F keys or Program Buttons capability

[bert]

Is it possible to program the special buttons along the top of the
keyboard.(email, search etc) to generate a sequence of characters? I'd
like to be able to enter passwords and ID's into forms when logging
into various sites. It would be helpful for my friend who has arthritic
hands. He has tried the auto-complete function but it works fine only
on one bank site but not others.

 

[Pop`]

Is it possible to program the special buttons along the top of the
keyboard.(email, search etc) to generate a sequence of characters?
I'd like to be able to enter passwords and ID's into forms when
logging into various sites. It would be helpful for my friend who has
arthritic hands. He has tried the auto-complete function but it works
fine only on one bank site but not others.

That can't really be done although other key sequences can be used. Here
are a couple suggestions:

-- See Help for Accessibility options. Sticky Keys, things like that.
Click Start, Programs, Accessories, Accessibilty to access the features.

-- Adesso.com sells programmable keyboards. I have a PF 142; it has 24
programmable keys above the normal row of Function Keys. Each of those keys
are fully programmable. It also saves/restores settings to disk in case 24
aren't enough. Others make keyboards too, but I don't recall them.
Caveat: Under heavy use the keys lettering wears off. They've already sent
me new keycaps for this one. If you're a heavy user and not a touch typist,
this could become a problem. Otherwise it's perfect.

--- Try RemoteKeys at http://www.freewarehits.de/RemoteKeys.htm
Caveat: It's unsupported; the guy wrote it for use by a museum and just
dedicated it to the public. I use it a LOT and it's bug-free and stable,
consumes few resources and a real winner for me.
Caveat: Not all the documentation is in English; some is in German. All of
the documentation is translated German and sometimes hard to read because
the terminilogy, though consistant, is occasionally "funny".

ALMOST ANY key or sequence of keys on the keyboard can be programmed,
including CTRL+, ALT+, Shift+ and combinations of those such as
CTRL+ALT+keys, etc..
I manage some web sites that need constant updates - it helps
termendously for entering a LOT of common things.
Additionally, right-click and left-click access different commands.
It puts up a box to choose the commands from. I think you can store
something like ten sets of up to 5,000 commands or somethign like that. A
lot more than I need. See the site for accurate details.

Caveat: There is a small learning curve to program, , but it's not
insurmountable by any means and is very user friendly in use. For the life
of me I can't understand why someone hasn't copied the design and offering
it. It's one of the most useful programs I've ever come across. I'ver
tried repeatedly to find the author and cannot. I'm using it on XP Pro, but
I imagine it'd work on any windows os.

CONs: Free, easy to use, ultra-programmable, can record both mouse and
keyboard keys, and be programmed in its own code if you're so inclined,
which is also easy to learn, etc etc etc..

HTH
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[Alec S.]

Is it possible to program the special buttons along the top of the
keyboard.(email, search etc) to generate a sequence of characters? I'd
like to be able to enter passwords and ID's into forms when logging
into various sites. It would be helpful for my friend who has arthritic
hands. He has tried the auto-complete function but it works fine only
on one bank site but not others.

You've asked this question at least half a dozen times in the past few days, and people keep responding. Are you seeing the
responses?


Perhaps the OP doesn't know how to check replies, they are not visible, are being filtered, or something else. Maybe a direct email
response is needed to make sure they get it.

 

[bert]

You've asked this question at least half a dozen times in the past few days, and people keep responding. Are you seeing the
responses?


Perhaps the OP doesn't know how to check replies, they are not visible, are being filtered, or something else. Maybe a direct email
response is needed to make sure they get it.

Re the multiple postings - I posted once, then deleted it and posted
once more to clarify my problem. I got your reply and one other - (very
helpful) IThis was the first time on this group. If you know where I
erred please let me know. Thanks

 

[Alec S.]

Re the multiple postings - I posted once, then deleted it and posted
once more to clarify my problem. I got your reply and one other - (very
helpful) IThis was the first time on this group. If you know where I
erred please let me know. Thanks

I didn't say you erred, I just thought you weren't seeing the suggestions. It just feels like I've seen several posts mentioning a
friend with arthritis in this and/or another newsgroup, and I'm pretty sure they were posted under different names, but I probably
just looking at the wrong line.

He has tried the auto-complete function but it works fine only on one bank site but not others.

No, it wouldn't necessarily. Some websites specifically have code to disable autocomplete on some fields. It's a pain in the butt,
but they do it for "security".


Here's another suggestion; use a clipboard type application. There are apps which will allow you to save clips of text which you
can easily paste with a couple of clicks of the mouse (no keyboard required at all!) I can't find the ones I have come across, but
I'll take a look and see if I can find them. This way, your friend can save login names, passwords, pretty much anything at all,
and then just click to paste it into the fields. Even better, it can be used for anything on the computer, not just websites.