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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Yes it can.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I use child windows all the time with my vst plugs
I've done for sonar with ahk.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is set by what you put in the top part of your
script.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But I do believe it has to be a window with a
visible title.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Snowman@SnowmanRadio.com href="mailto:Snowman@SnowmanRadio.com">Jim
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rwp@reaaccess.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RWP] AutoHotKey A Few
HotSpots</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>More about the AHK coordinates provided by a
drying out David P Shortland from the Sunshine Coast.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>AHK uses window-relative coords by default, but
they are relative to the "active" window", or what some people call the
foreground window.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In this case, they are relative to the top left
corner of the Reaper application. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Once I use that window as a reference, I got
this to work. I got the context menu that starts with input
monitoring. but I had to do right click, not left click.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>That didn't surprise me, except that his script
said "click" and only provided coords, which is, as I read the AHK document, a
left click by default.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>So anyway, Not sure about why that
is.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But, that is what AHK does. It apparently
can not use smaller child windows as a reference, but uses absolute screen
coordinates, or application-relative coords, depending on the CoordMode
command, application relative by default.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>AHK is a pretty interesting program, and it seems
to be focused more on automating user tasks from the standpoint of a user
manipulating multiple applications and perhaps less on working inside of an
app. Not sure yet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Naturally, I'm interested in learning more about
what it can do. Maybe it can correct my incessant typing errors,
turning, teh, into, the, and smae into same. That would be
nice. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Perhaps the most interesting part was the ability
to search for an image, including the ability to allow a measured amount of
forgiveness on </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>color matches. You can do
that forgiveness thing on single pixel color searches too. Basically,
you provide it with a .GIF, or .ICO, or any of several file formats that
contain the image or icon you are looking for, tell it a region to
search, and it pokes around looking for it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I suspect that is a noticeably slow process,
because they suggest ways to try to speed it up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And, I'm not currently quite sure how we will
identify the images to search for. We've got a boot strap problem
there. I am class A stupid as a windows programmer. So, I'm more
than a little behind the curve. but, the doc suggests you can often
extract the icon images right out of the program itself. Yeah, go
find that one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But, how you actually do that is, so far,
less clear.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I wonder if there is a way to gen up a little
utility that lets a sightling click the mouse at the top left, and bottom
right corners of an image of interest, and have the utility save that image as
something we could then use AHK, or other equally equipped tool, to look
for.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I think I have a sighted programmer who is
interested enough in this stuff to help see if that can be done.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I shall pursue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Anyway, David, thanks for breaking the ice.
I have needed to check this out for some time, but just haven't gotten
around to it. Their web site is wonderfully accessible. Very
nice.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dragamilov@comcen.com.au
href="mailto:dragamilov@comcen.com.au">David P Shortland</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rwp@reaaccess.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:13
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [RWP] AutoHotKey A Few
HotSpots</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi & Greetings from a drying out Sunshine Coast</DIV>
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<DIV>Thought I would share this with anyone who may be interested</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As I am charting my way thru the Help files of AutoHotKey and
learning to Script this and that, well mainly for Omnisphere at
present, here are a couple of co-ordinates that may be of helpin
REAPER, with regards to a Certain Menu not opening with Apps Key &
Up Arrow key</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>These co-ordinates will give access to a menu that will be spoken and
contains settings for Audio & MIDI Inputs & Outputs.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>136, 176 is for Trak 1</DIV>
<DIV>136, 276 is for Trak 2</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now for those of us who may be a little apprehensive in trying to write
a script to access these co-ordinates,here its is...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Open up Notepad and type these lines as is, or just copy them
across..</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Numpad9 & Numpad1:: Click 136, 176</DIV>
<DIV>Numpad9 & Numpad2:: Click 136, 276</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Save this document as AutoHotKey.ahk</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Go to the directory where you just saved that script</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Double Click on the file and it should ask you with what file do you
wish to run the program?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Navigate to AutoHotKey and voila ... all should be good</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Okay, just remember that the resolution on my System is 768 x 1024 , so
one can deduce that if your resolution is different the co-ordinates will
not match.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now all you have to do when REAPER is open and you have several tracks
in place</DIV>
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<DIV>Press Numpad9 (hold it down and Press Numpad1 the Menu should open,
make yourselections</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Remember that this combination is for Trak 1.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have also used the Numpad as ReaAccess and REAPER use a lot of
keyboard combinations and this should not interfere.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Oh yes... DO NOT forget to press the NumLock .. it must be ON!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have only given the co-ordinates for two trax, because I figure if
you want to set up several combinations of In & Outs, just coply one of
the tracks to another place.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Hopefully all will go smoothly... if not...I have left the country and
gone into hiding...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Take care all</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>David P Shortland</DIV>
<DIV>DragonScore Productions</DIV>
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