QCD is my Deity, but can it do this?

[juggernott]

Hi everyone, I have been a QCD user for quite a long time. I was recently informed of this plugin for winamp:

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=110332

It would be so great to be able to control QCD player with the front of my laptop. Is there anyway someone can edit that plugin to work for QCD or tell me how to go about converting it to work for QCD? I'm not being lazy here, I just really don't know where to start. As of now, the front panel will only control Windows Media Player. But, as you can tell by my posting here, I don't really like that. If anyone can give me any information, that would be spectacular!

Thanks in advance.

[t_journeyman]

Have you tried the HotKeys plugin?


http://www.quinnware.com/list_plugins.php?plugin=44

[juggernott]

The problem is that the buttons aren't considered a part of the keyboard. So that pluging shant work.

Woe is me.

[Paul]

It would be a simple plugin to make, IF I had a Toshiba Satellite 5000.

[acozz]

While we're on the topic of laptops, would it be possible to update the hotkeys plugin to identify the "Function" key that is on many laptops. I'd like to use a hotkey of, say, Fn + F9 or something. Is that even possible?

[juggernott]

It would be a simple plugin to make, IF I had a Toshiba Satellite 5000.

Is there any way you can tell me where to start or even how to convert the one that works for winamp? I understand computer lingo, but that's about the extent of my knowledge on the subject.

[Paul]

If you get the source code to Winamp's plugin I can convert it.

[acozz]

Paul, does the hotkey plugin use virtual key codes? I found that if I press Fn + F9 the virtual key code is 179 but the hotkey plugin says the key is 'G' which is virtual key code 71.

[Paul]

That little field that captures the hotkey is a built in Windows control. Maybe it's inadequate.

[juggernott]

How would I go about getting that? Is that just the .dll ???

Do I email the author?

[Paul]

Yea, emailing the author is the best bet. There's not much I can do with the DLL unless I had the Toshiba. If you are technically inclined and have MS DevStudio you can use a tool called Spy++ to see what message those buttons are creating.

[acozz]

juggernott: email the author

Paul: did you set any rules on the control? If so, what did you set as the default replacement for the invalid command? Maybe it or'd the 179 with the replacement and got 71.