Using quick-run items you can run any application by simply pressing a hot key. You can direct
the application to hide itself to the tray or maximize or minimize after startup. An application
can be started within the current desktop or in one of your additional desktops. Quick-run
applications can be automatically positioned, sized, and pushed to be 'Always on top'. It can be
also started from a specified directory. If you detach a quick-run item that represents a folder,
you will be able to browse that folder from the tray or a floater menu. Drag files onto such a
floater to copy them into it. If the floater represents an application, dragged files will be
opened by the application.
Every quick-run item can be in a "Launch set". A Launch set can have its own hotkey. Calling a
Launch set will popup a menu. Double-pressing the Launch set hotkey will run all the quick-run
items in it. You can add a Launch set to the tray. The individual items within it are displayed
in the corresponding context menu, where they may be selected individually. Clicking the Launch
set hotkey will popup this menu directly.
You can activate quick-run items without hotkeys using the tray menu or hot menu, or you can
assign the same hotkey to several quick-run items simultaneously. They will then all be activated
when the hotkey is pressed. Every quick-run item in the tray/hot menu has another context menu
which can be called by right-clicking a menu item. Via this menu you can delete an item, hide an
item, detach to create an icon or floater, and more.
You can also activate quick-run by typing its text alias in any window. To add such alias, expand
hotkey item and choose "Assign alias" link To create a new quick-run item:
- Open the Quick-run/Macros dialog and choose the corresponding button in the corresponding section.
This is the only way to create "Folder" quick-run items.
- Right-click any window on it's title and choose "Add to quick-run" from the window's system
menu.
-Call a hotmenu by right-clicking a window's "Close" button or by pressing the hotkey.
('Ctrl-Alt-Gray Minus' is the default value for this hotkey.) Then choose "Add to quick-run" from
the "Application shortcut" submenu. Use this menu to create a shortcut to the active application
on your desktop or add it to the "Start" menu.
Advanced possibilities
- You can force use of desired ole command on target application in quick-runs. To archive this, you have to add "[ole:...]" string to application parameters,
where "..." - ole command. Example: Set application path to any document and its parameter to "[ole:print]". This quick-run will quickly print choosen document.
- You can run quick-runs or macros from shortcuts (bat/cmd/lnk/js/vbs files) using Command line switch "-execute". Just execute command like "WireKeys.exe -execute=XXX" where XXX is the name of the macro or quick-run item and it will be executed.
To execute action, set its number instead of macro name prepended with '!', for example "WireKeys.exe -execute=!15" will eject CD-Rom. To see action numbers look at the end of this page. Warning: WireKeys must be already started to perform such execution.
- You can also call quick-runs and macros from auto-text plugin. Assign alias to "Execute" quick-run/macro name (instead of path to the file) and you will be able to start it by typing its alias in any application.
Special names of WireKeys actions:
Prepend action number with "!". Use such name (like "!15" for opening CD-Rom) in place where quick-run name can be used to start corresponding action
