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03.05.2007 06:16:28

maybe a bug, maybe not

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I've noticed something about the way RB sends keypresses. Let's say I set the up and down buttons on my remote to the up and down keys, and set the play button to the return key, and set the menu button to run the following applescript:

tell finder
set Var to (choose from list {1,2,3} with prompt "pick a number"
return Var
end tell

This should open a dialog with three choices (the numbers 1, 2 and 3) and cancel and OK buttons (with 'OK' highlighted).

When this dialog is open, I can navigate the choices with the up and down keys, and the return key will press the 'OK' button.

With a Keyspan DMR remote with buttons assigned to keys as described above, the up and down buttons will navigate the dialog and the play button will click 'OK' - just as should happen, with those buttons emulating those keystrokes.

But with RB, the remote is useless while the dialog is open. I have to choose with the keyboard or mouse. Then, after the dialog is closed, all button presses that happened on the remote control finally get sent to the system.

(Mira acts the same way as Remote Buddy.)

Any reason why the keyspan DMR software can successfully emulate keystrokes when an applescript dialog is open, but RB cannot? It's kind of annoying.

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

General

How do I navigate the Remote Buddy menu? (FAQ015E0170)
To navigate the menu, you can use the following button presses:
"Left" - up by one level in the menu
"Right" and "Play" - choose the current entry
"Left hold" - go to the main menu
"Plus" and "Minus" - scroll through the entries
"Menu hold" - jump to the first entry of the current menu
"Menu" - fade in/out the onscreen menu

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.