Hardkeys

[Geoff]

Is it possible to reconfigure the hardkeys that are set, by default to messaging and Internet Explorer?

Thanks.

[vijay555]

Sure. You must read the manual that comes with the phone, but go to
Start > Settings > Personal > Buttons

V

[Geoff]

Sure. You must read the manual that comes with the phone, but go to
Start > Settings > Personal > Buttons

V

Thanks, except (unless I'm either blind or stupid) there is no "personal" entry.

[vijay555]

Personal is the Tab along the bottom of the screen. It should already be on personal, but might not be. Click it to be sure, and check your eyes when you can :)

V

[Geoff]

Personal is the Tab along the bottom of the screen. It should already be on personal, but might not be. Click it to be sure, and check your eyes when you can :)

V

But this is a smartphone, it doesn't have a tab at the bottom of the screen.

[vijay555]

Ahh, my blindness! I apologise profusely.
I'm generally device agnostic, so didn't look at your device name: but I don't use Smartphones.

See if you can find a solution, if not, I'll write you a special app just to make up...

http://www.idiot-ink.com/maryjane.jpg

V

[Geoff]

That's a relief, I was starting to think I was going ga-ga.

[TRJS]

I'm also interested in a solution, I especially want to reconfigure the two buttons on the side (camera and voice dialing). I wasn't searching profoundly the internet for a solution yet, but also on Modaco and a Swiss board noone knew how solve this problem. So a solution would be highly appreciated :)

[vijay555]

Doesn't AE Button Plus work on your devices?

V

[TRJS]

Aha, interesting application, thanks for pointing out to it. Yes, it works, though it's a bit a "too powerful" solution (but better than nothing) - if there was a simple solution that doesn't require an application to run in the background then I'd prefer that...

[vijay555]

I imagine there is. I haven't used a Smartphone since Orange E100, way way back. Are you sure there's no easy way?
If I was down and dirty, I'd set one button, export the registry, change it again, and export, and compare the two.

Isolate the registry function, and see if you can extend it.

It's possible certain hardware keys are "off limits", they are on the PocketPC. But I have code that might assist, but if you were using my code, I'd recommend AE Button Plus over it any day :)

V

[TRJS]

One problem is that it doesn't seem to be possible to reconfigure a single one of the buttons via control panel. I saw a solution for the soft keys via registry (HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Home/Keys), but this solution doesn't work for the hard keys (or maybe I'm doing something wrong, happens a lot :p ). There seems to have been a solution for earlier Smartphones with "SHORT_xxx.lnk"/"LONG_xxx.lnk"-files that should be found in the Windows-directory, but this solution doesn't seem to work on WM5 any more. But I still haven't searched profoundly, so maybe I'll still find something.

[Formi]

is there now any better solution? i tried ae button plus, it runs on my mteor, but i can't map the keys. it says 'taste nicht verändern' / 'key not changeable'. it drives me crazy...

[kubisz]

hello, is anything new about changing meaning of HW buttons? thanks

[eZop]

Short_home, Long_Home, Long_send, short_camera, long_camera, Short_record, Long_record, Short_VT, Long_VT, Short_POC, Long_POC

Best regards

[kubisz]

But I cant find anything like this in Win directory... (WM6.1)...thanks