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[Serenity]

Whilst theres several apps available that do the same thing, I wrote this script mainly to demonstrate that this can be done with AutoHotkey.

Running the main script places six icons in your systray like so:



Each icon has its own function (play, pause, stop etc) and changes to red temporarily to confirm the icon has been clicked.

You can download all the scripts and icons needed from here.

Some issues:
* In order for the main script to close all other icons along with itself you will need to compile each child script, or scriptlets as I like to think of them.
* Currently, clicking on the "Winamp" icon only activates Winamp. If Winamp is not running it will open it. I would like for the main "Winamp" icon to toggle all Winamp windows (main window, including playlist and equaliser windows) between active/minimized states.

Main script:

[jonny]

I like it... but I won't actually use it because I viciously guard my screen real estate, especially in the tray.

One thing that might incline me to give it a try, though, is if it were made toolbar-capable. This can be done easily my making scripts that perform their function when they're run, then immediately exit. In this way, you could add shortcuts to these scripts to a folder, then add that folder to the taskbar as a toolbar. Voila! Instant Winamp controls! You can even customize the icons, since they're shortcuts.

You up to the challenge?

[Serenity]

lol! Well I don't use it either as I already have Winampbar.

The toolbar idea is nice, but it means running something like ShortPopUp from the quicklaunch to get at the menu items, which means the functions are more than one click away. I prefer the idea of a small always-on-top toolwindow. For example, QuickTask puts the taskbar into a floating always-on-top tool window. To recreate something like that with AutoHotkey would be really cool.
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[jonny]

No, you don't need an app... on XP (and I'm pretty sure on older ones too, but I don't have one to test on), you can simply right-click the taskbar, go to the Toolbars submenu, then click New Toolbar.... This shows a dialog where you can select a folder. The contents of the folder will be displayed as quicklaunch-style icons.

Btw, VP's awesome. I've been wanting to sign up for some time, as their site is one of the best, but I'm the worst procrastinator the world has ever seen. (Well, fine, not the world, but at least this forum )

As for recreating a QuickTask-esque toolbar with AHK, I think it sounds possible, but it wouldn't be pretty. You could probably even use the existing icons you've made. I'll add it to my "I'll get around to it sometime" list. (This list is also my "boredom" list, and as I have disgustingly large amounts of free time, this list usually runs down pretty fast)

[Serenity]

Using the toolbar is good, I prefer using ShortPopUp in the quicklaunch for the control the .ini file offers.

I compiled stripped down versions the systray scriptlets (each .exe turns out to be 178kb!) so that I could specify my own icons in the menus.



The scriptlets for the toolbar/quicklaunch version:

[jonny]

Heh... you don't really have to compile, you know. All you have to do is make a shortcut to it, and then you can set the icon. Unless you're worried about that annoying little arrow, in which case I'd suggest MenuApp (IMHO a really good custom menu program, which I think has an option to turn off those darn arrows).

[Serenity]

I totally forgot you could use shortcuts! (No problem with the little arrow here, disabled that in the registry.) Now all we need is to be able to show icons for menu entries in menus made with AutoHotkey.
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[jonny]

That is already planned, suggested by yours truly. You won't see it in the planned features list, though, because it's still on the "informal" list.

[Pallie]

Serenity

I love it. There is no substitute for having you own version of existing programs so that you can build in your own functions. I plan to use this as a basis for controlling WINAMP remotely over the LAN.

Mike

[Serenity]

Thanks Mike.
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