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Marvin Hlavac
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 Posted - 29 mars 2005 : 18:15:00
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iGkeys version 1.25 released July 7, 2007
Hotkeys for iGuidance 4.x
iGkeys is a small add-on for iGuidance 4.0. It simplifies the use of the navigation program by giving you a one-click access to the most frequently used features.
iGkeys doesn’t require any installation. It is just one single small file (about 200 KB), which you can download to any location on your computer, for example your desktop. Click on the icon and enjoy the simplified usage of iGuidance. If you no longer want it on your computer, then just delete that one file and nothing remains on your machine. It’s that simple.
If you wish to start iGkeys automatically every time your computer starts, you may place a shortcut to the Windows startup folder.
iGkeys is FREE
iGkeys keyboard shortcuts:
F1 - lists keyboard shortcuts
1 - 3D-view (1), Heading-up
2 - 3D-view (2), Heading-up
3 - 3D-view (3), Heading-up
4 - 2D-view, North-up
5 - itinerary
6 - recent
7 - favorites
8 - nearby fast food
9 - toggles last two destinations
0 (zero) - cancel route
Q - Quickest
S - Shortest
J - maJor
L - Local
i - include toll roads
X - eXclude toll roads
T - streeT first
Y - citY first
D - sets Destination (if route hasn't been plotted) or displays current destination info (if route has been plotted)
H - go Home
E - rEcalculate
PgUp - volume UP
PgDn - volume DOWN
P - toggle custom POI's
Ctrl+Q - start or activate or minimize iGuidance
ENTER - opens Menu and presses OK or NAV in some menu windows
The following are keyboard shortcuts
that are built into iGuidance 3.0
ENTER - opens main menu
ArrowUp / ArrowDown - zoom in/out
Esc - closes open menu windows
space bar - voice instriction
F - Full screen
M - Mute
V - Volume
N - North-up
W - Weather
G - GPS info
R - Route list
C - Current location
A - Almanac
iGuidance 4.0 has a few more native shortcuts, but some might have been disabled by iGkeys, or they may not be needed because of iGkeys.
* * * * * * * * * * Download Area * * * * * * * * * *
iGkeys is provided without warranty and on a 'use at your own risk' basis
Exit iGkeys and delete the old version before downloading the new version.
iGkeys for iGuidance 4.x North America: >>click here<<
iGkeys for iGuidance 3.x North America: >>click here<<
iGkeys for iGuidance 2.1.x Europe: >>click here<<
* * * * * * * * * * Customize Your iGKeys * * * * * * * * * *
For those who wish to modify iGkeys to suit their own needs or to improve iGkeys for all of us, here is how it can easily be done. It is not as difficult as it may at first appear (I'm not a programmer myself either).
1. Download and install application called "AutoIt": www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
2. Download the latest version of iGkeys. The file is not protected in any way and you can easily open it using the "Decompile .exe to Script" tool in AutoIt.
3. Decompile the iGkeys_NA.exe into iGkeys_NA.au3
4. Right-click the resulting iGkeys_NA.au3 file, and select "Open With...". You may open the script in Notepad, or for easier work you may download a free script editor, for example SciTe. SciTe is much better for writing scripts because it does syntax highlighting so that AutoIt keywords and functions stand out making scripting much easier and less prone to mistakes. The following two screenshots illustrate the difference between Notepad and SciTe.
Notepad:
SciTe:
5. Let's look at how easy it is to customize iGkeys. (The following is a sample from iGkeys version 1.21. Subsequent versions may be coded differently)
Decompile the iGkeys_NA.exe and look at the code. Most of the script in the top half of the iGkeys_NA.au3 file resembles the few lines on the screenshot above. This one tells iGkeys to run the function I named "Home" (below) when we press the letter "h" on the keyboard if a window with the title "iGuidance" is active on the desktop. If iGuidance is not active on the desktop the pressing of the h-key on the keyboard will only do what it normally does: type "h". This way iGkeys can be safely placed into the Windows Startup folder. It will not adversely affect anything by running at all times.)
The next screenshot (below) shows the actual function. This and many other functions can be found in the bottom half of the script (.au3 file).
