No idea???
Thanks!

Can someon post a copy of the HTCVolume key service from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\BOOtLauncher\Service or other?
I try to copy the same reg to my HD...
Regards!

here a picture of the awfull windows pop-up:

I second that!
I have been trying the same stuff...but to no avail
Seems to be an issue with WINMO BUILD 23053.
I finally gave up.
But I did find that if i use S2U2 ver 2.04 and use the VOLUME CONTROL in that app...it will override the horrible winmo volume control
so maybe the answer is there somewhere???
I do graphics though, not so good with registry...

Why search for registry settings to turn of the ugly Windows pop-up volume control when you can install the HTC Volume Control?
I believe there is one in Miri's Cab Repository : http://blog.celogeek.com/mobile/mobile-blackstone/mirror-for-miris-rom/
Don't know if that works, but I do know that it looks and acts way better!

ok Duncank, lets me try it and give a feed-back in minute! Well, but do you know which reg key control Windows' pop-up???

No Duncank, it not changes the awfull windows pop-up??? The only things it changed it the volume icon in taskbar, the customised one is now replaced by the Windows standard...

no go
Yeah I tried that cab as well....doesnt help...
I asked Agent47 makes the Valkyrie ROMS for our xperias....he said he hasnt found a way in the newer builds...23047 and up
Its gonna have to be a reg setting...

LikeM8 said:
No Duncank, it not changes the awfull windows pop-up??? The only things it changed it the volume icon in taskbar, the customised one is now replaced by the Windows standard...
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Okay too bad, it worked in older windows 6.5 builds.
I don't know the keys for the windows volume pop-up, and I searched the registry for "volume" and the two most likely keys are "HKLM\Control Panel\Volume" and "HKLM\Software\HTC\Volumeoverlay"
But what exactly do you want to do with the registry-keys? Do you want to disable the standard windows volume pop-up? Because than you have nothing to change the volume with...
I think you have to search for something to replace the volumecontrols by. Most likely this will disable the standard pop-up too.

With the key (if exist), I would like to disable the pop-up... I make some changes in volumeoverlay, but result is the same.
I replace also the HTCVolumeControl.dll, same result also.
I am loooking for the dll file which are pointed for Windows control volume application and launching the pop-up windows.
I try the other key and give my feeedback as soon as posible.
LikeM8

HKLM\Control Panel\Volume points to Group reg with "4294967295" value, what it is mean????
I don't know

Instead of using the vol. control hard buttons, tap top left corner (where start button of taskbar used to be). You will note a pop-up menu. then tape in the middle soft button (square wm logo). Then you will see the 2 large Volume control bars
Also you can change its colors with HD Colored Volume cabs

pasil.pt said:
Instead of using the vol. control hard buttons, tap top left corner (where start button of taskbar used to be). You will note a pop-up menu. then tape in the middle soft button (square wm logo). Then you will see the 2 large Volume control bars
Also you can change its colors with HD Colored Volume cabs
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At my phone that is the same ugly windows pop-up screen as LikeM8 is trying to remove...

can someone said which dll is running whanr the colume controller is launching?

can someone know which dll file or exe is used to lunch windows volume controler pop?

Any updates?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395695
this is what you all are looking for
you folks have just got to do with this cuz this is a known problem with the newer ms build... they havent implemented HTC volume control

yes, the application it's very useful.but the working volume in a call, depends by the rom. i'm using 23081 and working fine

tbh would still like to use the HTC one that is inbuilt. It is peculiar that hw buttons give the WM version, but the softkey (WM curtain button) gives the HTC one
any ideas?

