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08.06.2010 21:19:14

Visual effects via Apple Script

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Hi there,

I want to control "Remote Buddy" from Apple Script. I understand that RB offer an API for this purpose. So I went to the Apple Script Editor, Dictionaries to have a look at the API.

Now I copy and pasted this sample to the editor and ran it:

tell application "Remote Buddy"

-- Reserve the fade engine for 5 seconds
visualize effect "fadeReserve" for duration 5.0

-- Fade out to black in 0.5 seconds
visualize effect "fadeOut" for duration 0.5 with color "black"

-- Hide something from the user's eye, thus "beautifying" it. Here: tell Finder to come to front
tell application "Finder"
activate
end tell

-- Say something really intelligent ;-)
say "It's really dark here"

-- Give the Finder an additional 0.5 seconds to achieve
delay 0.5

-- Fade in from black in 0.5 seconds
visualize effect "fadeIn" for duration 0.5 with color "black"

-- Tell the fade engine to clean up
visualize effect "fadeCleanUp" for duration 0.0

end tell

Has far as I understand it should apply a Fade-out effect, show finder, followed by a Fade-in effect.

But in my Mac mini does nothing.

Am I doing anything wrong?

Cheers,

Nuno

Last edited: 08.06.2010 21:19:49

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.

User

09.06.2010 13:55:11

Re: Visual effect via Apple Script

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Thanks for asking.

Starting with Snow Leopard, it's no longer possible to message an application from within the context of another. Therefore, the AppleScript would need to be rewritten as

tell application "Remote Buddy"
-- Reserve the fade engine for 5 seconds
visualize effect "fadeReserve" for duration 5.0

-- Fade out to black in 0.5 seconds
visualize effect "fadeOut" for duration 0.5 with color "black"
end tell

-- Hide something from the user's eye, thus "beautifying" it. Here: tell Finder to come to front
tell application "Finder"
activate
end tell

tell application "Remote Buddy"
-- Say something really intelligent ;-)
say "It's really dark here"

-- Give the Finder an additional 0.5 seconds to achieve
delay 0.5

-- Fade in from black in 0.5 seconds
visualize effect "fadeIn" for duration 0.5 with color "black"

-- Tell the fade engine to clean up
visualize effect "fadeCleanUp" for duration 0.0
end tell

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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