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DeadmanDines
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27/04/2006
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23rd June, 2006 at 14:14:32 -
My MMF is dead, kaput, bereft of life. I'm going to buy MMF2 when it comes out, but contacting Clickteam to get MMF1.5 back when 2.0 is so close would be pointless.
However, I need an app really urgently for my work!!
This is where you come in. I can tell you in theory how it should work, but I'd like someone else to actually build it.
What it Does
It's basically a key re-binder. It runs in the background detecting Keystrokes (using Control X Object) and performing actions depending on what you press.
All I really need it do is convert NUMLOCK to TAB. It also needs to have an ALT over-ride function, so pressing ALT+Numlock toggles the Number Pad as it normally would (in case I do actually need to use the original Numlock function).
How It Works
1 . "NUMLOCK" is pressed;
+ . ALT is NOT pressed
+ . Only one action when event loops;
---- . Use control X to simulate a second 'NUMLOCK' press;
---- . Use control X to simulate a 'TAB' press.
// The above event will make it as if you've pressed NUMLOCK twice (so it's as if you never pressed it). TAB is then simulated. If ALT is pressed at the time, then NUMLOCK runs as normal.
And that's it! Obviously there will be other events, but I'll leave them up to you.
Ideally, the app should be hidden, with a System Tray Icon showing that it's running. It should be shown when the tray icon is double-clicked, with the obvious option of closing the application. I don't want to have to CTRL+ALT+DEL to get rid of it, and I don't want to have a window and a name in the taskbar clogging up my workspace.
Obviously I'm not offering any money for it, because it's ridiculously simple. But if you want to expand on it later and use the idea for your own project, be my guest. Just give me a NUMLOCK-to-TAB version, and I'm happeh 
Thanks!
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_rydin
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26th June, 2006 at 00:19:14 -
May I ask what this is for?
"Computers in the future may perhaps only weigh 1.5 tons."
-Popular Mechanics, forecasting the development of computer technology, 1949
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DeadmanDines
Best Article Writer
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27/04/2006
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27th June, 2006 at 11:25:12 -
Sure can =
It's because I work part-time in accounts/book-keeping. I spend most of my time inputting numbers into different fields on a computer program, so I use Numpad alot. But TAB is like the other side of the keyboard, so it's irritating having to flick from one side to the other all the time, lol.
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DaVince
This fool just HAD to have a custom rating
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28th June, 2006 at 07:28:23 -
Keep your left hand resting on the tab key, and your right hand on the keypad, then. 
I don't know if MMF can handle this. I mean, reading the key is possible, but reading and proceessing it while the app doesn't have focus? I don't know...
Old member (~2004-2007).
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DeadmanDines
Best Article Writer
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27/04/2006
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28th June, 2006 at 10:15:36 -
My other arm's holding the folder with the bank statements and/or ticking things as I go.
MMF can do it, I've just downloaded the MMF1.5 demo. But you have to use Virtual Key object to run it without the window focus.
Works like a dream, i just need to get someone to build the project for me
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DeadmanDines
Best Article Writer
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28th June, 2006 at 14:00:09 -
Yeah, I have the CCA (well, it's a Project file, so it's got a couple of external files with it).
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