GCW is a Windows only tool for creating and executing macros that are triggered by pressing game controller buttons.
It is very much like Joy2Key or XPadder. Type a macro into a text field, and you are ready to try it. Macros can send text, issue key sequences like Ctrl-p, perform mouse clicks at coordinates, and more. Built in commands allow you to run programs, open folders and known file types, toggle through open windows, change profiles.
You can compose up to 12 macros that you can save as a profile that you name. You can create as many profiles as you like.
GCW is based on Autohotkey V1.1. The well known Autohotkey (AHK) scripting tool offers means for emulating keyboard and mouse actions, interacting with windows, and much more. It is frequently used to automate repetitive computer tasks.
Please keep all the materials in the GCW folder together - if you don’t, you will experience a ton of error messages
GCW also includes a window so that you can test or run macros without a game controller. The "Test Joy Buttons" window appears on top of other windows when it is open. Refer to GCW_help.pdf for a more complete discussion about GCW and how to use it.
GCW is made using AutoHotKey V1.1. The executable GCW.exe was made using AHK2exe.ahk. This executable should be opened in the same folder as the rest of the GCW related files as it requires gcw.ini, and GCW_help.pdf to work properly without errors. Windows will warn you that the GCW.exe program is suspicious. Please scan it with your preferred malware scanner, or install AutoHotkey V1.1 and run the GCW.ahk script instead.
It uses AHK as the underlying engine, so you do have to know how to write the contents of an AHK Send command, but you don't have to write a full blown AHK script. You just type the contents of the Send command into a text field. Press (or activate) the associated gamepad button and the command gets sent.
Find out more about it here:
You can download the entire package by selecting Download Zip from the green Code button on the main Github page.
Unzip the contents. Open the GCW.exe file. Windows will warn you that it is an unrecognized app. Selected More Info. Select Run Anyway. Windows will scan it for malware. The About GCW button on the main GCW window will open a help file.