[2nd release]SenseSlider .NET CF Control 0.2

Because the SenseSDK which is available at xda lacks a control for the HTC Slider I tried to create my own.
I finally fixed some bugs and changed a bit of the behavior and here is the first release version of my SenseSlider control.
The 2nd release is ready and stable. See Changelog for further info.
Features:
mimics HTC Slider
fully functional .net Control
does not depend on images for the bar background/slider thumb (drawn at runtime) and therefore allows different color-schemes
events for SelectedIndexChanged, StartedSliding, StoppedSliding, OnSliding (Gives thes index of the hovered icon)
supports vibration (aka haptic feedback)
includes a semi-transparent panel for overlay when sliding
does not depend on other control collections (SenseSDK only used for demo application; can be used with any other collection) (does not apply for new version, uses SmartDeviceFrameWork)
changes in the 2nd release:
uses the IImaging-Implementation of the SmartDevice-Framework and is now stable and more flexible (load the IImages with SDF in any way and add them to the slider)
supports an imagefile as slider thumb (see attached screenshot)
great speed improvement (fixed a bug which slowed drawing down)
made the source code of the demo application a lot more readable and understandable (or at least I hope so )
I uploaded a demo application to show some of the control's features. The source code for the demo is also available.
To use the Slider in your own applications just add the SenseSlider.dll and instantiate LunaticShade.SenseSlider (see the source of the demo application for details). (The new Version needs also the OpenNETCF Assemblies enclosed in the package or an installed version of the SmartDeviceFramework on the target device)
At this time the control cannot be drawn at designtime (due to heavy P/Invokes) but you can set the properties and events with the property editor.
Please report any bugs you may encounter.
If you got questions just ask

looks quite interesting. I will give it a try as soon as I can integrate in my apps (testing makes no sense - I also have HD2 )
keep on developing!
Obelix

Looks cool ! I'll try it as soon as a release is available !

Looks nice, not exactly like Sense (no vibration, no left-right/right-left gesture, if I tap&hold some icon and then swipe to left or right, the slider doesn't follow my finger), but good. Can't wait to be able to use it in my apps

first release,
see first post

That's VERY nice mate. I'm also particularly pleased that you used the Sense SDK interface in your demo, as I was considering using this slider in one of my apps that uses the Sense SDK heavily. I'm not considering it any more though - I'm all over it
I'm not currently at a dev machine and therefore can't really check out the control, so I do have one question that I may be able to answer if I looked in the IDE. Can you stop it changing page by sliding left and right on the page itself? I'd rather people had to use the slider to change page.
But yeah, very nice - thanks a lot!

I'm glad to hear that you like it.
johncmolyneux said:
Can you stop it changing page by sliding left and right on the page itself? I'd rather people had to use the slider to change page.
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Actually it is the WinMo 6.5 TabControl which exposes this behavior. If you slide over a TabPage it changes the tab respectively, the senseslider then only reflects this action. So this is not the default behavior of the Slider (actually you could just set back the SelectedTab if it was not changed by the SenseSlider).

Ah fair enough. I didn't realise you'd used a tab control, but I guess that makes sense.
Thanks for the reply mate

nice control man.
i got 4-5 times a crash on the program. when i changed the button slider color, and stopped the vibration, then when i moved the slider fast from left to right, etc, an error occured.
overall nice work. i don't know if it is your icons, or the real time drawing, but the icons at the slider have a very bad quality. hope you can make the graphics much more similar to the HTC Slider looks
well done for a 0.1 version.

anyone knows what is wrong with this line?
Dim imageNames = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().Where(Function(r) r.Contains("_b"))
i can't get the slider to work having a vb code. this slider needs so many things. i guess the reason that my slider is not working right now is because of the above code line, which returns me nothing, even though i have a picture which contains _b in the name

TeDeV said:
anyone knows what is wrong with this line?
Dim imageNames = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().Where(Function(r) r.Contains("_b"))
i can't get the slider to work having a vb code. this slider needs so many things. i guess the reason that my slider is not working right now is because of the above code line, which returns me nothing, even though i have a picture which contains _b in the name
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your resources have to be embedded. in the file browser of visual studio open the Resources folder (not the resx file!) select the images and in the property window change Build action to embed in resx.

i tried that, but when i add the image in the resources file, and choose the embed build action, i get errors
DividedByZeroException
stackTrace....
"σε LunaticShade.SenseSlider.Draw(Graphics g, Int32 x, Int32 y) σε LunaticShade.SenseSlider.Draw(Graphics g) σε LunaticShade.SenseSlider.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) σε System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam) σε System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam) σε Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain) σε System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm) σε PrimeKeys.Form1.Main() "
i also have a question.
how do you "connect" the senseSlider with the tabControl?
for example.... if i had two tabcontrols, how does the SenseSlider, knows which tabcontrol to bind?
i can't find that code in your sample.

