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07.07.2007 09:17:19

Custom Coverflow Fullscreen Actions

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Here's what I'm trying to do, but please tell me if anything is not possible here:

Create an action that will do the following:
Open iTunes
Select Movies
Active Coverflow Full Screen / Control Mode

Now I have that working, but the Remote Buddy menu stays up on the screen and I have to press Menu once more on the remote to make it go away. Is there a way to make that menu not continue to show once the action completes?

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.

User

11.07.2007 22:01:01

Re: Custom Coverflow Fullscreen Actions

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Hi,

right now, this is not possible programmatically.

It will be, though: I'll add a checkbox to the custom actions and
BCK, that will allow you to define whether the menu should or should
not disappear once an action is executed from the menu.

Best regards,
Felix

User

25.07.2007 08:17:42

Re: Custom Coverflow Fullscreen Actions

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Hi,

right now, this is not possible programmatically.

It will be, though: I'll add a checkbox to the custom actions and
BCK, that will allow you to define whether the menu should or should
not disappear once an action is executed from the menu.

This is what I needed to hear. I want to use RB mainly to call handlers in my custom HTPC applescript application.

So a menu, would run an Applescript:

tell app "htpc" to powerTV()

I really need the selection of the menu item to make the menu go away.

It is something that Sofa Control does, but that utility requires all the construction of the menus and menu items programatically, but that is pain.

Any time frame on this?

This program is looking very useful.

-Preston

Last edited: 25.07.2007 08:20:27

User

03.08.2007 16:25:40

Re: Custom Coverflow Fullscreen Actions

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OK, in a roundabout way I have this working now.

Thanks Felix for the menu open/close "callbacks"

I've used these to callback to my custom app to turn on the TV if its not on when the menu opens. Then it can also keep track of the RB menu state, and if an event is triggered (either through RB, or another control trigger, my app can close the menu by simulating the hot key press to close it.

Its an extremely atypical type of setup. RB is great for its simplicity of use, but definitely is more developer oriented when it comes to customizing (which works for me).

I basically want menu items that trigger applescript calls to a custom htpc daemon.

To do this in remote buddy I have to:

Create the action
add the action to the behavior
compile and install the behavior
quit and relaunch RB (so it sees the new stuff)
add the menu item - connect the action to it

A little tedious but it works, thanks to the actionpack export I can do most of it on my development laptop, then move it to the HTPC mini.

-Preston

User

11.08.2007 16:50:01

Re: Re: Custom Coverflow Fullscreen Actions

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Thanks for the feedback.

Actually, this part ..

quit and relaunch RB (so it sees the new stuff)

... is just due to a bug - the next version should fix it.

Best regards,
Felix

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