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10.08.2013 02:49:56

How to put Applescript app in Main Menu, use another app's behavior?

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I couldn't figure out how to do this from the FAQ or manual...sorry :|

I use the XBMC behavior with my Apple remote. I'd like to add a second XBMC behavior that FIRST turns off Display Mirroring before launching XBMC (similar to Command-F1).

I've written an Applescript that first turns off Display Mirroring, then launches XBMC. This Applescript is compiled as an application.

How can I have this Applescript application appear in the opening menu (along with the other applications) and use the exact same behavior I've customized for XBMC?

To summarize, instead of selecting XBMC from the opening screen menu, I'd like to select my Applescript application which disables Display Mirroring and launches XBMC, which then functions using the XBMC behavior. Possible?

Thanks...

btw...love the product!

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

Behaviours - Support for iTunes® & AirPlay®

How can I enable/disable the display of information on the currently played iTunes® title? (FAQ015E0167)
You can enable/disable this functionality at "Preferences > Behaviours > iTunes® > Options". You can also set the duration of the display there.

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

12.08.2013 10:58:01

Re: How to put Applescript app in Main Menu, use another app's behavior?

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Thanks for asking.

The usual way to use AppleScript in Remote Buddy is to create an action and put the AppleScript in it as detailed in the Help’s „How do I…“ section.

If all you want is to launch an application, you can simply drag and drop the .app bundle of that application at the desired spot in your menu at Preferences > Menu.

If that application then makes XBMC the active application, Remote Buddy’s auto detection should automatically switch control to the XBMC behaviour.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

17.08.2013 21:15:44

Re: How to put Applescript app in Main Menu, use another app's behavior?

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Thank you for the response, Felix.

That worked. Sometimes I have a hard time getting my head around RM's concepts. Thanks for having these forums to help us when we get stuck.

chico

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