Hey guys, I've used HotkeyNet in the past to multibox some WoW with no major issues before successfully controlling 2 characters from 1 computer but have never tried what I'm trying now and can't seem to get it to work.
My setup is I have a 1 HKN client with Ventrilo running on it connecting to my main computer (HKN server) that and I'm trying to broadcast a key to talk on Ventrilo on the client computer.
I have always either used Alt or the Left Windows key to talk on vent. Most of the time just the Left Windows key, which I do by disabling or remapping it so it's no longer a Windows key and therefore doesn't open the Windows Start Menu (I use my right windows key when I need to open start menu).
To disable my windows key I used a registry entry here: http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/d ... ndows_key/
When I run HotkeyNet and press that key, under the "Last key press" window it recognizes it as "Alt" (not a left or right alt, just 'Alt').
So here's my issue. I need to broadcast just a modifier key to the client. I've read that this is not possible with HotkeyNet in another thread but I'm hoping that perhaps the poster of that didn't know if a way to do it? or perhaps the functionality has been added in later versions of HotkeyNet since the post.
I realize that if I am broadcasting a modifier that I can't use that modifier as an actual modifier for any other <Hotkey> commands later, which I have no problem at all with. I ONLY want to broadcast the modifier and nothing else.
This would be the simplest way for me to accomplish what I'm trying to accomplish, however, if this is absolutely not possible I have a couple other ideas.
Perhaps if someone knows how to disable the left Windows key without actually remapping it to another key so that it it still registers as "LWin" then I could simply use that. LWin will broadcast over HotkeyNet no problem. But it causes start menu to open on the client if I don't find a way to remove that.
A second option is I could just rebind left Windows to some other rarely used key such as tilde, do that on both computers, and then just send tilde through HotkeyNet and use that as my talk key.
The primary reason I'd like to avoid the above and just use the left Windows key only without having to remap it is because as it is, the windows key doesn't have any use on the computer other than to open the start menu (which I find useless so I disable it) - all other keys have some kind of use and therefore can interfere with normal operation of the computer.
Sorry to drag this on but in simple terms I'm just asking if there's anyway I can broadcast just the modifier "Alt" or if anyone knows of a hack to leave left Windows as "LWin" but have it not designated to open start menu in windows and then I can simply broadcast LWin.