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Remap softkey buttons?

I've seen people talk about remapping most of the other keys, but not these. Since I'm now on WM Pro, I've found I don't use these buttons at all... I always just use the touchscreen. Since we're always hurting for hard keys, any way to remap these to something useful?

Registry edits to change soft keys applications:
Change the program opened by the Left soft key: (I've shown the current setting):
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112\Open = "\Windows\Calendar.exe" (include the quotes)
To change the title of the Left soft key: (again, current setting shown):
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\112\ = Calendar (no quotes)
The right soft key is the same pattern except the key number is 113 and it may not exist - you may have to create it.

I installed the following cab and it worked great. Once installed you can change the soft keys from Start-->Settings-->Personal-->Soft Key
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279544

Thanks... I was just coming back to post that I ended up installing AE Button Plus to handle this. I would have been completely happy with the solution you posted, so thanks! But I've spent the past hour finding all kinds of handy thing to assign with the single, double, triple, and press hold options.

is there a plugin that will display the programs in the program folder as a list?
(sorry, posted in the wrong place. ignore!)

I suffer from fat finger disorder as well and usually hit send too fast.
Which version of AEBplus do you need? Can it be done with the freeware version?

Yes, the freeware version works... just has a nag screen when you boot the phone.

The free version (1.01) doesnt have settings for the soft keys....
I guess you have to buy it

I'm sorry, I'm using the "trial" version. But I've not seen anything about it being a time limited trial, only that it has the nag screen and lacks the Action list:
What is the difference between trial and registered version?
Two things only:
Splash screen appears during device starting up.
"Action list" is blocked in trial mode
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Hi, I'm using Toshiba G900 with WM6 and I have the folder
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\113\ but it is empty. What kind of register should I create - "String Value", "MultiString Value", "DWORD Value" or "Binary Value". What the name of the register should be? Is there other regs that must be created to do the job? Thank you in advance!

SanyoL said:
Hi, I'm using Toshiba G900 with WM6 and I have the folder
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today\Keys\113\ but it is empty. What kind of register should I create - "String Value", "MultiString Value", "DWORD Value" or "Binary Value". What the name of the register should be? Is there other regs that must be created to do the job? Thank you in advance!
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Is that a kaiser?

No, it is Toshiba G900 with WM6.

SanyoL said:
No, it is Toshiba G900 with WM6.
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OK well this forum is for the HTC Tytn 2, AKA Kaiser, AKA Tilt (not tilt 2)..

MagiKB

http://www.mobiion.com/magikblite.html
I am using this, I have to say it is much much better when using the hard keys. No need to press Shift or Control anymore! Like typing on the Treo...
It was a chore setting up the key mapping, but it works perfectly afterwards.
Let me know if anyone want the key map to Att Tilt.

I have been looking for the key mapping forever for this app
please post the keymap for the ATT Tilt for the MagiKB 1.1 program. I came from a Treo 750 to a Tilt and it was the one program that I missed using (did NOT wanna set up all the mapping - wasn't quite sure how). Thanx

Looks nice really.

great program - please post the mapping

+1 post the mapping!!!

Att Tilt Keymap
Well, here is the key maps.
Please note, I am using a ATT TILT, with OEM ROM, without the Cingular addons, but if yours is not a TILT, then you might need a corresponding key map set up if the hardkeys are different from the TILT.
Also, I set up the key mapping so that only the keys with LETTERS will be used (when holding down, or double clicking). That means, for the symbol "," and "." and "$" you will still have to press the Fn key.
I can always change the mapping to whatever suits you, or you can do it yourself....
Install MagiKB first, then move this .lay file to your My Documents\MagiKB Lite folder. Then you can select the key map from MagiKB program.

thanks a lot - a great help

Could you please re-post the tilt keymap download link. Other link doesn't seem to be working. Thanks for the hard work on it.
EDIT: Sorry, got it. Thanks again.

you mentioned there's a difference between the Tilt? Would there be a difference to stock Kaiser then?

I have an ATT Tilt, so I don't know if the keyboard layout is exactly the same as an Unbranded Kaiser (I don't have a unbranded kaiser to look at).
If the keyboard layout is the same, then the key map should work.

Nevermind. It works.

Does anyone know how to capture the key for the left arrow/comma on the tilt? I would like to map it to the comma, but it's not in this key map file.

