Mirrors:
- United States -- http://www.mediafire.com
- looking for other mirrors...
version history
+: additions
-: omissions
#: fixes
- 01/10/2007 version 1.01...
- 01/13/2007 version 1.15...
+ FABRICE MODE (used for reversing monitor layouts) - 01/13/2007 version 1.16...
+ select where your wacomtablet.cpl file resides
+ shows if Apply button is found during set-combobox - 01/13/2007 version 1.17...
# problem of wacomtablet.cpl file location not being saved in the INI - 01/15/2007 version 1.30...
+ Ramming Switch Mode
+ Double-Bump Mode (default)
+ Triple-Bump Mode
+ Interactively adjust width of Switch Zone
+ Interactively set Ramming Velocity and Tolerance
+ New sounds for Ramming Switch Mode - version 1.31
# slight tweak to sounds -- be sure to re-extract and overwrite ALL files with this version. - version 1.32
# problem with utility becoming nonfunctional after setting Ramming Speed
# problem with glass sounds being played even if sound turned off
# sounds have 3 modes -- just choose the option to cycle between the modes. off/on/smash
# made the default settings use Ramming Switch and better preset settings... - version 1.33
# added in "jump-rejection sensing" that rejects large jumps in cursor position (such as those caused by the user lifting up the stylus out of range and then placing it near the edge). If a positional jump is greater than 8x of the minimum ramming speed, it will reject the movement without remapping the monitor. - version 1.34
+ support for Graphire tablets... - version 1.35
# fixed support for graphire tablets... hope it works... You have to hit this button and run the combobox selector Pen Tab->Pen Mode->Details - version 1.40
# fixed support for graphire tablets... AGAIN...
+ hotkeys. I made a very nice hotkey-editing window too.
# renamed Fabrice Mode to Swap Monitors
# organized the menu a bit -- things were getting cluttered. The Config menu holds all the settings that you set up in the beginning and leave alone afterwards. The Options menu stores settings that you may want to tweak frequently. - version 1.41
# Sometimes program would become inactive during switching... added a hack to make the program active again. - version 1.42
+ option to disable autoswitching, for people who want to use hotkeys exclusively. - version 1.43
+ option to automatically minimize the control panel to the task-tray at startup for Intuos and UD tablets
# fixed problem with working directory -- now config file INI and WAV files are all referenced from wherever the wacswitch.EXE is located.
Download and unzip all the files(and .wav files) to a separate directory, something like:
c:\program files\wacswitch
USAGE:
Fire up the wacswitch.exe program to begin
You might want to toss a shortcut to the wacswitch.exe into your startup shortcuts folder if you want it to run at startup. Remember to set the working directory of any shortcuts to the same directory where you installed the utility.
The first thing it should do is (hopefully) launch the control panel and bring it to the foreground. It does this by launching:
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"%WINDIR%\system32\rundll32.exe" %WINDIR%\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL "%WINDIR%\system32\WacomTablet.cpl",Wacom Tablet PropertiesOkay, you should also see a new taskbar tray icon that looks like a little wacom tablet. If you right-click that, you can access various options (and shut down the app).
If you're not on an English system, don't sweat it. I didn't forget about you guys!
Go to the OPTIONS menu and choose:
- "Localize Apply" -- this will let you choose the spelling for the APPLY button that you have to hit on the older wacom drivers to apply remapping changes.
- "Localize Monitor" -- this will let you choose the spelling for the word MONITOR that appears in the selection widget. For instance, French systems might use the word "Moniteur"...
BTW... if the first monitor in the list is a CINTIQ, then enter Cintiq instead.
This setting is not case-sensitive, and can be a partial string!
Now, regardless of your language...
Go to Options->Set ComboBox
It will then ask you to click the wacom control panel. Then it'll search through all the visible controls on the window in an attempt to find the combobox with the "Monitor" entries and find the "Apply" button, if it exists.
If it didn't work -- remember that you have to get to the remapping tab!
NOW DON'T CLOSE THE CONTROL PANEL!
Just click the taskbar icon instead and it'll hide the control panel for you! If you need to get back to that control panel, click the taskbar icon again. If you accidentally close the Wacom Switcher app before unhiding the Control Panel, don't sweat -- it will automatically unhide the control panel when you close it.
All your settings are saved in the wacswitch.ini folder where you installed the program.
SWITCHING BETWEEN MONITORS
Hover your stylus near the right side of your tablet -- when you're in range, you'll hear a little "klunk" sound (if you have sound activated). Back off a little bit, until you hear a "plink" and then move the stylus back to the edge. If you did it right, you'll hear a "ping" and the stylus cursor will jump over to the other monitor.
To remap the stylus back to the left side, redo that same operation, except on the left side of the tablet. Try to get used to this "double-bump" movement. If it suddenly stops working, move your stylus to the center of the screen and try again.
You can also do double-bumps while dragging the stylus to drag windows and icons from one monitor to the other!
When you use the mouse to manually move the cursor to either the screen, it will also automatically remap the tablet.
* if you find yourself accidentally switching a lot, you may want to adjust the Switch Zone Width or use the Triple-Bump mode. (since v1.30)
===== New since v1.30 *** RAMMING MODE =====
This is a special mode that acts when the cursor is "rammed" into the side of the monitor at a high-speed, travelling horizontally. You can set the minimum speed necessary to cause it to switch and set the amount of "angular inaccuracy" allowed using: Options->Ramming Switch Velocity
*Why I made this tool...*
I've been using my Cintiq as part of a dual-monitor setup for some time now and it's annoying to have to switch between using the stylus and the mouse every time I want to access controls on the other monitor.
Well, no more!
I rigged up a handy AutoHotkey script that can remap the tablet to the other display simply by "bonking" the cursor against the side of the screen towards the other monitor twice in rapid succession. You can drag windows from one side of the screen to the other and never have to use a mouse all!
Even better is the "Ramming Mode" added in version 1.30 that lets you ram the cursor at high-speed into the side of the display to switch monitors. Later versions 1.33 included "positional-jump rejection" to avoid accidental switching when the user lifts the stylus, moves it a fair distance and then brings it back down near the edge.
Anyways, I've got it working for the Cintiq, and now it also works for the Intuos and graphire tablets as well as a unified app that you just run in the background and select which tablet you have (for the first time you set up the program).
See, the program works by leaving the Wacom Control Panel open (it can be minimized in the background) and then the switching app can send the proper commands to the control panel to switch the mapping.
The utility includes various functions in the options menu to detect where the buttons and comboboxes are and to interactively set the ramming speed and switch zones.
the cursor always come back to my monitor 2.