This function tells iGkeys to:
a.) Send the "Enter" keystroke (Pressing "Enter" opens Menu in iGuidance)
b.) Send mouse-clicks to the buttons with Control ID numbers 906 and 911. To find Control ID numbers of various menu buttons use the AutoIt Window Info utility included with AutoIt. To change a function can be as easy as changing Control ID numbers in the script :-)
* * * * * * * * * * Revision History * * * * * * * * * *
- Version 1.25 [2007 July 7] improved CPU usage
- Version 1.24 [2007 July 7] added: voice options
- Version 1.23 [2007 July 6] modified for iGuidance version 4
- Version 1.22 [2006 Sep 28] hotkey added: favorites
- Version 1.21 [2006 Sep 28] hotkeys added: itinerary, recent, nearby fast food
- Version 1.20 [2006 Sep 24] hotkey added: toggle last two destinations
- Version 1.19 [2006 Sep 5] hotkey added: toggle custom POI's
- Version 1.18 [2006 Aug 23] added: a tray icon menu item
- Version 1.17 [2006 Aug 17] added: tray icon menu
- Version 1.16 [2006 Aug 3] BlockInput() function added to prevent accidental double clicks of hotkeys. A couple of other changes implemented to speed things up a bit
- Version 1.15 [2006 Aug 3] re-written for iGuidance 3.0
- Version 1.14 [2006 Feb 3] fixed: Some hotkeys occasionally performed with error in the last iGuidance version
- Version 1.13 [2005 Aug 25] added: support for iGZoom version 2
- Version 1.12 [2005 Jul 27] added: support for iGZoom, discontinued support for "The Magnifier"
- Version 1.11 [2005 Jul 19] added: support for "The Magnifier"
- Version 1.10 [2005 Jun 16] added: 2 items to Help pop-up (F and ESC)
- Version 1.09 [2005 Jun 15] hotkey added: destination
- Version 1.08 [2005 Jun 13] removed full screen mode hotkey because iGuidance 2.1.1 implemented the same function
- Version 1.07 [2005 June 9] improved: Help pop-up
- Version 1.06 [2005 May 7] hotkey added: full screen mode
- Version 1.05 [2005 April 7] hotkey added: home
- Version 1.04 (2005 April 6] hotkey added: enter streeT name
- Version 1.03 [2005 April 5] hotkeys added: volume up, volume down
- Version 1.02 [2005 Apr 4] hotkey added: avoid roads
- Version 1.01 [2005 Apr 3] hotkey added: rEcalculate
- Version 1.00 [2005 Mar 29] iGkeys released
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Edited by - Marvin Hlavac on 28 sept. 2006 19:29:45
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 30 mars 2005 : 02:39:45
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*** My wish for the next version of iGuidance is that this little add-on software becomes obsolete ;-)
I hope iGuidance incorporates the shortcuts now provided by iGkeys, specifically 1, 2, 3, 4, Q, S, J, L, i, X, and C (in addition to the already existing iGuidance useful shortcuts). Actually I would also recommend F for full screen mode. I haven't been yet able to implement full screen support in iGkeys because full screen feature in iGuidance is not accessible thru main menu. It only is accessible by a mouse click, unfortunately.
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 04 avr. 2005 : 18:35:53
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Two newest hotkeys:
E: forces *full* route rE-calculation
Thanks to Gpspassion for the idea.
iGuidance 2.1 automatically recalculates the route whenever we deviate from the suggested route. However, in order for the recalculation to take place instantly the program doesn’t recalculate the “full” route, but it has the tendency to rather calculate the quickest way back the originally calculated route. Most of the time this is just fine. If you however find yourself wanting to recalculate “full” route now all you need to do is hit the E-key (rE-calculate).
There is also one “undocumented” feature of this E-key. If you hit E-key without having any route plotted, iGuidance will generate a route to the last destination. That may come handy if you take a little break from driving. When you later restart your laptop & iGuidance, all you will have to do is hit E-key and start driving ;-)
A: Avoid road
Thanks to Jeepjep for the idea.
When a route is plotted and you hit A-key, Avoid Road window will open.
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 05 avr. 2005 : 16:18:41
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Just added:
PgUp: volume up
PgDn: volume down
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 06 avr. 2005 : 14:10:50
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New today:
T: enter streeT name
99 times out of a hundred I enter my destination just by entering street name and street number. If however someone would like to have a hotkey for entering city first, let me know, it can be added easily ;-)
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 07 avr. 2005 : 18:51:16
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New:
O. navigate hOme
This is another function with which I'm trying to solve one of my problems ;-) How to get home with the least number of mouse clicks or key-strokes...
When you click o-key on the keyboard you will be navigated to the location which is on the very top of your Favourite list. I keep my home address named "home", but to make the word "home" to be the first one in alphabetical order of my favourites I had to insert an asterisk in front of it (*Home). A space would do as well.
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calraleigh
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Posted - 18 avr. 2005 : 05:01:29
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Any hot key for pda user?
the routing problem is killing me. |
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 21 avr. 2005 : 02:11:01
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Calraleigh, I'm not that familiar with PockePC platform yet, as I only recently started to use it. I wonder if someone has some idea how to create something like that temporarily, at least till the re-routing of the program is tuned up a bit.
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mrap1
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Posted - 30 avr. 2005 : 18:00:39
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| I wonder if a key to repeat the last voice prompt can be added? Sometimes because of the radio or wind noise I might miss what the computer said, and I'd like to hear it repeated. |
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weatheryoko
USA
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Posted - 30 avr. 2005 : 21:05:17
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Just "tap" the "turn" indicator (i.e., the directional guidance at the top left of the screen. "Chatty Kathy" will repeat the voice command.
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 01 mai 2005 : 01:15:42
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Yes, and if you don't have a touch screen, then just hit the space bar on your keyboard. That is actually a built-in iGuidance shortcut. A very useful one, indeed.
Marvin Hlavac - Toronto, Canada |
Edited by - Marvin Hlavac on 01 mai 2005 04:24:51 |
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mrap1
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Posted - 02 mai 2005 : 05:38:49
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| awesome, thanks, I didn't realize it was so easy, I will definitely be using the space bar many times in the future! |
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 02 mai 2005 : 09:38:04
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Perhaps I should add to F1 even the original iGuidance shortcuts...
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 09 juin 2005 : 16:00:46
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Version 1.07 adds no new functionality, but I just added to the help pop up a few very useful keyboard shortcuts that are native to iGuidance (not really an iGkeys feature). This way new users who are not yet familiar with them will have now an easy one click access to a more complete list of available shortcuts ;-)
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 13 juin 2005 : 18:49:21
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Version 1.08 released today. Optimized for users of the newest iGuidance 2.1.1.
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Marvin Hlavac
Canada
6817 Posts |
Posted - 15 juin 2005 : 11:45:44
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1.09 adds D-key: SET DESTINATION hot key. I guess I never thought of this before, because most of the time I just need the T-key which brings me right to the Enter Street Name dialg box.
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