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[halweg]

I've a MS Bluetooth Elite Keyboard and I think it may be helpful to share my experiences.
I use the 20 extended keys for different tasks. It will help me to make my work more efficiently. For instance the new created "scan key" (was "Next" Key) starts the scanner and converts paper to different file types depending on how often I've pressed it.
If I press an extended key quickly five times the AHK-editor opens and brings me directly to the key label in order to edit the key script. So I can efficiently make new uses of those keys.

To assign AHK-commands to the extended keys like "Favorites", "My Pictures", "Messenger" you can do the following:

1. Assign simple standard program commands like "copy", "close" etc. to the extended keys (using the Intellitype Software or the registry). For instance you can assign the "File Close" command to the "My Pictures" key.
(Intellitype Key code of the "My pictures" key: 65
Intellitype command code for the "File close" command: 309)

2. Find the commands.xml file in the Intellitype directory, save a copy and change the command.xml like this

[Laszlo]

This is great! Thanks for sharing it.

[halweg]

[Laszlo]

On http://autohotkey.net/file you should be able to store AHK related files. Just add the URL to your original post.

[halweg]

Thanks laszlo, I did it.
Uwe

[Laszlo]

I downloaded it, thanks! A few keys don't have their Intellitype command code listed (Volume Mute, -Up, -Down, StandBy (Sleep in the English keyboard), Favorites, and the Scroll Wheel Up, -Down, -Left, -Right). Don't they have one?

[halweg]

The Intellitype command code (red) dosn't belong to the key. It's the code of one of the Intellitype internal commands. You must assign a command only, if you want to assign keystrokes by Intellitype (green).
If you can use a ahk key code directly (like browser_home) there's no need in assigning a Intellitype command.
The "My Documents" and the "My Music" keys I didn't reassign; I use there native function. But I showed the way they can be used (see the "My Pictures" example")
The "favorites" and the "Sleep" keys I couldn't assign not in Intellitype not in ahk. They don't generate any recognizable events. What a pity!

[wannaberockin<-nOOb]

[halweg]

I said "the favorite key" (the single key to reassign the favorite keys) is a problem, not "the favorite keys" themselves.

Follow this steps:
1. Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IntelliType Pro\EventMapping
There you find the keys 78-82 (at least in my case these are the numbers of the favorite keys).
2. Assign a common handler number to each "command" value of this keys. (See my pdf above, I assigned (in this order) 301 (Close), 202 (Paste), 203 (Undo), 307 (New) and 308 (Open).
3. Now you can assign key-sequences to the common handler numbers in the command.xml (See the first post in this thread).
4. Then Restart, at least the "type32" process.
5. The assigned key sequences you can finally use as hotkeys in ahk.

I'm sure, you'll rock it.
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[engunneer]

Looking at FoF, it seems painful to use Enter as the "Pick" key. You'll hurt your wrist less if you remap a key near the top right as Enter, for example:

[almostrockin<-newb]

that helped already...
kinda quick replys in an old thread... awesome

but im still not exactly where i want to be
now im able to make them to F-buttons, numbers or hotkeys any thing i want - but not a normal acting key (like i assign it to do c301 and defining it as "a" in commands.xml press and getting "a" in notepad and "aaaaaaaaaa" when pressing long)
when i press the edited favourite key it creates only a single output when i release it again.. so i tried also some stuff with these AHK skripts (despite the fact i didnt have skills at it) but this is pretty much senseless al long as this skript doesnt get the input by the key until i release it again

so is there a number (cXXX) or a way to set them to a real key in registry
(google got me there http://paininthetech.com/hack_the_microsoft_natural_4000_keyboard but it didnt help much)

just to make it clear... the mskey-tool displays now:
Key: My Favourite 1(make)
Unkown Keyboard - HID Input
Key: My Favourite 1(break)
Key: A (make)
Key: A (break)

when i press other keys its repeating continuous
Key: X(make) - [Hexvalue]
Key: X(make) - [Hexvalue]
Key: X(make) - [Hexvalue]

THX again...

[halweg]

This problem I couldn't solve so far. I don't use "long key presses" with these keys, only repeating presses.
See also http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12546#12546
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[rockin_on_xbox360_guitar]

well seems that there is no easy way to get this solved
-beside borrowing a xbox360 guitar of a friend-

so im shredding it now, but fof (or me?? never!) sucks at fast keystrokes anyway
thx for ur fast help again