TeDeV said:
i tried that, but when i add the image in the resources file, and choose the embed build action, i get errors
DividedByZeroException
stackTrace....
"σε LunaticShade.SenseSlider.Draw(Graphics g, Int32 x, Int32 y) σε LunaticShade.SenseSlider.Draw(Graphics g) σε LunaticShade.SenseSlider.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) σε System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam) σε System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam) σε Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain) σε System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm) σε PrimeKeys.Form1.Main() "
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hm, that's strange. are you using pngs? did you set the IconSize Property of the senseslider? maybe a call of senseslider.updatevalues() in your constructor helps.
i also have a question.
how do you "connect" the senseSlider with the tabControl?
for example.... if i had two tabcontrols, how does the SenseSlider, knows which tabcontrol to bind?
i can't find that code in your sample.
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actually the senseslider does not know that it controls a tabcontrol. It raises the event SelectedIndexChanged when the user selects an icon. In this event I activate the corresponding TabPage to be active.

yes but the corresponding tabpage of which tabcontrol?
if i have 2 tabcontrols, with 5-6 tabpages inside each tabcontrol, how does the slider knows, to which tabcontrol to bind? i don't get it.
i am creating the senseSlider dynamically. and this is my code...
senseSlider.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 554) '504
'senseSlider.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom
senseSlider.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(480, 84)
senseSlider.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(CInt(CByte((239))), CInt(CByte((235))), CInt(CByte((239))))
senseSlider.BorderBaseColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(CInt(CByte((235))), CInt(CByte((235))), CInt(CByte((235))))
senseSlider.DarkBaseColor = System.Drawing.Color.Silver
senseSlider.DarkSliderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(CInt(CByte((35))), CInt(CByte((35))), CInt(CByte((35))))
senseSlider.HapticFeedback = True
senseSlider.IconSize = New System.Drawing.Size(72, 72) '56,56
senseSlider.IconSpacing = 25
senseSlider.LightSliderColor = System.Drawing.Color.Silver
senseSlider.UpdateValues()
'=====================
anything wrong there?
ok i have figured it out. it is the IconSize! if i use other png images with different dimensions than yours, then i get that error, no matter what. i don't get it. what is 56,56? because none of your icons are 56x56

yes but the corresponding tabpage of which tabcontrol?
if i have 2 tabcontrols, with 5-6 tabpages inside each tabcontrol, how does the slider knows, to which tabcontrol to bind? i don't get it.
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The senseslider does not bind to a TabControl it only informs you that the SelectedIndex was changed. In the event handler for SelectedIndexChanged you decide what to do then. That is which TabControl to refresh. If you do nothing, nothing will happen. (In the sample I subscribed to the SelectedIndexChanged event and change the SelectedIndex of the TabControl to the SelectedIndex of the Slider by code).
ok i have figured it out. it is the IconSize! if i use other png images with different dimensions than yours, then i get that error, no matter what. i don't get it. what is 56,56? because none of your icons are 56x56
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The IconSize only says how big the Icons are drawn. If they are smaller or bigger they will be stretched. I don't know why this does not work but
i will try to figure this out.

Very nice. I've been wanting to write something similar for an app that I want to write. You've just saved me a boatload of work! Thanx!
One issue that I saw though; when the app starts up, the ons screen keyboard icon is displayed over the slider. Opening and closing the keyboard hides the icon. Is there a way to have the application hide the keyboard icon on startup?

the slider must be able to DOCK = bottom.
if i have an app which rotates, then i can't use the height thing, in order to anchor.
and depending on the pda resolution the height will be different. and you have to consider that people want menu bar at the bottom, and not just the slider. so it is difficult to have this without dock = bottom.
thanks

TeDeV said:
the slider must be able to DOCK = bottom.
if i have an app which rotates, then i can't use the height thing, in order to anchor.
and depending on the pda resolution the height will be different. and you have to consider that people want menu bar at the bottom, and not just the slider. so it is difficult to have this without dock = bottom.
thanks
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But that's a very simple thing to manually code, so not an issue. It would be good to not have to code it though, so docking would be nice.
Edit:
Actually, forget coding. Just anchor it in a panel that's docked to the bottom of your form.

cool. thx for you job.

