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10.02.2007 14:49:00

Add Sript to a Customised Menu

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Hi there,

I just don't get it right with the BeConstKit, I've got a Script with send an open URL to RealPlayer.

1) Action factory - > New - > Implementation - > AppleScript - > Typed my script

2) Behaviors factory -> Drag&Drop RealPlayer on left pane - Actions - > Drag&Drop New Action on right pane

3) Default Mapping - Apple Remote - > Play;My New Behavior

4) Open RB, go to Real Player, click on play, nothing

I know I'm doing something wrong, but it's just not user friendly... ideally what I would like is to have A folder in the top Menu (Application-Audio & Video etc), with let's say "My Stuff", I would click on it and then have an Action "Watch news" that would open the URL in Real Player.

I've got the script right it's just the RB implementation that I'm missing.

BTW, thanks for your great app....

Micha

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.

User

10.02.2007 16:52:01

Re: Add Sript to a Customised Menu

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Hello Michael,

thanks for your posting.

A few notes:

1) You don't seem to either compile and testdrive or export your
Behaviour. Please see the "Simpler behaviour development" thread
regarding that topic.

2) You shouldn't create a Behaviour of your own for an app that
already has a Behaviour. Of course, you can, but it'll probably be
confusing as two Behaviours for one app are
a) concurring for the auto selection of the Behaviour
b) turning up in the menu with the same name

3) If you want an action mapped to a button, you can do one of the
following:
a) declare your action global in the BCK and then select it from
"Miscellaneous" / "Verschiedenes" in the mapping table.
b) select "Custom actions…" in the mapping table popup and add your
action there, so it is available in the context - and only in that
context - of the RealPlayer Behaviour

4) Finally, if you want to have a menu item rather than an action
mapped to a button:
a) declare your action global in the BCK
b) use a customized menu (menu pane in Preferences) and drag and drop
your action from the "Miscellaneous" / "Verschiedenes" to a place of
your choice in the menu.

Hope that helps :-)

Best regards,
Felix

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