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- Volumouse v1.72
- Copyright (c) 2004 - 2009 Nir Sofer
- Web site: http://www.nirsoft.net
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- Description
- ===========
-
- Volumouse provides you a quick and easy way to adjust the sound volume on
- your system - simply by rolling the wheel of your wheel mouse.
- It allows you to define a set of rules for determining when the wheel
- will be used for changing the sound volume. For example: You can
- configure Volumouse to use your mouse wheel for volume control when the
- Alt key is hold down, when the left mouse button is down, when the mouse
- cursor is over the taskbar, and so on...
- When the conditions that you define are not satisfied, your mouse wheel
- will be used for the regular scrolling tasks, exactly as before.
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- System Requirements
- ===================
-
-
- * Windows operating system: Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows
- 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista. (Windows 95 is
- not supported)
- * Wheel mouse
- * Sound card.
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- Versions History
- ================
-
-
- * Version 1.72:
- o Fixed issue for multiple monitors - Volumouse now open the
- options windows in the primary screen.
-
- * Version 1.71:
- o Fixed bug in Windows 7/Vista: When choosing 'Default Playback' or
- 'Default Recording' option, the channels combo-box was disabled, so
- you could not use the mute/unmute option on default
- Playback/Recording.
-
- * Version 1.70:
- o Added 2 new conditions for working with almost any application
- window: 'The specified application window is focused' and 'Mouse
- cursor is over the specified window'. You can specify the desired
- window according to window title and/or window class, in the Advanced
- Rule Options.
- o Changed the installer - Now the Volumouse setup .exe is created
- with NSIS instead of my old ZipInstaller.
- o Fixed bug: In new Volumouse installations, the OSD indicator was
- transparent, instead of green.
-
- * Version 1.67:
- o Fixed bug: Windows key settings were not saved when you exit from
- Volumouse.
-
- * Version 1.66:
- o Added support for Windows key (in separated check-box) when using
- hot keys instead of wheel mouse.
-
- * Version 1.65:
- o Added support for setting the color of On Screen Display.
- o Added support for displaying the percent label in 'On Screen
- Display'.
- o Action add/change: 'The cursor is on screen corners' action now
- really works only when the cursor is on screen corners. There is a
- new action, 'The cursor is on screen edges' that works like the
- corners action in previous versions.
-
- * Version 1.60:
- o Added new type of indicator: On Screen Display. (Only for Windows
- 2000 or greater)
- o Added enable/disable options. When Volumouse is disabled,
- scrolling the wheel mouse or pressing the hot-key combination will
- make the regular task and won't be captured by volumouse.
- o On 64-but systems, you can now run 2 separated instances of
- Volumouse. one for using it with 32-bit applications, and the other
- for using it with 64-bit applications.
-
- * Version 1.57:
- o Add new option: Increase steps value on high volume.
-
- * Version 1.56:
- o New Rule Condition: When VLC Player is focused.
-
- * Version 1.55:
- o Added /cfg command-line option to load the configuration of
- Volumouse from another file. (For example: volumouse.exe /cfg
- "c:\temp\vm.cfg")
-
- * Version 1.54:
- o Fixed problems with multiple monitors.
-
- * Version 1.53:
- o Fixed bug: Volumouse failed to change the volume when the
- component type is 'Default Playback' or 'Default Recording' (in Vista)
-
- * Version 1.52:
- o Increased the width of drop-down lists.
- o Added negative values to steps combo-box.
-
- * Version 1.51:
- o Added support for creating plugins.
-
- * Version 1.50:
- o Volumouse now works under Windows Vista (both 32-bit and x64
- versions)
- o Under Vista, there is no default mixer device anymore, but you
- can select the default playback and recording device in the component
- combo-box.
- o Under Vista, You can select more 6 channels, in addition to the 2
- standard left and right channels.
- o Under Vista, changing the master volume doesn't affect the
- default left/right balance, as in the previous version of Windows.