Wow
Fantastic work - really looking forward to seeing this develop. It's so frustrating that HTC don't just release this stuff so that the developers here can make the phone shine compared to android and iphone - the standard winmo controls are so 1980s !
Cheers
Ian

[N2E] Nook Touch - App Support for Hardware Buttons

I don't know about everyone else but I would love to see apps that support our Nook's hardware buttons for scrolling and turning pages. I created an small app just to find out exactly what these buttons were. I have attached the test apk and the source for it.
The buttons generate a KeyEvent that can be captured in the normal manner for handling key presses.
Left top button - 92
Left bottom button - 93
Right top button - 94
Right bottom button - 95
All the developer has to do is test for those in addition to whatever they are already monitoring for. I am going to begin emailing developers with this information and see if I get any "takers". I have emailed the following and will post a status here if I hear back:
Kindle - 5/16: Received an email saying the suggestion would be forwarded on to the appropriate development group
NewsRob (via google group) - 5/16: The developer is going to add page up/down and article up/down support!
FeedR - 5/16: Email sent
Aldiko - 5/16: Email sent
FBReader - 5/16: Email sent
In addition I am going to add hardware button support to some open source apps. I have located a number of open source RSS apps:
http://code.google.com/p/feedgoal/
http://code.google.com/p/feeddroid/
http://code.google.com/p/reader/
As an example of what we can do I have attached an updated FeedGoal where I have added support for the hardware buttons to scroll up and down on a feed article.
Update 5/17/2011:
I have modified the Browser from the stock Eclair to support page buttons and compiled it. When I try to start it on the Nook it comes up and then shuts down. One of the times I saw a "signing in" box. My thoughts is that it is trying to do something that requires gapps on the phone? If anyone has any ideas I'd be glad to try them.

* Reserved

Keys are actually
key 407 RIGHT_NEXTPAGE
key 412 LEFT_NEXTPAGE
key 139 LEFT_PREVPAGE
key 158 RIGHT_PREVPAGE

xboxexpert said:
Keys are actually
key 407 RIGHT_NEXTPAGE
key 412 LEFT_NEXTPAGE
key 139 LEFT_PREVPAGE
key 158 RIGHT_PREVPAGE
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Those numbers are the scancodes from the keymap file TWL4030_Keypad.kl. If you are wanting to watch for key inputs in an Android application you override the "onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)" method and the "int keycode" that get's printed out is 92-95.
The format of the keymap file (TWL4030_Keypad.kl) is "key SCANCODE KEYCODE [FLAGS...]". In your example 407 is the SCANCODE and "RIGHT_NEXTPAGE" is the KEYCODE. The numerical value of "RIGHT_NEXTPAGE" is either 94 or 95 depending on how you set your Nook up.
If someone wants give the two attached apk's and test and verify (I've already ran them myself) that they do work as intended that would be great.
- The TouchTest should print out 92-95 (keycode) on the screen when you press them.
- The FeedGoal should page up and down when you press the right or left side keys. I may go back and change the left side to be page up/down and the right side to be article back/forward.

ReadItLater
I add a ticket to ReaditLater Support Forum.
http://support.readitlaterlist.com/...droid-support-for-nook-touch-hardware-buttons
update:
i contact the dev of electrodroid, too
are there new answers from the devs?

If you remaps two keys to VOLUME_UP and VOLUME_DOWN, almost all reading-centric programs work will hardware buttons. I have tested:
Read It Later
Kindle
Aldiko
FBreader
CoolReader
Moon+Reader
RSSdaemon
NewsRob
BuzzBox RSS reader
They all works with remapped buttons.

aruangra said:
If you remaps two keys to VOLUME_UP and VOLUME_DOWN, almost all reading-centric programs work will hardware buttons.
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yes, of course.
but this is just a workaround and i already recognized that there are situations where i have to take the nook in the other hand to turn a page...
for example: i use the left keys remapped to volume for readitlater, so i can only use the right keys on the default reader app (which i prefer).
i think for some apps you will always have to do this remapping, especially for the kindle app in my thougts.
and it seems to me that the devs will easily can integrate this buttons in their apps.
a lot of other apps are already working with the default mapping:
e-mail
twicca
titanium backup
root explorer
alogcat
autostarts
moon+
...