Adding additional key mapping to MagiKB ?
alc630 said:
. . . I set up the key mapping so that only the keys with LETTERS will be used (when holding down, or double clicking). That means, for the symbol "," and "." and "$" you will still have to press the Fn key.
I can always change the mapping to whatever suits you, or you can do it yourself. . .
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Solved/ignore; Can you explain how to map the directional arrow keys and their Fn counterparts? I like the way MagiKB simplifies capitalization and the Number Pad especially, but would like the WIN key mapped to "CTRL" - makes copy, cut and paste much easier.

alc630 said:
Well, here is the key maps.
Please note, I am using a ATT TILT, with OEM ROM, without the Cingular addons, but if yours is not a TILT, then you might need a corresponding key map set up if the hardkeys are different from the TILT.
Also, I set up the key mapping so that only the keys with LETTERS will be used (when holding down, or double clicking). That means, for the symbol "," and "." and "$" you will still have to press the Fn key.
I can always change the mapping to whatever suits you, or you can do it yourself....
Install MagiKB first, then move this .lay file to your My Documents\MagiKB Lite folder. Then you can select the key map from MagiKB program.
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OMG, this has got to be the best tip ever!
Entering items such as the "?" were always the one thing I hated about the keyboard (I came from a Treo 750). Now thanks to you I LOVE the keyboard
Thank you very much!
Thanks again!!

No problem, I came from a Treo 650, so the Tilt's keyboard bothered me too. This makes the transition to a Tilt so much smoother.
About the key maps, I am currently away from the country and unable to play with the keymaps, but I will be back home in 2 weeks.
I might get a chance to play with it here, in which case I'll post an update.
Sorry!

Anyone tried Magikb with WM 6.1? Installs, looks fine, but none of the commands work. Am I missing something?

cutoffcirc said:
Anyone tried Magikb with WM 6.1? Installs, looks fine, but none of the commands work. Am I missing something?
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Works with no problem on my HTC Kaiser (Dutty's WM 6.1 Final)

cutoffcirc said:
Anyone tried Magikb with WM 6.1? Installs, looks fine, but none of the commands work. Am I missing something?
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After installation, select a proper key map from menu or edit the current key map.

Hi:
I was using this layout and program and LOVED it. The only problem is that after upgrading to WM6.1 (official ATT), The layout will no longer appear, when I go to select a layout.
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much!!

cincy1020 said:
Hi:
I was using this layout and program and LOVED it. The only problem is that after upgrading to WM6.1 (official ATT), The layout will no longer appear, when I go to select a layout.
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much!!
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Yeah because the layout was stored in My Documents\MagiKB Lite in phone memory by upgrading to wm6.1 you deleted that folder with the layout in it.
Download the layout again and put it to the above-mentioned folder.

SORTED: WormsWP plays on Diamond

I used to play Worms a lot on my old Trinity, there was a problem mapping the keys at first until someone managed to create a save file with the right keys on it to suit the Trinity.
I am a complete noob though, so I don't know how to edit the Savefile to change the keys to suit the diamond. I've tried opening it with notepad (garbled) tried a hex-editor but i don't know what i'm looking for really.
I'm attaching the save file so hopefully some bright-spark on here could edit it to suit the diamond.. As only three buttons are needed, the volume buttons and back button should do just the job.
Hope someone can do it

The central button - fire; Vol- - jump; Vol+ - back

RedUser said:
The central button - fire; Vol- - jump; Vol+ - back
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Brilliant! thanks a lot for that RedUser - it works like a charm

skilty said:
I used to play Worms a lot on my old Trinity, there was a problem mapping the keys at first until someone managed to create a save file with the right keys on it to suit the Trinity.
I am a complete noob though, so I don't know how to edit the Savefile to change the keys to suit the diamond. I've tried opening it with notepad (garbled) tried a hex-editor but i don't know what i'm looking for really.
I'm attaching the save file so hopefully some bright-spark on here could edit it to suit the diamond.. As only three buttons are needed, the volume buttons and back button should do just the job.
Hope someone can do it
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your mean is worn world party?

hkpeople said:
your mean is worn world party?
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no worms world party

why cant i play very well worms on my diamond?
i downloaded the cab and all the hw buttons work very well, my poroblem is that most of the times the touch screen doesnt recognize when i click a button, for example at start it takes me ages so i can play because i click and it doesnt act like it should, in game if i choose another weapon on a worm, when i get to other worm it doesnt let me choose anymore, i believe this is due to the vga screen, care to comment?

