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Lexikos · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 4473 Location: Qld, Australia

OK, I've confirmed the problem is to do with DPI Virtualisation, which requires Aero (also known as the DWM=Desktop Window Manager).

Guest · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:16 am Post subject:

thanks.

I set the xp flag and this resolved the windowpad problem! thanks!

Guest · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:12 am Post subject:

Hi again, Even though the XP flag solved the problem, I noticed the XP DPI mode doesn't really work that nice. I prefer the "new" DPI setting. However I understand that it seems to be to difficult to fix at the moment.

homemadev · Guest

how can i set one of the keys to ; (semicolon) in the WindowPad.ini file?

I want to use this key because it's real close to capslock in the Dvorak keyset.. luckily all of ',.aoe;qj work, except for semicolon.

for use in autohotkey w/o windowpad, see http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic6248.html

Lexikos · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 4473 Location: Qld, Australia

WindowPad uses the GetPrivateProfileSection function to read the hotkey sections from the INI file. This strips out lines which begin with ;. You can get around it by prepending a modifier to the hotkey, or using the virtual keycode (vk) or scan code (sc). I would suggest either the *wildcard or $usehook hotkey modifier. If you're using Capslock as a modifier key, the keyboard hook is probably already in use and there shouldn't be any downside of using $.

homemadev · Guest

thanks, that works on my winxp

alexisfch · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 64

Im tried to move my demul window (dreamcast emulator)
and I made aan script with this code:

Lexikos · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 4473 Location: Qld, Australia

Please read the "WindowPadMove" section of WindowPad.html, and note the following:

As in the AutoHotkey help file, [ brackets ] are used to denote optional parameters; i.e. parameters between [ and ] may be omitted, and the brackets themselves should not be used.
X and Y must be replaced with the appropriate value: -1, 0 or +1.
WidthFactor and HeightFactor, if specified, must be between 0.0 and 1.0.
WindowPad.exe is not a command. Use Run WindowPad.exe.

alexisfch · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 64

Many thanks Lexikos, I modified my .ahk to this:

Lexikos · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 4473 Location: Qld, Australia

Why did you remove the quotation marks???

edbert · Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 2

Lexikos, I've been noticing some weird stuff when I try to minimize MediaMonkey in my scripts. Basically it does not minimize correctly for me when I used WinMinimize, but with WindowPad, it works perfectly.

I noticed that in your windowpad code, you minimize a window using this command:

Lexikos · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 4473 Location: Qld, Australia

"PostMessage, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MINIMIZE" replicates what happens when you click the minimize button on the window or select Minimize from the window's system menu. The default handling of the message causes the window to be minimized (and also plays the system "minimize" sound), but each window may add its own handling for custom behaviour.

On the other hand, WinMinimize uses the Win32 API to directly minimize the window; it does something equivalent to this:

edbert · Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 2

Ah, right on, these music player apps seem to have an ability to minimize to a compact view. I had similar issue with iTunes.

So this would be the direct replacement for WinMimize,A

TP · Guest

Thank you guys, this is just what I need! Smile

ossandcad · Joined: 18 Feb 2010 Posts: 5

Thanks for this great script. Makes working with multiple windows on "older" PC (i.e. Vista) enjoyable.

But I found that WindowPad doesn't work for ONE specific Application Window. I am trying to figure out why. Any suggestions you have to help me debug this behavior would be most helpful.

If it helps then the Application Window is ScottradeElite (from www.scottrade.com).