Is there no way to remap the hardware buttons using like a driver software (sorry, completely noob regarding android software). Remapped buttons would help on repligo and ezpdf, my preferred readers.

I liked seeing the NewsRob support in the change log. But it only scrolls half a page down so you have to hit it twice.
I found that my old technique of remapping the key to SPACE worked better; SPACE is a page-down shortcut for most WebView apps. Unfortunately my SHIFT SPACE mapping in the layout file seemed to ignore the shift part. :-(
Android 3.0 adds real page up/down keys finally, so more apps should support the keycodes then. This isn't just a Nook issue; I've been trying to fix this on my Galaxy Tab too.
I blame Apple for not including a page down function because it's so "cool" to flick the screen around. Hope you have good timing.

Good news, everyone!
This weekend I received reply from FBReader authors. Here is the translation:
Since version 1.1.3 FBReader is able to read external file with actions mapped to keys. One can put keymap.xml file into main directory, which is /sdcard/Books by default.
File format can be seen in example:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
<binding key="4" action="cancelMenu"/>
<binding key="23" action="processHyperlink"/>
<binding key="24" action="volumeKeyScrollBackward"/>
<binding key="25" action="volumeKeyScrollForward"/>
<binding key="66" action="processHyperlink"/>
</keymap>
All possible actions are here:
Code:
String SHOW_LIBRARY = "library";
String SHOW_PREFERENCES = "preferences";
String SHOW_BOOK_INFO = "bookInfo";
String SHOW_TOC = "toc";
String SHOW_BOOKMARKS = "bookmarks";
String SHOW_NETWORK_LIBRARY = "networkLibrary";
String SWITCH_TO_NIGHT_PROFILE = "night";
String SWITCH_TO_DAY_PROFILE = "day";
String SEARCH = "search";
String FIND_PREVIOUS = "findPrevious";
String FIND_NEXT = "findNext";
String CLEAR_FIND_RESULTS = "clearFindResults";
String SET_TEXT_VIEW_MODE_VISIT_HYPERLINKS = "hyperlinksOnlyMode";
String SET_TEXT_VIEW_MODE_VISIT_ALL_WORDS = "dictionaryMode";
String TURN_PAGE_BACK = "previousPage";
String TURN_PAGE_FORWARD = "nextPage";
String VOLUME_KEY_SCROLL_FORWARD = "volumeKeyScrollForward";
String VOLUME_KEY_SCROLL_BACK = "volumeKeyScrollBackward";
String SHOW_MENU = "menu";
String SHOW_NAVIGATION = "navigate";
String GO_BACK = "goBack";
String EXIT = "exit";
String SHOW_CANCEL_MENU = "cancelMenu";
String ROTATE = "rotate";
String INCREASE_FONT = "increaseFont";
String DECREASE_FONT = "decreaseFont";
String PROCESS_HYPERLINK = "processHyperlink";
String SELECTION_SHOW_PANEL = "selectionShowPanel";
String SELECTION_HIDE_PANEL = "selectionHidePanel";
String SELECTION_CLEAR = "selectionClear";
String SELECTION_COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD = "selectionCopyToClipboard";
String SELECTION_SHARE = "selectionShare";
String SELECTION_TRANSLATE = "selectionTranslate";
String SELECTION_BOOKMARK = "selectionBookmark";
Program must be restarted in order to pick up changes in config file.
Can anyone test if this really works? I can't test it right now.
And, I suggest to make a donation to this wonderful program authors.
Cheers.

Great news!
If other developers would do the same, we'd be in heaven.
I'll only be able to try it tomorrow, but I'll inform as soon as I do it.

DenisTheMenace said:
Good news, everyone!
This weekend I received reply from FBReader authors. Here is the translation:
Since version 1.1.3 FBReader is able to read external file with actions mapped to keys. One can put keymap.xml file into main directory, which is /sdcard/Books by default.
Program must be restarted in order to pick up changes in config file.
Can anyone test if this really works? I can't test it right now.
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Thanks! It works very nicely with FBReader. My keymap.xml file:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
<binding key="92" action="nextPage"/>
<binding key="93" action="previousPage"/>
<binding key="94" action="nextPage"/>
<binding key="95" action="previousPage"/>
</keymap>
Does anyone know the key number of the Nook button? It's quite useless for FBReader and it would be nice to remap it to some other function. Thanks!

