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[mfgarcia]

Hi guys,

I'm a newbie at ahk. So I'm a little confused about all this scrip stuff (too much information ).

I need your help at an automated action on my laptop: every time I plug my TV to the laptop I need to press the keys FN + F5 (my laptop is a toshiba and FN is a special key).

I'd like a solution that automatically send my laptop image to the TV when I plug the cable. But I'd also be happy if that happens by pressing one single key.

TIA
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[Ian]

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Typically, the [Fn]+[F#] key combos on a laptop are not picked up by AHK because they tell don't trigger the usual "keyboard" type message.

Fn+F5 (enable secondary display) sends a message directly to the process 'program manager' telling it to enable the laptop's external monitor plug. (I think that's how it works anyways)

You can try browsing M$DN to find out what exactly that message is (then AHK can use it with SendMessage) " http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533235(VS.85).aspx "

And also the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\VIDEO\Device\Video2 seems like it might be involved.

btw: is it really so much trouble to press 2 keys at once?
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