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06.02.2007 00:03:26

Getting focus for launched app ?

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Hi,

Maybe this is a newbie question, but if I shutdown all apps, then launch an EyeTV function (eg. LiveTV Command-O ), Remotebuddy launches the EyeTV app and goes to LiveTV.

However, the focus is still on Finder, and you're left with the OSX menu bar on screen.

Is there a way to get the focus onto the EyeTV app to block out the Apple menu bar ?

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

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.

Hardware - EyeTV Receiver

Which receivers are supported? (FAQ015E0211)
The latest info on hard- and software-requirements including info on support hardware can be found on the dedicated page for EyeTV receivers.

Please consider making use of the free Remote Buddy trial version to test your device for compatibility directly on your computer.

User

06.02.2007 00:19:02

Re: Getting focus for launched app ?

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Hello Andrew,

thanks for asking.

I'll need a little more detail from you, though.

How do you launch EyeTV?

And how do you send that command to EyeTV? Using a custom action? If
so, did you tick the "Activate application" checkbox in the keyboard
actor?

At any rate, adding an AppleScript actor to your custom action with
this code

tell application "EyeTV" to activate

should both launch and activate EyeTV.

Best regards,
Felix

User

06.02.2007 00:41:52

Re: Getting focus for launched app ?

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Thanks for your prompt reply Felix,

I found that the default EyeTV behaviour action "Toggle Fullscreen" will launch EyeTV from the Finder ( but will not go Fullscreen ). So then I press "Toggle Fullscreen" again and it will work.

For some reason, I cleared the button mapping and re-applied it and now it seems to work OK.

I will let you know if this changes for any reason.

User

06.02.2007 00:54:01

Re: Re: Getting focus for launched app ?

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Hello Andrew,

thanks for reporting this. Makes perfect sense. I'll fix it in the
next release.

Best regards,
Felix

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