Anyone thought of trying to create a service that'd catch the button presses outside of the stock apps that'd then send the right command for whatever. For example if you press the page forward button or page backward button in stock apps it'd function as designed. If you push it somewhere else like within your custom launcher or another app it'd perform as menu/home/back whatever

GabrialDestruir said:
Anyone thought of trying to create a service that'd catch the button presses outside of the stock apps that'd then send the right command for whatever. For example if you press the page forward button or page backward button in stock apps it'd function as designed. If you push it somewhere else like within your custom launcher or another app it'd perform as menu/home/back whatever
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Yes for remapping the n-button. See this post. But still haven't had the time to do it. Too busy with work.

GabrialDestruir said:
Anyone thought of trying to create a service that'd catch the button presses outside of the stock apps that'd then send the right command for whatever. For example if you press the page forward button or page backward button in stock apps it'd function as designed. If you push it somewhere else like within your custom launcher or another app it'd perform as menu/home/back whatever
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I've started working on exactly this during this weekend. I have so far succeeded in creating service that runs in the background and makes the upper left button a "HOME" button - meaning it shows the home activity of your choice rather than the built in menu like the n button. I'll be glad to give more technical details on what I have learned so far (when I have time, probably next weekend).
In the mean time, I would like input from other users as to some specifics on how it should work.
Here is my current vision:
- Have option to start the service manually or automatically start at boot (currently hard coded to start a boot)
- The keylayout files can remain untouched so that they still work properly for the stock applications
- the service will be aware of what Activity is in the foreground and remap purpose the buttons accordingly.
- there will be a settings Activity that lets you choose the functionality of each button on a per application basis
- the choices will to be to broadcast an Intent or to create a virtual key press (for example, my "HOME" button does not actually cause a HOME key press, but broadcasts a act...MAIN cat...HOME intent, my next experiment will be to send Vol Up/Down keys when Kindle app is running)
And this is slightly off topic, but I would like put this on sourceforge or google so that others can contribute and have easy access to it. I've never done that before, so advice on this would be appreciated.

mycr0ft said:
but I would like put this on sourceforge or google so that others can contribute and have easy access to it. I've never done that before, so advice on this would be appreciated.
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May I suggest github? git is much more sophisticated than CVS/SVN and their clones.
I basically agree with the app functionality. May be I will take part in implementation (I wish there will be ~36-48 hours in a day )

Thanks for the advice. github looks promising.
Anyone interested can have a look:
Code:
https://github.com/mycr0ft/nook-touch-button-service
I've run into a bit of a problem with simulating a key press. The android developers have not made it easy (which is good for device security).
- I have tried Instrumentation.sendKey..., but that only works withing the same application. Even with the INJECT_EVENT permission, you cannot inject events into other applications (unless they are signed by the same packager). Repackaging every single app that you load does not sound like a good option.
- I have tried using the 'sendevent' shell command. This appears to be limited to only duplicating scan codes keys that actually exist.
- I am currently trying to compile uinput driver (available in the source code download from bn) and load it using insmod. I am stuck here for the time being because I can't figure out how to get it to compile to the right kernel version (version magic mismatch in dmesg)

I think you will need root to inject a key event in an other app
You can look at the SoftKeys source code (here), it may help you.
In the past, SoftKeys used a script called "input" to inject events (according to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10497165&postcount=309) but now it seems that it uses something else ...

mdall, thanks very much. this is very useful information.

Droid Comic Viewer
I think also Droid Comic Viewer would benefit from hardware buttons support.
It's a nice little comic reader app supporting all relevant formats (CBR, CBZ, ACV & image formats). Animations can be disabled and there's no dependency with touchscreen interface (it can be entirely operated with button actions). This would make it perfect for an e-ink screen.
I sent an email to the devs today, let's hope they get back to us!

Develop Bugs

welcome