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09.11.2007 13:39:05

Help creating a Dashboard solution

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I'm looking for a good way to implement Dashboard into my RB menu. I've been messing around with several possibilities, but none seem to work to my satisfaction. Suggestions would be wonderful.

I know RB has built-in support for Expose features, which include Dashboard, but I'm using RB as an interface for a DVR setup, so I'm trying to simplify its use as much as possible. Since the other Expose features will never need to be used, what I'd like is for there to simply be a Dashboard item in the main menu.

Ideally, here's how it would work: There's an item in the main menu, similar to how you can place the Eject or Restart items in the main menu. When you select it, it closes the RB menu and brings up the Dashboard. From the Dashboard, pressing practically any button will simply close the Dashboard and return you to whatever you were doing before opening it.

I've already tried setting up custom actions and behaviors, but I can't seem to get them working properly. Anyway, any help or direction would be greatly appreciated!

Last edited: 09.11.2007 13:39:52

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

Configuration

How do I add a new action to a Behaviour - f.ex. an emulated key press or AppleScript? (FAQ015E0153)
1) Open the Remote Buddy Preferences via the pulldown-menu and choose "Mapping".
2) Choose the mapping you want to modify.
3) Select "Custom actions" for the button you want to map to an action of your own.
4) Create the action you need using the appearing editor.

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.

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Help creating a Dashboard solution, User, 09.11.2007 13:39:05

Re: Help creating a Dashboard solution, User, 12.11.2007 05:04:47

Re: Help creating a Dashboard solution, User, 12.11.2007 10:31:44

Re: Help creating a Dashboard solution, User, 19.11.2007 23:03:01

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