Clavier+ 10.7.0

If the articles below do not provide a solution to your issue, you can read the help forum or contact me at guillaume@ryder.fr

Please be accurate and informative in your messages. Read this article to get the idea.

Please note that I cannot help you with questions related to any software other than Clavier+. For instance Clavier+ cannot do anything about it if you see error messages when launching MS Outlook with a keyboard shortcut.

Clavier+ is a self-service software. As each use case is unique, it is up to you to configure it according to your needs. I will not find the right keystrokes for you. I cannot help you with programs other than Clavier+.

You can of course contact me to report Clavier+ bugs, ask for documentation clarification, request a new feature, etc.

The latest Clavier+ version is compatible with all NT family Windows versions: 2000, NT, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10. The older Clavier+ versions are compatible with Windows 95/98/ME too.

Some programs such as Microsoft Edge (the Windows 10 web browser) handle the keyboard in a non-standard way, preventing Clavier+ from writing text. To get around this problem, surround your text with [| and |], as below:

[|My text|]

Most of the time, no. Games access the keyboard in low-level, for various raisons: speed, cheat protection.

Some characters have a special meaning for Clavier+: \ [ ] { } |

You need to escape when with a backslash to write them. Example:

This is a bracket: \[, this is a single backslash: \\

There is no standard way to format text: the exact procedure depends on which program you want to write text in (Word, Excel, OpenOffice).

The AutoText feature of Word allows inserting any formatted text block. With other programs, you can use keyboard shortcuts. For example, Ctrl + B often toggles the bold attribute. To make a word bold, one can write:

A [Ctrl+B]bold[Ctrl+B] word

Again, formatting hotkeys depend on the program you are using. Please refer to its documentation for more details.

No, Clavier+ works with Windows for PC only. I have no plans to port Clavier+ to Mac, Linux, Android, iOS/iPhone/iPad, Windows Phone, or any other system. I don’t know if these systems offer a Clavier+ equivalent. Porting Clavier+ to another system would require a full rewrite therefore a lot of work.

Access to the Clavier+ shortcut list cannot be password protected. Indeed, storing data in a secure fashion is both difficult and restrictive in terms of available features. I strongly recommend using software specialized in passwords storage, such as KeePass, Password Safe or RoboForm.

Click the plus shaped button, choose Write Text, press the numpad period key, then click the OK button. Write a comma in the Write text area.

In Windows Explorer, create a Windows shortcut to the special folder: press the right mouse button on the special folder, drag the mouse to another folder (for example C:\), release the button and choose Create shortcut here in the popup menu.

Then, in Clavier+, create a Launch a program keyboard shortcut that executes the Windows shortcut you have just created. You have to write the full path manually, and to append the .lnk extension. For example: C:\My computer.lnk if you have created a shortcut named My computer in the folder C:\.

Some special folders can be opened without the need for a shortcut. For instance, ::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d} opens My computer. The CLSIDs marked as supported by Run in this list are also available.

In the shortcut command line, insert explorer /e, before the folder path; make sure to write a comma after /e. For example: explorer /e, C:\

Launch Clavier+ then quit it. Double-click on the Clavier.ini file located in the same directory than Clavier+. In the second line, that begins with Size=, replace the last zero by the digit one. For example: Size=923,501,0,0 should become Size=923,501,0,1.

As Clavier+ icon will no more be visible, you will have to launch Clavier+ twice to display its configuration window (once to launch it, once to display the window).

Two solutions:

• insert a line return in the edit box, by pressing the Return key,
• if the previous solution doesn’t work, write the code [ENTER]
  The shortcut will probably have to pause for a short time to let the return key be processed: [][ENTER]

Click the arrow-shape button, choose the command Simulate a Keystroke.

There are three keys related to sound volume:

• mute: code [#173]
• higher volume: code [#175]
• lower volume: code [#174]

To simulate those keys and change the volume with your keyboard, create a shortcut with Clavier+ in text mode, then write the key code in the Write text area, between brackets.

You can use the program VolumeManager to adjust the volume finely.

There are four keys related to music players:

• next track: code [#176]
• previous track: code [#177]
• stop: code [#178]
• play/pause: code [#179]

These keys work even if the music player in not the active application. To use them, create a shortcut with Clavier+ in text mode, then write the key code in the Write text area, between brackets.

There are several keys related to Internet browsers:

• back: code [#166]
• forward: code [#167]
• refresh: code [#168]
• stop: code [#169]
• search: code [#170]
• favorites: code [#171]
• home: code [#172]
• e-mail: code [#180]
• media player: code [#181]
• application 1: code [#182]
• application 2: code [#183]

These keys work only if the Internet browser is active.

Create a shortcut to Clavier.exe in the Startup folder:

1. Press Win + R, enter: shell:startup
2. Right click in the Startup folder window, choose New, Shortcut.
3. Enter the path of Clavier.exe.

The solution is to enclose the path of the two programs in double brackets, in the Write text area. For example, to launch notepad and the calculator:

[[notepad.exe]][[calc.exe]]

You need to create a shortcut of type Write text and use the [{MouseButton,code}] special command. For example, to simulate a left click: [{MouseButton,L}]. For a double-click, execute two left clicks: [{MouseButton,L}][{MouseButton,L}]. For a right click, use the R code: [{MouseButton,R}].

You can create a VBScript program and ask Clavier+ to execute it. The generic procedure is the following: launch Notepad, write the text of your script, save it with the .VBS file extension, then associate a shortcut to it with Clavier+.

An example: write the current date in the active program.

set shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.SendKeys Date()

If you want to write the date in another format, you can use the VBScript date functions.

To keep your Clavier+ shortcuts after upgrading or reformatting your computer, you can transfer the Clavier.ini configuration file, located in Clavier+ directory. Detailed procedure:

1. On the new computer: install Clavier+.
2. On the new computer: click on Quit in Clavier+ configuration window, then confirm.
3. Copy the Clavier.ini file located in Clavier+ directory from the old to the new computer.
4. On the new computer: restart Clavier+.

Clavier+ saves its configuration in a file named Clavier.ini. If it cannot do that, Clavier+ displays an error message Unable to save the settings and your changes are lost when you exit Clavier+. It is often a permissions issue: Clavier+ needs write permissions for the configuration file. To solve the issue, install Clavier+ in a directory where you have write permissions.

Read the article above if Clavier+ displays the Unable to save the settings error message.

If your shortcuts have suddenly disappeared without any error message, several users have reported the issue in the last few years but I have been unable to diagnose or reproduce it.