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26.03.2015 21:50:31

[Resolved] AppleScript deactivate sticky behavior

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Hi,

I've read all I could about this subject but couldn't find out a working solution to my problem.

I wrote an AppleScript application which sends various commands to VLC and for which I'd like to have a custom behavior activated. I've written and installed my behavior and the script activates it and makes it sticky just after VLC has been launched (if I don't make it sticky then RB switches back to VLC) :

tell application "Remote Buddy" to behaviourcore accessor "setActiveBehaviour" identifier "com.me.scriptedbehaviours.myscriptapplication" useActivationEventCode "activated" with stickyValue

Everything's okay. Now the problem with this is that I have to manually deactivate the behavior once the script application has quit. I'd like RB to switch back to default behavior or whatever is running once the script has quit. I tried adding this to the quit handler of my app (as I understand it it should still detect my script running but clear the stickyValue) :

tell application "Remote Buddy" to behaviourcore accessor "triggerAutoRecognition"

also tried to activate default behavior :

tell application "Remote Buddy" to behaviourcore accessor "setActiveBehaviour" identifier "com.iospirit.remotebuddy.defaults" useActivationEventCode "activated"

Both result in my script and RB hanging until I force quit the script. I still didn't figure out a way to "unstick" the behavior or return back to default (would be nice to have an example for this in the dictionary).

Thanks

Last edited: 26.03.2015 22:12:08

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.
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.

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[Resolved] AppleScript deactivate sticky behavior, User, 26.03.2015 21:50:31

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