- o All default settings are now saved into .cfg file instead of the
- Registry.
- o Added new options to "Use the wheel when" combo-box: Windows
- Media Center is focused, iTunes is focused, Mouse cursor is over the
- Vista Gadgets, GOM Player is focused, Alt+Shift are down, Alt+Ctrl
- are down, Ctrl+Shift are down, The cursor is on screen corners.
- o New option: Use hot-keys instead of the mouse wheel.
- o Added additional rule line (6 instead of 5 in previous
- versions...)
-
- * Version 1.31:
- o New option in device combo-box - Use the default playback device
- in Control Panel.
- o When Windows Media Player is focused - Now also works in full
- screen mode.
-
- * Version 1.30:
- o Fixed bug: When Word/Excel window is focused, the volume change
- is faster than other windows.
- o Ability to control the left/right balance.
- o Save/load all Volumouse configuration to file.
-
- * Version 1.21:
- o New option: Run Volumouse application in high priority.
-
- * Version 1.20:
- o Component names change: sound component names are now loaded from
- the operating system
- o New option: Display percent label on the indicator.
- o New option: Activate the rule only after specified number of
- wheel moves.
- o New option: indicator position fix - move the indicator position
- according to your preference.
- o New option: Use different mixer device in each rule.
- o Fixed bug: In previous version, Volumouse always used the first
- mixer device, even if you selected another one...
- o New rule condition: "no button/key is pressed" - Use this rule if
- you want to replace the normal behaviour of the wheel.
- o Windows XP Style: The indicator and other elements are now
- displayed according to your XP style.
-
- * Version 1.10:
- o New option: Display on-screen indicator while changing the sound
- volume.
- o New option: Mute/unmute the sound volume.
- o New Rule Conditions: Mouse cursor is over a title bar, BSPlayer
- is focused.
- o Non-Sound Components: Now you can also use volumouse to make your
- windows transparent (On Windows 2000/XP) or to change the brightness
- of the entire screen (only if you have a video card that supports
- this feature).
-
- * Version 1.00 - First release.
-
-
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- Upgrading Volumouse from previous versions
- ==========================================
-
- If you have a previous version of Volumouse, you don't have to remove the
- old version before installing the new one. You can simply overwrite the
- previous version with the new version. However, You must do it according
- to the following instructions:
- 1. Exit completely from Volumouse. (The pink button)
- 2. Wait one or two minutes, to allow the vlmshlp.dll file to be
- released by the operating system.
- 3. Install Volumouse, as you did with the previous version.
- 4. If you get any error message related to vlmshlp.dll, restart your
- computer, and then do all this process again.
-
- Notice: When upgrading from verson 1.31 or earlier to this version,
- you'll lose all your previous settings and we'll have to reconfigure
- Volumouse again.
-
-
-
- Installing/Removing Volumouse
- =============================
-
- There are 2 methods to install Volumouse on your system:
- * Manual Installation: (For advanced users only !)
- In order to manually install Volumouse on your system, follow the
- instructions below:
- 1. Create a new folder for Volumouse utility (Under your 'Program
- Files' folder, or anywhere else you like).
- 2. Extract all files from the zip file (volumouse.zip for 32-bit
- or volumouse-x64.zip for x64) into the new folder that you created.
- 3. Optionally, create a shortcut to volumouse.exe on your desktop
- or under your start-menu.
- 4. Start using Volumouse, simply by running the executable -
- volumouse.exe
-
- In order to remove Volumouse from your system, follow the instructions
- below:
- 1. To ensure that Volumouse is not running in your system, Select
- 'Exit Completely' from the options dialog-box or from popup menu of
- the taskbar icon.
- 2. Delete the folder that you created during the installation
- process. If you failed to delete the Volumouse helper dll
- (vlmshlp.dll), wait a little time (one or two minutes) to allow this
- file to be released by the operating system, and then try again.