Could you upload the WWP cab? I would also love to play it on my Diamond.

BjornH18 said:
Could you upload the WWP cab? I would also love to play it on my Diamond.
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I would but i... "cough, cough!"... don't know where i got it from!!
google may be able to help though

What do you think for yourself of that?

NICE.. thnx reduser... your wwpsave.dat file is the only one that worked with my htc touch... you saved my life and pimped my PPC... whats the use of a PPC if you cant get WWP on it!

Domitri said:
why cant i play very well worms on my diamond?
i downloaded the cab and all the hw buttons work very well, my poroblem is that most of the times the touch screen doesnt recognize when i click a button, for example at start it takes me ages so i can play because i click and it doesnt act like it should, in game if i choose another weapon on a worm, when i get to other worm it doesnt let me choose anymore, i believe this is due to the vga screen, care to comment?
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This issue is related to screen rotation. You probably have G-Sen installed. Add worms to the list of programs G-Sen should not rotate, in the G-Sen configuration file (just like it's done for manila).

thanks a million it works perfectly now this game is awesome
thanks for the help it never crossed my mind gsen was messing with it

While I'd be very glad to play Worms, the savegame just makes Worms crash back to the Application selection screen on my Diamond. Any thoughts on what that means, or should I just attach my save-game file?

thanx for the dat files...the game is really good...just wondering guyz...everytime i close the worms app on my diamond...i get an error report...is that normal:/?

Hello, maybe I'm stupid but how can I move and aim with worm? In menu it says with D-pad, but it doesn't work for me. (D-pad is that circle button right?)

Brilliant! Thanks very much for this

Can somebody explane me how to install this on Diamond. And does it work well ?

this is a great fix, THANK YOU!
but can a similer thing be done to remap the buttons in Tomb Raider? the game runs perfect on the Diamond but cant be played as the buttons need to be mapped
can anyone do this?

how do i install it?

can someone remap up and down to end call and start call? i have no up and down on my diamond

Softkeys and D-pad keys problem solved!

Software solution for a hardware problem!
Very often when i press softkey or any d-pad key once, it is interpreted as multiple key press. Other users also reported that problem. I even send my device to repair center in UK, but they repaired everything except that. That is VERY VERY annoying! Sometimes i can't unlock the keyboard because of that.
So to solve the problem, i created an application (without UI) that will not allow pressing any of those keys more than once in period of 200ms (without timer, so your battery will not suffer). You can change that value through configuration file and also the keys that you want to monitor (comma-separated). I tested the application for a day, and it works perfectly!
112 - left soft key
113 - right soft key
37 - left
38 - up
39 - right
40 - down
13 - enter
Suddenly i feel free!
After install, shortcut will be created in \Windows\Startup folder so that it is started every time you restart your device.
When you install the application you will have to start it manually or restart device.
Device becomes usable again if you ignore low memory problem
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 is required!
Enjoy!

Good work and a very usefull app, mine thankfully does not double tap too often but I might give this a whirl.
Thanks for the work!

Seems to work great, thanks a lot

I'm glad you find it useful.

I get the following message when trying to run the htckeyboardfix.exe:
Error:
An unexpected error has occured in HTCKeyboardFix.exe.
Select Quit and then restart this program, or select Details for more information.
This application requires a newer version of the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework than the version installed on this device.
I have a HTC S730 with WM 6.0 (original), phone is just new and no updates available... Did you install a newer version of .NET framwork? (don't know how to find out my version of .NET, OS version is = 5.2.1622 build 18128.0.4.4)

Same problem as bmwheaven here. Are you using a cooked rom?

You need to install .NET Compact Framework 3.5.

Thanks for the heads-up.
Installed the framework and the software, but for me it's not really a solution:
The delay of 200ms is way too much; can't even scroll through the menu's normally.
Tried alot of different delays, but nothing; I want to be able to write fast with the qwerty-keyboard, and only a delay of <50ms would help. But then the device responds twice to keypresses again...
Thanks for trying though, certainly a good try, but quite not good enough.

