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O.P. Editing a registry - scripting
Okay,

I'm making a script that edits a registry (or overwrites doesnt matter).
On messagerecieve it will add to the registry a color - to change the keyboard to, and after 1 second it adds a second colour(restore it back to the previous color, so it looks like it flashes :P).

This is what mynetx has come up with, but it doesn't work properly:

JScript code:
// Colour Changer
// Created by mynetx <mynetx@msgpluslive.net>
 
// global variables
 
var intColorHighlight = 0xffff6018; // aabbggrr, intense orange
var intColorNormal = 0xfffd2f22; // aabbggrr, smooth red
var objShell; // will hold the Shell ActiveX
var strAlienKey = "HKCU\\Software\\AlienFXAPI\\ColorWheel\\Colors\\Keyboard"; // registry path
 
// event handlers
 
function OnEvent_Initialize(boolMessengerStart) {
    objShell = new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell');
}
 
function OnEvent_ChatWndReceiveMessage(objWnd, strOrigin, strMessage, intMessageKind) {
    if(strOrigin == Messenger.MyName)
        return;
    objShell.RegWrite(strAlienKey, intColorHighlight, 'REG_DWORD');
    MsgPlus.AddTimer('ResetColor', 1000);
}
 
function OnEvent_Timer(strTimerId) {
    switch(strTimerId) {
        case 'ResetColor':
            objShell.RegWrite(strAlienKey, intColorNormal, 'REG_DWORD');
    }
}


Thanks for your help :)

This post was edited on 10-27-2008 at 07:40 PM by Nathan.
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RE: Editing a registry - scripting
Are you sure that the keyboard will change just when a key is edited? You would think that a message has to be broadcasted for it to be successful.

Where is this keyboard API documented?

Also the colours are the same...
JScript code:
var intColorHighlight = 0xffff6018; // aabbggrr, intense orange
var intColorNormal = 0xffff6018; // aabbggrr, smooth red


This post was edited on 10-27-2008 at 07:38 PM by matty.
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The keyboard does, there's a 3rd party program that allows more customization and registry monitoring. So any registry edits will instantly change the keyboard. It works, tried and tested - because if I manually edit the registry it will instantly change :)
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RE: Editing a registry - scripting
Well the two colours in that code are the same :P
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Yeah, typo :p. Either way it doesn't work.
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RE: Editing a registry - scripting
Does it change the colour at all or not at all?
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Question, Can anyone adapt this script to keep flashing the keyboard untill the convo is focused?

Thanks :)

BTW: I got it fixed :)

This post was edited on 10-28-2008 at 09:07 AM by Nathan.
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RE: Editing a registry - scripting
So what was the problem? Mind posting the updated code?
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