how can i assign phone button in PocketNester?

[msafi]

hi,

actually, i can assign any of the phone buttons, but they still don't work in the game. anyone know how i can get it to work? registry/system hack or something?

thanks,

msafi,

[vijay555]

What do they do when you assign and press the keys?

V

[msafi]

vijay555, they do nothing. nothing at all.

this problem is consistent not only with PocketNester, but also with any other application. the phone buttons aren't assign-able to any functionality. again, they may be assigned successfully, but they still woudn't work when you try to actually use them.

fixing this problem would add a lot to my device's functionality.

[vijay555]

msafi: what device are you using, and what OS? You might consider setting these details in your profile to make it easier to respond, or post in a more specific thread. However, generally, consider using the application AEButtonPlus to make the red and green phone buttons assignable.

You can use my program VJKeyPress to assign certain keys to the red and green keys, and then assign them using PocketNester (hopefully).

V

[msafi]

vijay555, thanks for the reply. i''m using HTC Wizard with WM5 of course. AE button plus isn't compatible,

so in light of this new information, do you still recommend VJKeyPress?

thanks

[vijay555]

Are you sure AEButtonPlus isn't compatible? I'm using a universal and it's ok, but I'm sure a few guys are using it on the Wizard.

However, if not AEButtonPlus, I think buttonMax might be compatible.

VJKeypress is merely to assign a notional key to the red/green buttons. These buttons normally generate an F4 and F5 (I think) keycode, but while the cprog.exe app is running, this will intercept them. So either kill the phone app (VJPhoneToggle will do that) or assign new keypresses to them using AE etc and VJKeyPress.

V

[msafi]

i tried closing the phone application by using VJPhoneToggle but that didn't produce the desired effect.

ae button plus works with HTC Wizard but it screws up the hold button.

any how, i tried ae button plus and was able to assign the green/red buttons to different functions. i tried assigning them to <None> then using them with PocketNester, but that didn't produce any good results. I tried assigning them <start menu> or <Ok/Close> and then assigning those in PocketNester by using the qwerty keyboard, but that still didn't work.

anyway, there is something i'd like to try. i want to assign the red button to a VJKeyPress which will press the Explorer key, and assign the explorer key to the button i want in the emulator.

the problem is, i don't know how to use VJKeypress. after i download and install the file, how do i run it with commandline shortcut? or what's a commandline shortcut?

thanks,

[msafi]

ok, i figured out how to use vjtools and command lines.

however, i couldn't determine the parameter number to pass to vjkeypress to simulate a hardware button press. for example, what is the parameter number that will simulate a press on the Explorer button of my HTC Wizard?

what i tried in PocketNester is: i assigned the Windows Key of my Wizard's qwerty to the B button of PocketNester. Then i assigned a vjkeypress.exe 91, which is a start menu click, to the red phone button, but that didn't produce the desired effect, of course, since i didn't really tie the red button to the Windows Key of my qwerty keyboard. i just made the two buttons have the same functionality!!

if i know what the Explorer button parameter is, i will try it.

[vijay555]

I'm not really familiar with the keyboard of the Wizard, never used one.
There's obviously a long list of keycodes on my website (http://www.vijay555.com/index.php?Releases:VJKeyPress:Key_List), but have you tried assigning any test key and tried that in PocketNester? Obviously if the basic idea doesn't work, there's no point in you perservering with this route!

V