Let's get those Quickplay + Quickplay DVD buttons working on TX 1000/2000!

[danegreat]

Update 1: Scroll down for solution to launch a program with button!
After browsing around alot, I have found a solution, but it requires a bit of basic programming.

Update 2: Scroll down more for solution to send key-presses!


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To change the functionality of the buttons;
Rename QP.EXE in /programfiles/HP/Quickplay/ folder, and put the firefox.exe renamed into QP.exe there. That works for me at the moment!

....but for some reason the two buttons when pressed adds a different command parameter!

The dvd-button therefore launches the QP.EXE with the parameter "my_dvd"
while the Quickplay button adds "root"

So can't we make a simple executable program that when executed with the parameter "my_dvd" launches program A, and when executed with parameter "root" it starts program B ?


Perhaps even with a small settings program

[quantum]

I seriously wish I had at least a little knowledge about this stuff, but you seem to be on the right track from what I can tell... let's keep this one going people... smarty pants programmers to the rescue!

[danegreat]

Yeah, I'm sure the answer is out there. I don't think it's possible to change them using AutoHotkey programs, I have tried this, but I can't get the key to be recognized in the key-grabber.

so this 'dodgy' approach could be the only solution, unless HP wakes up and realized that no-one uses Quickplay anyway!

[ScotchtapeLoser]

you create an exe that you can actually select what program you want to launch.. (there would be two different programs selected..)

then have the varibles pass through. The EXE uses the root varible to open one program.. (firefox) while uses the Mydvd varible to open a different program. (something else)


If you program it right, you can have a gui interface that selects what program to open based on the varible.

[danegreat]

Scotchtapeloser: sounds about right, but unfortunately i do not have the mad-skills needed to create that .exe

Anyone around with the madskills?

[danegreat]

Problem solved!

http://www.nu2.nu/launch/

download and put launch.exe + launch.ini into QP folder, rename them to qp.exe + qp.ini.

and as an example, open qp.ini in text-edtor and put this in and save;

[default]
program=calc.exe

[my_dvd]
program=calc.exe

[root]
program=mspaint.exe

[end]

thanks! rep+

[ScotchtapeLoser]

hey thats pretty good! I was in the middle of creating something similiar.

[danegreat]

Scotchtapeloser: Maybe you can figure out how to make it execute keystrokes, like those brightness controls / fn buttons etc.

also, it shows a commandpromt window briefly, i don't know if that can be removed somehow. but at least it works! I have it setup to Internet Explorer and Outlook at the moment.

[key]

is it possible to map the buttons as key combinations using this exe?