Assigning UDCs to multikey combos

ivan · Post by **ivan** » 29 Jun 2008 02:37

Just finished watching The Mummy in HD and one of the progs I use froze on me. Using the Task Manager, I had to terminate it and then launch it again. On XP, pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del would give you the Task Manager, but on Vista it would give you a screen with some more options. In a sudden moment of inspiration, I thought it would be great if we could assign UDCs to multikey combinations, both sequential and simultaneous. Thumbs up or throw it in the bin?

ivan · Post by **ivan** » 03 Jul 2008 10:25

Don, if you get a chance, please let me know if I should hold my breath on this one or cross it off the list. Thanks

Post by **admin** » 03 Jul 2008 10:39

ivan wrote:Don, if you get a chance, please let me know if I should hold my breath on this one or cross it off the list. Thanks

I'm not sure if I understood your question. Of course, you can assign key combos to UDCs. -> CKS, Category "User"...

ivan · Post by **ivan** » 03 Jul 2008 10:44

In the UDC list of categories, there is no mention of "User" or anything remotely resembling being able to configure a UDC to a key combo. The idea behind it is of course to be able to do key combos with the press of one key.

Post by **admin** » 03 Jul 2008 10:52

ivan wrote:In the UDC list of categories, there is no mention of "User" or anything remotely resembling being able to configure a UDC to a key combo. The idea behind it is of course to be able to do key combos with the press of one key.

Ah, ok. No, not possible. But if you just want to open task manager: use UDC open with taskmgr as item.

ivan · Post by **ivan** » 03 Jul 2008 11:14

admin wrote:Ah, ok. No, not possible. But if you just want to open task manager: use UDC open with taskmgr as item.

I managed to figure out that TaskManager has an EXE so I made a shortcut to it. I didn't think assigning UDCs to multikey combos so that's why I asked if it could be implemented. After all, why do it with 3 keys when you can do it with 1? Fans of simplicity rejoice!

Post by **admin** » 03 Jul 2008 11:23

ivan wrote:
admin wrote:Ah, ok. No, not possible. But if you just want to open task manager: use UDC open with taskmgr as item.
I managed to figure out that TaskManager has an EXE so I made a shortcut to it. I didn't think assigning UDCs to multikey combos so that's why I asked if it could be implemented. After all, why do it with 3 keys when you can do it with 1? Fans of simplicity rejoice!

As script:
::run taskmgr

ivan · Post by **ivan** » 03 Jul 2008 11:43

admin wrote:As script:
::run taskmgr

That's cool, thanks. Some key combos are possible via shortcuts to EXEs, while others aren't so that's why I was wondering if XYplorer would be able to help out. As far as I can tell, SetPoint on my keyboard isn't able to do it either so I guess I'm stuck in that respect.