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Volume controls on windows 7 do not affect other applications #20

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Change volume
2. See that it only changes the "Application volume" for UAKS and does not 
affect any other application's volume.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expect the system/device volume to change. Changing the application 
specific volume for UAKS doesnt affect the volume of other applications. I 
would expect that it should change the device volume so that it can control 
the volume of other applications.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
2008.09.17 Release on Windows 7

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jaime...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2009 at 4:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi, thanks for taking the time to report this problem. Unfortunately, I've never
owned a copy of Vista, to say nothing of Windows 7. (Only OEM XP for quite some 
time...).

If a philanthropist would like to help me update my OS, I'd be very happy to 
update
UAWKS. :-) Thanks again for the information.

I'm also very open to allowing new contributors to improve on the UAWKS 
package, if
any one has the skill/time/motivation to help out. Good to hear from our users! 
Keep
it coming!

Original comment by brian.jo...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2009 at 10:34

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Here: Windows 7 RTM, Volume Keys work with UAWKS ootb

Original comment by ritter.j...@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2010 at 10:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
i find the keys work but dont effect actual system or media volume levels

Original comment by lordmag...@gmail.com on 23 May 2010 at 4:03

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I have Windows 7 now but haven't replicated yet. Will investigate.

Original comment by brian.jo...@gmail.com on 24 May 2010 at 5:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
i find that this happens when comparing the Fn command on my laptop to the 
actual
keys on the keyboard it's self. i tried using AHK to manually remap the 
function keys
from and to respectively with no luck.

example on my dell insprion 1720 the combo function + arrow up was brighten 
increase
but the same combo on the apple only brings help up. FN+f1 intacted has the 
apple
brightness increase. where as the same fn+arrows mainly seems to change the 
cursors
position when typing.

Original comment by lordmag...@gmail.com on 27 May 2010 at 5:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
For me on Win7 x64, volume keys seem to work onscreen (translucent overlay 
shows volume 
change, and the mute button works) but the actual volume is not at all 
affected. Media 
buttons also work without issue

Original comment by jhmo...@gmail.com on 6 Jun 2010 at 8:47

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
hi,

From my experience, I had the same problem, you have to select the I am using 
windows vista option. It disable the translucent volume indicator but then the 
volume is affected, at least on my computer, this is how I solved the pb.

Hope it helps!

Original comment by axel.dur...@gmail.com on 28 Jul 2010 at 5:34

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi, I have the same problem as jhmoore. It would be great if the volume control 
worked. Thank you so much! The mute button does work, which is definitely great.

Original comment by annie.k....@gmail.com on 12 Nov 2010 at 7:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I tracked this issue down and fixed it. AutoHotkey itself is responsible. They 
say on their documentation that SoundSet and SoundGet do not work on Vista and 
up (they only set the script's volume, not Master volume). Check here:

http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/SoundSet.htm

UAWKS contains an override for Vista that follows the recommendations of the 
AutoHotkey documentation, however there is no work-around for SoundGet. That is 
why the overlay doesn't work with the Vista override enabled. Following their 
recommendation of switching to WinXP Compatibility mode did not solve the issue 
for me (Windows 7 x64 Professional).

I fixed this issue by using Vista Audio Control Functions v2.1, found here:

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic23792.html

I modified UAWKS appropriately, and now I can control the volume AND see a 
working overlay! :D I am very happy now :)

I'm not sure if anyone else is interested in the patch? I can cleanup my 
changes and attach if someone is interested? Anyway, my thanks to the developer 
of this project, UAWKS is great!

Original comment by billco...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2010 at 1:09

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
hey! i would love to have the volume control. thanks for working on this!

Original comment by annie.k....@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2010 at 4:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi, so I am following what billcoder has attempted to show us on this issue. 
However I seem to lack his understanding. If billcoder or another whom has got 
this running could post their edited version of AWK Library.ahk for Windows 7 
x64 that would be most appreciated. Till then I will keep playing with the code.
Thanks in advance,
Zijan08

Original comment by Zija...@gmail.com on 5 Jan 2011 at 10:00

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Sorry about not getting back to this sooner. I've cleaned up the fixes I made 
to UAWKS. They correct both issues 20 and 49. I have attached them to this 
comment, so hopefully they will be available for download. If not, I will 
upload them elsewhere and put a link here.

Attached should be both the modified source (changes I made are marked with ; 
billcoder) and a compiled EXE (not UPX compressed).

Windows Vista/7 users who use this modified source or EXE need to enable "I use 
Windows Vista" in the UAWKS preferences. Read "WINDOWS_VITSA_7_users.txt" 
included in the EXE and Source packages for more information.

Original comment by billco...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2011 at 10:34

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Ah so helpful bill! This completes the last of the fixes I needed to make this 
keyboard 100% functional in everything I need from it. Thanks again!

Original comment by Zija...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2011 at 11:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Billcoder, because U have use in Vista mode another ahk script, called VA.ahk, 
I have discovered that mute does not change translucent image colour into red, 
as it was from the very beggining. So, for check mute state, you have use 
VA_GetMasterMute() which return true or false.
Later, if (MasterMute = "on") checks the status and changes colour.
So far, VA_GetMasterMute return "1" and to bring back red colour, need to 
change to "  if (MasterMute = "1") {".
Altered file attached.

Original comment by addremover@gmail.com on 9 Sep 2011 at 10:52

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Thanks for this. The Windows Vista option should be more visible (like, I'm a 
Windows Vista / 7 user, enable this) but I'm okay finding it out this way. 
Great job on this, keep it up please :)

Regards from Brazil!

Original comment by rafaelbs...@gmail.com on 13 Sep 2011 at 4:47

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
hello folks, thanks for the great job. volume works fine for my win7 x64. but I 
have a german keyboard and have to use an "alt" patch (ID 2). could you 
implement the volume fix to the attached file. so it wouldn't be an eather or 
for me...

Original comment by SamantaS...@googlemail.com on 13 Jan 2012 at 8:03

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
if I start the source version in comment 12 become the attached failure. the 
exe version works fine. what's the problem behind?

Original comment by SamantaS...@googlemail.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 8:57

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