Can I let my xfi card automatically switch to different modi when starting games/my musicplayer,e

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I got x-fi extreme gamer.
thx in advance

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By programming a startup script to call the feature mode functions. This shouldn't be hard to do even no experience on programming. Just use VBS as for an example (by searching ".vbs" here you should get some example code).
Here's pseudo code for what the script should do:
needed definitions
call the mode switching program to change the feature mode to game/entertainment/creation
call/run the software (audio, game, etc.)
(reser the feature mode to default (if you have set certain mode to be a default))
Then the startup shortcut for software just needs to be changed to call the certain script instead of original .exe.
jutapa
EDIT: Here's the base command you'll need.
<div class="section">object<div class="section">?<div class="section">WshShell object.
<div class="section">?<div class="section"><span class="parameter">strCommand?
String value indicating the command line you want to run. You must include any parameters you want to pass to the executable file.
<div class="section"><span class="parameter">intWindowStyle<div class="section">?Optional. Integer value indicating the appearance of the program's window. Note that not all programs make use of this information.
bWaitOnReturn?
Optional. Boolean value indicating whether the script should wait for the program to finish executing before continuing to the next statement in your script. If set to true, script execution halts until the program finishes, and Run returns any error code returned by the program. If set to false (the default), the Run method returns immediately after starting the program, automatically returning 0 (not to be interpreted as an error code).
<div class="section">?
The Run method returns an integer. The Run method starts a program running in a new Windows process. You can have your script wait for the program to finish execution before continuing. This allows you to run scripts and programs synchronously. Environment variables within the argument <span class="parameter">strCommand are automatically expanded. If a file type has been properly registered to a particular program, calling run on a file of that type executes the program. For example, if Word is installed on your computer system, calling Run on a *.doc file starts Word and loads the document. The following table lists the available settings for <span class="parameter">intWindowStyle.
<div class="tableSection">?<div class="tableSection">intWindowStyle <div class="tableSection">?<div class="tableSection">Description <div class="tableSection">0 Hides the window and activates another window.
Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when displaying the window for the first time.
2 Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window.
3 Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.
4 Displays a window in its most recent size and position. The acti've window remains acti've.
5 Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position.
6 Minimizes the specified window and activates the next top-level window in the Z order.
7 Displays the window as a minimized window. The acti've window remains acti've.
8 Displays the window in its current state. The acti've window remains acti've.
9 Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when restoring a minimized window.
0 Sets the show-state based on the state of the program that started the application.
Example
<div class="section">The following VBScript code opens a copy of the currently running script with Notepad.
<div class="code">?<div class="code"><div class="code"><div class="code"><pre>Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "%windir%\notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullName</pre>The following VBScript code does the same thing, except it specifies the window type, waits for Notepad to be shut down by the user, and saves the error code returned from Notepad when it is shut down.
<div class="code">?<div class="code">?
<div class="code"><pre>Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Return = WshShell.Run("notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullName, , true)</pre>?
Example 2
<pre>Dim oShell
Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell")
oShell.run "cmd /K CD C:\ & Dir"
Set oShell = Nothing</pre><div class="section">The following VBScript code opens a command window, changes to the path to C:\ , and executes the DIR command.
Message Edited by jutapa on 04-06-2008 05:2 PM