AutoType for Nokia 9300(i)/9500 beta release

Arjen,
Congratulations on providing this software.

I have tried out this software in conjunction with:
1) Documents
2) Calendar
3) Contacts
4) Projekt S80

When the text is typed in by AutoType it contains a lot of accented characters even though the text was set up in plain English in AutoType.

Since starting this reply to your message I have discovered that this problem is caused by using Chr+"Letter" as a hot key combination. If I use Ctrl+"Letter" then the text is inserted properly. I notice that the amount of hot key combinations is very limited compared to iDesk as it seems I can only use Ctrl+"Letter" combinations, due to the problem with Chr+"Letter" combinations outlined above.

This is on a 9500 with firmware 4.51.

Regards,
Martin O'Neill

Hi Martin

Thanks for the report (luckily this is still beta software 😊 )

Do you hold the Chr key when the text is inserted? This may cause the problem. You could try inserting a small pause (just insert [PAUSE=20] at the beginning which pauses for a second) to give you time to release the hotkey. I could also build that in by default. I will look into it tonight, try to reproduce and fix it.

Best regards
Arjen

Arjen wrote:Do you hold the Chr key when the text is inserted?

Perhaps, incorporating the delay into the software would be better than having to put [pause=20] in front of each set of text.

Will the hot keys include numbers as well as letters. It would also be useful to add the menu key + "Letter" as a hot key.

Many thanks for your quick response.

Regards,
Martin

I experimented a bit and a delay of half a second seems enough, but I'll make that configurable in the release version of AutoType. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to detect if a key is still down (which would make the perfect solution because this would allow me to wait until the Chr key is release). I'm not even sure if this is possible in Symbian.

About hotkeys. You can use numbers, but unfortunately numbers don't work in combination with Ctrl-keys. Combinations of Chr and Shift are possible though. Menu+letter is not possible, since the Menu key is not a modifier key and Menu+letter would require me to capture the Menu-key making it unusable in other applications.

Best regards
Arjen

Thanks for looking into this problem and for your comments on the issues raised. I have experimented with Chr+"Number" as you suggested and indeed these do work.

Would it be possible to have AutoType insert the current date via a hot-key and perhaps another option to insert a date from a pop-up calendar?

Many thanks for all your hard work.
Regards,
Martin O'Neill

Inserting the date is already possible. Unfortunately I made a mistake in the installation file and the demo-entries are not installed.

You can find the documentation of all the possible commands in the attached Word document.

Best regards
Arjen

Arjen wrote:Inserting the date is already possible. Unfortunately I made a mistake in the installation file and the demo-entries are not installed.

You can find the documentation of all the possible commands in the attached Word document.

Best regards
Arjen

Thanks once again,
Martin

Arjen,
I have been experimenting with AutoType in trying to automate chnages to my ToDo list in Calendar. However, I cannot find a command for the "Spacebar" which I use as a short cut to get back to today's date in Calendar.

Having a pop-up calendar to paste in a future date in any of the formats that you can define in AutoType, into a document would also be very useful to me. But no-one else seems to be looking for this!!

Will loops be possible? I would like to be able to set up a little sequence to move a document or a field in SmallBase up a line at a time (a type of autoscrolling).

Many thanks once again.
Martin

There's no need for a command for the Spacebar, you can simply type a space. I just checked this and it works in Calendar.

The pop-up calendar would be not so easy to implement since this requires a dialog to pop up on top of the active application with the main application remaining in the background. I'll check what I can do, but it will most likely not make it in the 1.0 release.

Loops sound like a good idea (would require quite a lot of rewriting though), but how to know when to stop looping. One thing I can think of is that when you're looping an autotype command, you would be able to stop the command with the same hotkey that started it. I could add a [LOOP] and [LOOP=n] command where the first one would loop indefinitely until the hotkey is pressed again and the second would loop n times or until the hotkey is pressed again. Of course, when AutoType is performing a looping command, it will not be able to process other commands.
Would the above solution suit your needs?

Arjen wrote:There's no need for a command for the Spacebar, you can simply type a space.

Arjen wrote:The pop-up calendar would be not so easy to implement ....

Arjen wrote:Loops sound like a good idea (would require quite a lot of rewriting though), but how to know when to stop looping. One thing I can think of is that when you're looping an autotype command, you would be able to stop the command with the same hotkey that started it. I could add a [LOOP] and [LOOP=n] command where the first one would loop indefinitely until the hotkey is pressed again and the second would loop n times or until the hotkey is pressed again. Of course, when AutoType is performing a looping command, it will not be able to process other commands.
Would the above solution suit your needs?

Thank you once again,
Martin

Arjen,
You should also advertise AutoType as a keyboard re-mapper!

I have used "Enter" in lieu of Right Rocker in MobiPocket Reader to ease the pressure on my thumb when reading a long eBook. When I am finished with MobiPocket Reader I just switch to AutoType and remove the hot key.

As my list of AutoType entries grows, I see a need for organizing them emerging. Perhaps some form of tree like you have used in the Passwords on iDesk?

Wonderful work so far. I am finding new uses for AutoType all the time!

Best wishes,
Martin

There's a new beta available on my homepage. This includes some new commands (start applications, documents, looping etc). It still has some errors (I recommend putting a pause after RUNAPP and RUNDOC) but it works pretty well. If you install the new beta, please backup your AutoType.dat file in the \System\Apps\AutoType folder otherwise it will be overwritten with the demo settings.

I'll look into adding a categorized list for the final 1.0 release.

Best regards
Arjen

Arjen wrote:There's a new beta available on my homepage. ............ I'll look into adding a categorized list for the final 1.0 release.

Many thanks once again,
Martin

Arjen,
Would it be very difficult to put a command for displaying an info box into AutoType.

For some more complicated control of various apps, I need to remind myself of the sequence and a little info box displayed on the screen for a few seconds would be ideal.

BTW I'm surprised that this software has not generated more of a response as it cetainly speeds up things for me quite considerably.

Many thanks,
Martin

Some of the apps that I use does not have a select/copy/paste feature...Is there a way I can do the same using autotype?

Arjen
What are the CBA buttons?

regards

peteding wrote:Arjen
What are the CBA buttons?

regards

The CBA buttons are the four buttons on the right hand side of the screen.
CBA1 is the top button (used in a lot of apps for selecting an option)
CBA4 is the bottom button (often used for Exit from an app)

Hope this helps.

Martin

peteding wrote:Some of the apps that I use does not have a select/copy/paste feature...Is there a way I can do the same using autotype?

Regards,
Martin