- 3. Optionally, delete Volumouse configuration from the Registry
- under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NirSoft\Volumouse
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-
- * Automatic Installation (With self-install executable)
- In order to install Volumouse with self-install executable, follow the
- instructions below:
- 1. Download and run the Volumouse self-install executable.
- 2. Select the desired installation settings, and click 'install'
- to start installing Volumouse.
- 3. After installation is completed, run Volumouse from the your
- start-menu.
-
- In order to remove Volumouse that you previously installed with
- ZipInstaller:
- 1. First, you must ensure that Volumouse is not running in your
- system. In order to do that, select 'Exit Completely' from the
- options dialog-box (the pink button) or from popup menu of the
- taskbar icon. Wait a little time to ensure that vlmshlp.dll is
- completely unloaded from the system, and then continue to the next
- step.
- 2. Go to the Add/Remove Programs module, choose Volumouse entry,
- and select to remove it from your system.
-
-
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- Using Volumouse
- ===============
-
- When you run Volumouse, the main options window is displayed, in order to
- allow you to configure Volumouse according to your needs. You can always
- return again to the 'options' window by clicking on the tray icon of
- Volumouse.
- Volumouse allows you to define up to 5 different rules for determining
- when and how the wheel should be used to control the sound volume. When
- you run Volumouse in the first time, it defines for you 2 default rules:
- When the alt key is down and when the left mouse button is down. You can
- accept the default settings by pressing OK button, or change the rules
- list according to your preferences.
-
-
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- Wheel Mouse Rules
- =================
-
- Each rule contains 4 basic fields:
- 1. Use the wheel when: This field represents the condition of the
- rule. For example: if your select 'Shift key is down', this rule will
- be activated only while the shift key is hold down. You can also
- disable a rule by selecting 'Disabled' in this field.
- 2. Component: This field determines that sound component that you want
- to control with this rule. The default and the most useful component
- is the 'Master Volume' of your system.
- 3. Channels: The default and the most useful option in this field is
- 'All Channels' - which means that both right and left channels are
- changed to the same values. If from some reason, you want to change
- only one channel separately - you can use the 'Left Channel' and
- 'Right Channel' options. Starting from version 1.10, 'Mute / Unmute'
- option is also available. If you select this option, scrolling the
- wheel down will mute the sound, and scrolling the wheel up will unmute
- the sound.
- 4. Steps: The number of steps added to the sound volume for each move
- of the mouse wheel. If you increase this number, the volume will be
- changed faster when you scroll the wheel.
- there are also more advanced options for each rule, you can configure
- them by clicking the 'More...' button of the desired rule.
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- More Rule Options
- =================
-
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- * Activate the rule only after... Allows you to activate the rule only
- after specified number of wheel moves.
- * Left / Right Balance: Allows you to control the balance of left and
- right channels. For example: If you want that the volume of the left
- channel will always be 50% of the right channel volume, set the right
- value to 1.0 and the left value to 0.5
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- On-Screen Indicator
- ===================
-
- Starting from version 1.10, Volumouse allows you display an indicator on
- the screen when you use the wheel for adjusting the volume.
- You can configure the on-screen indicator by using the following options
- in the 'advanced rule options' dialog-box: (click the 'More...' button in
- order to get this dialog-box)
- * Type: The type of the on-screen indicator. You can select vertical
- trackbar, horizontal trackbar, or 'none' - if you don't want to display
- any indicator.
- * Size: The size of indicator - in pixels.
- * Delay: The number of milliseconds that the indicator will be
- displayed on the screen after you finish to adjust the volume. The
- default value is 500 milliseconds.
- * Position: the horizontal and vertical position of the indicator. By
- default, the indicator is displayed in the position of the mouse cursor.
- * Transparency: Allows you to display the indicator as transparent.
- Only works on Windows 2000/XP.
