This script allows You to define the global Windows hotkeys via the configuration file.

The syntax of the config file is simple:

Hotkey,Program,Parameters

Here “Hotkey” is the combination of the keyboard key with one of the identifiers:

^ Ctrl
! Alt
+ Shift
# Windows-Key

Example:

;Win+C – start calculator
#{c},calc.exe

;Win+Shift+N – start notepad
+#{n},notepad.exe

;Win+N – start notepad++ together with apploc.exe
#{n},%windir%\AppPatch\AppLoc.exe,”%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe” -nosession /L0419

[cc lang=”autoit”]
#Include

; ^ Ctrl
; ! Alt
; + Shift
; # Windows-Key

Global $MATRIX_SIZE = 1
Global $aMatrix[$MATRIX_SIZE][3]
Global ENUM $POS_HOTKEY = 0, $POS_PROGRAM, $POS_PARAM

Global $sPATH, $sProgramFiles, $sAppData
AutoItSetOption(“TrayAutoPause”,1)
AutoItSetOption(“TrayMenuMode”,1)

$mnuReadSettings = TrayCreateItem(“Read settings”)
$mnuHelp = TrayCreateItem(“Help”)
TrayCreateItem(“”)
$mnuExit = TrayCreateItem(“Exit”)

Func read_settings()

Local $aTMPArray
FileChangeDir (@scriptdir )
If Not _FileReadToArray(“hotkeys.txt”,$aTMPArray) Then
MsgBox(4096,”Error”, ” Error reading hotkeys.txt@CRLF error:” & @error)
Exit
EndIf
if ( $aTMPArray[0] = 0 ) Then
MsgBox(4096,”Error”, ” No hotkeys defined”)
Exit
EndIf

$MATRIX_SIZE = $aTMPArray[0]
ReDim $aMatrix[$MATRIX_SIZE][3]

AutoItSetOption(“ExpandEnvStrings”,1)

$i = 0
for $i_tmp = 1 to $MATRIX_SIZE

if ( StringLen($aTMPArray[ $i_tmp ]) = 0 or StringLeft( $aTMPArray[ $i_tmp ] , 1) = “;” ) Then
ContinueLoop
EndIf

$aCurLine = StringSplit( $aTMPArray[ $i_tmp ], “,;”, 2 )
$lCurLine = UBound( $aCurLine )

if ( $lCurLine<2 or $aCurLine[ $POS_HOTKEY ] = "" or $aCurLine[ $POS_PROGRAM ] = "" ) Then MsgBox(4096,"Error", " No program or hotkey defined: " & $aTMPArray[ $i_tmp ] ) Exit EndIf ; Are the parameters for the command line? if ($lCurLine = 2 ) Then $sParam = "" Else $sParam = $aCurLine[$POS_PARAM] EndIf Switch $aCurLine[$POS_PROGRAM] Case "SPECIAL" HotKeySet($aCurLine[$POS_HOTKEY], "_run_special" ) Case Else $aMatrix[$i][$POS_HOTKEY] = $aCurLine[$POS_HOTKEY] $aMatrix[$i][$POS_PROGRAM] = $aCurLine[$POS_PROGRAM] $aMatrix[$i][$POS_PARAM] = $sParam $aMatrix[$i][$POS_PROGRAM] = $aMatrix[$i][$POS_PROGRAM] & " " & $aMatrix[$i][$POS_PARAM] ; HotKeySet($aMatrix[$i][$POS_HOTKEY],"_run_it" ) $i = $i + 1 ; EndSwitch Next AutoItSetOption("ExpandEnvStrings",0) EndFunc Func _run_special() MsgBox(0 , "No action", "Reserved for future use" ) EndFunc Func _run_it() For $i = 0 to $MATRIX_SIZE - 1 if( $aMatrix[$i][$POS_HOTKEY] = @HotKeyPressed ) Then Run( $aMatrix[$i][$POS_PROGRAM] ) ExitLoop EndIf Next EndFunc Func show_help() Local $helpMessage = "" for $i = 0 to $MATRIX_SIZE - 1 $helpMessage = $helpMessage & $aMatrix[$i][$POS_HOTKEY] & " " & $aMatrix[$i][$POS_PROGRAM] & @CRLF Next MsgBox(0,"Help", $helpMessage ) EndFunc ; ##### Main ###### read_settings() While 1 $msg = TrayGetMsg() Select Case $msg = $mnuReadSettings read_settings() case $msg = $mnuHelp show_help() Case $msg = $mnuExit Exit EndSelect sleep(100) WEnd [/cc]