hi - i wont to test this on my MTeoR, install Framwork 3.5, and now i get this Message:
failed acquiring of the hook
whats means this ??
thx, Andi

bmwheaven said:
Thanks for the heads-up.
Installed the framework and the software, but for me it's not really a solution:
The delay of 200ms is way too much; can't even scroll through the menu's normally.
Tried alot of different delays, but nothing; I want to be able to write fast with the qwerty-keyboard, and only a delay of <50ms would help. But then the device responds twice to keypresses again...
Thanks for trying though, certainly a good try, but quite not good enough.
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I agree that 200ms is too much if you want to scroll through the menu by fast pressing D-pad buttons, because main purpose of this application is to prevent that. What you can do is press and hold d-pad buttons and when you are close to where you want to be you can use slower multipress way to get right where you want.
Personally, to me this is an excellent solution, scrolling through the menus are not problem at all for me.
I am not sure what you mean when you say "I want to be able to write fast with the qwerty-keyboard". Why can't you? I mean, this application does not affect any other keys except soft keys and d-pad keys.

gosinga said:
hi - i wont to test this on my MTeoR, install Framwork 3.5, and now i get this Message:
failed acquiring of the hook
whats means this ??
thx, Andi
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It probably means that your device is not application unlocked.

amaric said:
It probably means that your device is not application unlocked.
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thx for answer, but my device is surley unlocked - i have it for 1,5 years and flashed it with some ROM's from here, and it was an open device - not locked from an operator.
so long, Andi

amaric said:
I agree that 200ms is too much if you want to scroll through the menu by fast pressing D-pad buttons, because main purpose of this application is to prevent that. What you can do is press and hold d-pad buttons and when you are close to where you want to be you can use slower multipress way to get right where you want.
Personally, to me this is an excellent solution, scrolling through the menus are not problem at all for me.
I am not sure what you mean when you say "I want to be able to write fast with the qwerty-keyboard". Why can't you? I mean, this application does not affect any other keys except soft keys and d-pad keys.
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Ah, maybe I'm doing something wrong then.
Because I also tested this with sending text-messages, and it really skipped a lot of keypresses.
Did I have to change values in the config file myself; does the program respond to all keys if I don't edit the config-file or did you already put the d-pad and softkey configuration in there?

bmwheaven said:
Ah, maybe I'm doing something wrong then.
Because I also tested this with sending text-messages, and it really skipped a lot of keypresses.
Did I have to change values in the config file myself; does the program respond to all keys if I don't edit the config-file or did you already put the d-pad and softkey configuration in there?
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If you don't change the config file, then program will monitor only d-pad and softkeys. Behavior of any other key is the same with or without the application.

Contact HTC Support
HTC Customer support is not aware of this problem. They urge us all to report the issue with the keys, so it can be escalated to HTC development for a fix.
Please do so at:
http://www.htc.com/europe/CS_Mail.aspx

Hallo
My HTC has the same keyboard problem, and Italian support (sigh!) told me to send to repair....
Tested amaric's software : at the moment works great.
Thank you!!!! You delayed the moment in which I will throw the S730 out of the window!!

tested since 26th august: PERFECT
thank you Amaric: I had the intention to change the phone, but with this application it can be decently used

I am really happy that I could help you guys!
I would also like to say that I sold my s730 and bought s740 because of low memory (I just can't create software to solve that problem ). Although I don't recommend HTC devices easily I must say that s740 is everything that I thought s730 will be. I am very happy with it. Almost no problems at all

I also get "failed acquiring of the hook" on my unlocked S730.
Anyone figured it out?

Look for a software called "hook manager" - install it and it should work.
http://www.mobiion.com/downloads.html#hookmgr

need a volunteer (this is my last hope!)

ok i wont go into specifics unless u really want me to. long story short i need some information from my tilt that I can't get, without it my keyboard is useless. I need someone to get this information from their phone.
there's a program called AE keyboard mapper. It can remap all the keys, within it is a process that requires you to press all your buttons and lists them with numerical values individually. Because my (k,n,m,i, and period) keys are unresponsive I cannot get their value to make the changes to my phone.
The program is very small and makes no changes to your phone, i simply need these 5 codes.
the url to download AE keyboard mapper is
http://ae.inc.ru/aekmap.php
the download link is in the top right hand corner. After instalation all you have to do is exit the program, and go to file explorer/program files/AEKMap, and click AEKMapScan. then just press (k,n,m,i,and period) and get the values for each one.
the program can be exited and uninstalled with no changes.
i truly do appreciate anyone who would take a little of their time to help me out with this. i can't keep my tilt if the keyboard isnt functioning.

k:004b
n:004e
m:004d
i:0049
.:00be

thanks so much!

np and gl
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I already use this software - make already 2 custom layout - ru and ua - mix of "ЯВЕРТЫ" layout.