-
-
-
- Non-Sound Components
- ====================
-
- Volumouse was originally created for controlling the sound volume with
- the mouse wheel. However, starting from version 1.10, I decided to add 2
- additional components that are not really related to sound, but they
- might be useful for some people:
- 1. Window Transparency: (Works only on Windows 2000/XP)
- Allows you make any window transparent !
- In order to use this feature, define a new rule with this component,
- go with mouse cursor to the window that you want to make transparent,
- hold down the right keys or buttons according the the condition that
- you chose, and then scroll down the wheel to make the window
- transparent !
- 2. Screen Brightness: Allows you to change the brightness of the
- entire screen.
- Important Notice: Changing the screen brightness is achieved by
- setting the gamma ramp values into the video card. Unfortunately, many
- video cards don't support this feature, so the 'Screen Brightness'
- component may not work in your system.
-
-
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- Using the mouse wheel when specific application is in focus
- ===========================================================
-
- Starting from version 1.70 of Volumouse, there are 2 new conditions that
- allows you the define the wheel behaviour for every application, as long
- as the application has a unqiue window title and/or window class name.
- You can use one of the following conditions: 'The specified application
- window is focused' and 'Mouse cursor is over the specified window'. After
- choosing these conditions, you can go to the Advanced Rule Options, and
- type the window title, the window class name, or both.
- For example, if you want that to change the wheel behaviour when working
- with Windows Calculator, simply type 'Calculator' in the window title
- field.
- If you want to identify the application window according to its unique
- class name, simply drag the target icon into the desired window, and
- Volumouse will automatically set the right window class for you.
-
-
-
- Creating plugins for Volumouse
- ==============================
-
- If you're a C++ programmer, and you want to add new components to
- Volumouse, and respond with your own code when the mouse wheel is
- scrolled, you can do that by creating a new plugin for Volumouse. For
- more information, click here
-
-
-
- Other Options
- =============
-
-
- * Mixer Device: The sound device that you want to use in Volumouse.
- * Display icon in the system tray: By default, the icon of Volumouse is
- displayed in the system tray (taskbar). When you click the icon with
- the left mouse button, the main options window is displayed. If from
- some reason you don't want this icon to appear in your taskbar, you can
- hide it by unchecking this option. When this option is unchecked, the
- only way to access the options windows - is by running the executable
- of Volumouse (volumouse.exe)
- * Load Volumouse at startup: If this option is checked, Volumouse will
- be automatically loaded after you reboot your computer.
- * Display this window when you start Volumouse: By default, the
- 'Options' window is displayed each time that you run Volumouse. If you
- want to avoid this, uncheck this option
- * Run Volumouse application in high priority: When the CPU usage is
- high, Volumouse may respond to mouse moves very slowly. To improve the
- performances of Volumouse under high CPU usage conditions, you can set
- the priority of Volumouse application to high, simply by checking this
- option.
-
-
-
- Translating Volumouse to other languages
- ========================================
-
- In order to translate Volumouse to other language, follow the
- instructions below:
- 1. Run Volumouse with /savelangfile parameter:
- volumouse.exe /savelangfile
- A file named volumouse_lng.ini will be created in the folder of
- Volumouse utility.
- 2. Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text
- editor.
- 3. Translate all string entries to the desired language. Optionally,
- you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site.
- (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information,
- it'll be used in the 'About' window.
- 4. After you finish the translation, Run Volumouse, and all translated
- strings will be loaded from the language file.
- If you want to run Volumouse without the translation, simply rename
- the language file, or move it to another folder.
-
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- License
- =======
-
- This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely
- distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any
- other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If you
- distribute this utility, you must include all files in the distribution
- package, without any modification !
-
-
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- Disclaimer
- ==========
-
- The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed
- or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
- merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not
- be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages
- due to loss of data or any other reason.
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- Feedback
- ========
-
- If you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in my
- utility, you can send a message to nirsofer@yahoo.com
-