====== mIRC alias/hotkey configuration ======
Open your mIRC Scripts Editor (**Tools | Scripts Editor**, or press <key>A-R</key>).

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Choose **Aliases** tab and type in one of the lines illustrated on the following screenshot.

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  /mp3 /dde mplug announce
  /F12 /dde mplug announce preset 1
  /sF12 /dde mplug announce preset 2

The first one will announce song info using the current AMIP preset when you type **/mp3** in mIRC.
Second will announce when you press <key>F12</key> using **present #1**.
The last one announces on <key>S-F12</key> using **preset #2**.

Please note that you need to have a sane command in the preset which announces to mIRC, like the default one: 
  //describe $active np: %name [%min:%sec~m/%br~kbps/%sr~kHz]

<note classic>
Default preset is cached. If you use **/dde mplug announce** and change the preset in AMIP, it will still announce using the old preset unless you change the song. You can use **/dde mplug announce preset 1** if you don't want to use cached preset.
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<note warning>
Please note that some hotkeys and aliases may be already used by mIRC or by the script you may have installed. In this case the above examples may not work or produce incorrect results. Change the hotkeys/aliases or remove conflicting aliases to fix this.
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