Blogger Tricks

23 Jun 2012

Launch Apps With Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

Launch App With Custom Keyboard Shortcuts TyperText is an application which comes packed with a special an overly simple feature, yet powerful text expander and application launcher. The effort you need to do is to specify the keywords that are to be replaced with specified text string and provide with a hotkeys to launch the application, thus you can open the files and visit websites etc., in the settings files. This settings files which uses a simple syntax to associate hotkeys combinations with application’s executable file and website URL etc., and performs text expansion functions.

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This application TyperText which appears in a system tray, from where you can bring up the editable settings file and then you can be easily able to remove formatting applied over text item in windows clipboard. This application which leads the user that it can save from hours of typing and lessen the effort involved in performing routine tasks which includes launching application, running scripts, visiting websites etc. and the user can really complete his work with in short span.
This TyperText which comes with an INI file, thus which reads the settings from the text file. By just clicking ShowTyperText from the system menu opens that text file (typertext.txt) to let the user to map hotkey combinations with applications, files websites etchant therefore can even define text  expansion functions. This software contains some samples that really help the user to use to define a new text expansion function and then associate shortcut keys with applications which let you to wish to launch. For instance, if the user wants to associate “Ctrl+Shift+V” With VideoLan VLC player, and then enter the following commands
“{Control}{Shift}V=RUN: <source path of vlc.exe file>”
In the similar way you can even define hotkey combinations for just about any application that you want to launch or a file you want to open. However, if you want to add a website, specify the hotkey followed by complete URL of website like
“{Control}{Shift}{Alt}F=RUN è http://www.facebook.com
“{Control}{Shift}{Alt}Y=RUN è http://www.yahoo.com”
Therefore to add text expansion function, there you need to specify the keyword followed by equals to sign and text string that you want to replace the keyword with. When you type the keyword, it will immediately replace it with a text string. For instance, if you need to add “br=Best Regards” to settings file, then all you need  is to type “br” to auto-type “Best Regards,” in active application window.
Perhaps this application not only automates typing for online forms, which allows frequently used phrases, IM conversations, programming language code modules etc., but also helps you to quickly launch applications and visit websites. It is a portable application which works on all the versions of windows.