Emulate ANY multimedia key with EventGhost (1 Viewer)

[level20peon]

I just found a possibility to emulate ALL Windows media keys listet here. First of all we need a list for all Keys (The order of the list on the microsoft website isn't what we need):

APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_BACKWARD       1
APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_FORWARD        2
APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_REFRESH        3
APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_STOP           4
APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_SEARCH         5
APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_FAVORITES      6
APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_HOME           7
APPCOMMAND_VOLUME_MUTE            8
APPCOMMAND_VOLUME_DOWN            9
APPCOMMAND_VOLUME_UP              10
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_NEXTTRACK        11
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_PREVIOUSTRACK    12
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_STOP             13
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE       14
APPCOMMAND_LAUNCH_MAIL            15
APPCOMMAND_LAUNCH_MEDIA_SELECT    16
APPCOMMAND_LAUNCH_APP1            17
APPCOMMAND_LAUNCH_APP2            18
APPCOMMAND_BASS_DOWN              19
APPCOMMAND_BASS_BOOST             20
APPCOMMAND_BASS_UP                21
APPCOMMAND_TREBLE_DOWN            22
APPCOMMAND_TREBLE_UP              23
APPCOMMAND_MICROPHONE_VOLUME_MUTE 24
APPCOMMAND_MICROPHONE_VOLUME_DOWN 25
APPCOMMAND_MICROPHONE_VOLUME_UP   26
APPCOMMAND_HELP                   27
APPCOMMAND_FIND                   28
APPCOMMAND_NEW                    29
APPCOMMAND_OPEN                   30
APPCOMMAND_CLOSE                  31
APPCOMMAND_SAVE                   32
APPCOMMAND_PRINT                  33
APPCOMMAND_UNDO                   34
APPCOMMAND_REDO                   35
APPCOMMAND_COPY                   36
APPCOMMAND_CUT                    37
APPCOMMAND_PASTE                  38
APPCOMMAND_REPLY_TO_MAIL          39
APPCOMMAND_FORWARD_MAIL           40
APPCOMMAND_SEND_MAIL              41
APPCOMMAND_SPELL_CHECK            42
APPCOMMAND_DICTATE_OR_COMMAND_CONTROL_TOGGLE    43
APPCOMMAND_MIC_ON_OFF_TOGGLE      44
APPCOMMAND_CORRECTION_LIST        45
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_PLAY             46
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_PAUSE            47
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_RECORD           48
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_FAST_FORWARD     49
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_REWIND           50
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_CHANNEL_UP       51
APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_CHANNEL_DOWN     52

Now we select "Add command -> Window -> Send Message" in EventGhost.

In the window that pops up we select "WM_APPCOMMAND", wParam is always "0" and lParam is (example for channel-up):

APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_CHANNEL_UP * 65536 = 51 * 65536 = 3342336
... so it's always [desired command] * 65536 !


This is what the command looks like in EventGhost afterwards:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="908">
    <Action>
        Window.SendMessage(793, 0, 3342336, 0)
    </Action>
</EventGhost>

-level20peon



PS: Attached my current remote.xml

 

[J.Carver]

Wow Dude. YEARS later and no-one thanked you.
I do not know how you came upon this but it still works.

I wanted a way to stop any audio currently playing on brave browser and launch a playlist.
1. Target Brave Window
2. Send your command with 851968 as the value key (APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_STOP 13 x 65536), and it works perfectly.