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28.08.2006 20:19:25

Small powerpoint issue and a big iPhoto behaviour request

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Hi,
I am tried the demo version and remote buddy is really amazing. Usually I don't use my remote but now I think its going to be within my reach most of them time!

One of my main use will be for controlling powerpoint presentations. I was testing it through a long slide show and as the play button on the remote is bigger (compared to the next or prev button), I may accidentally hit it and it exits the presentation. Then when I wish to continue the slideshow, it will start with the first slide again.

Is there any way to start the presentation with the current active slide?

Next is a request for iPhoto's behaviours. I organise my photos by film rolls. One of the available actions is to "select album".

Can there be one to "Select Flim Roll" instead?

Keep up with the great work on this cool app. =)

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.

User

29.08.2006 20:52:02

Re: Small powerpoint issue and a big iPhoto behaviour request

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Hi Colin,

thanks for sharing.

PowerPoint does currently not support this via AppleScript, but you
may try to define an action and map it to the PowerPoint behaviour
using one of the key combinations from the "PowerPoint doesn't work"
thread.

Other than that, you could delete the mapping for the Play button for
the PowerPoint presentation and map its functionality to "Play
(hold)" instead. This way, your slideshow will run until you really
want to quit it by keeping the play button pressed for a few seconds.

Also, preview 7 may have something for you ;-)

Regarding iPhoto: yes, I know there's still a lot of room for
improvement. The behaviour that currently ships with Remote Buddy
actually took only about 30 minutes to create and was a "last minute"
feature. Expect more in that direction with future releases. Your
request regarding film rolls is now on the ToDo list.

Best regards,
Felix

User

29.08.2006 23:53:34

Re: Small powerpoint issue and a big iPhoto behaviour request

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Hi Felix,
Thanks for the fast reply. Shall wait till preview 7 then.

And I just ordered a license for RB. =)

User

31.08.2006 19:58:03

Re: Re: Small powerpoint issue and a big iPhoto behaviour request

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Hi Colin,

thanks for your support!

Best regards,
Felix

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