Exclusive PTA key

[WhiskeyBravo]

Hi Shift_E,

I use F11 for a PTA key and would like to make it an exclusive key but the box remains greyed out. I notice that if I select eg. CTRL+F11 then that is allowed but not F11 on its own. Any reason?

Is it because its not a registered version? (payment on the way btw)

WB.

[Shift_E]

Hi Shift_E,

I use F11 for a PTA key and would like to make it an exclusive key but the box remains greyed out. I notice that if I select eg. CTRL+F11 then that is allowed but not F11 on its own. Any reason?

Is it because its not a registered version? (payment on the way btw)

WB.

Hi WB,

No, the unregistered version is not crippled in any way, just time limited.

When I was adding that functionality I had what I thought was a good reason for not allowing the second key to be non exclusive. Making the key exclusive would mean no other program, except VAC would see the key press. I was affraid it would cause problems, however my logic is not always the best. The function was mainly added to stop Windows menu actions from the "ALT" and "Win" keys.

If you think it would be better to allow all keys to be included, I can change it in VAC. You can also edit the profile in Notepad to make the "F11" key exclusive, if you'd like I can tell you how.

Thank you for registering and supporting shareware!

[WhiskeyBravo]

Hi Shift_E,

I understand your logic and it seems reasonable, I can't really think of any arguments for or against it - apart from 'it doesn't work for me in this particular instance'. Actually, by not working as I wanted it caused me to avoid a problem I wouldn't have noticed until too late with my joystick transmit keys.

Just for info though, my TrackIR uses F8, F9 and F12 exclusively and doesn't cause any problems. I just have to be aware of it when programming keys for different games.

Thinking about it a bit more, I think your solution is best as it will avoid lots of 'why isn't this working' type posts from people who don't want to get too deeply into how a particular program works.

Thanks again,

WB.

[Shift_E]

Hi WB,

I wasn't sure any one could follow my logic. The exclusive function is very narrow in it's functionality.