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21.10.2006 18:16:08

User-defined Actions

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How do I add user-defined actions to the menu without linking them to a behaviour first? And is there any way to modify events for built-in behaviours? I would like to run a script to mount a remote volume each time front row is activated.

Thanks!

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

Behaviours

The installed application XY, for which a behaviour exists, does not turn up in Remote Buddy's menu. What should I do? (FAQ015E0160)
There are several possible error sources:
- The application has been installed after Remote Buddy has already been launched
  For efficiency reasons, Remote Buddy only searches for supported applications when its started. If you have installed an application after launching Remote Buddy, please quit Remote Buddy and launch it anew.
- Oudated program versions
  The installed version of the program in question could be outdated and identify itself with a different Bundle Identifier than the version supported by Remote Buddy. This problem often occurs with Mplayer OS X. The most recent version of that application is not to be found on Sourceforge but on directly on the pages of Mplayer HQ.
- Custom menus
  If you use a custom menu in Remote Buddy and you don't make use of Remote Buddy's smart folders, the menu structure is static. You have to manually add the behaviour into a place of your choice in the menu.
- The behaviour is deactivated.
  Make sure, the checkbox in front of the Behaviour's name in the Mappings pane of the preferences is active.
- The Launch Services database is outdated.
  Remote Buddy uses Launch Services to check for the availability of an application on your Mac. If the Launch Services database of OS X is incomplete or outdated, so is Remote Buddy's dynamically created menu. The solution, though is easy. Download LSRefresh, launch it, select the application(s) that don't turn up in Remote Buddy's menu, wait until the update is finished and then restart Remote Buddy.

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.

User

23.10.2006 16:02:01

Re: User-defined Actions

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This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information.

Hello Christian,

thanks for asking.

How do I add user-defined actions to the menu without linking them
to a behaviour first?

All you have to do is to activate the "Globally available" checkbox
in the Action Factory's "Metadata" pane for the action.

And is there any way to modify events for built-in behaviours? I
would like to run a script to mount a remote volume each time front
row is activated.

You can do that, too:

1) Create a new action in the Behaviour Construction Kit with the
"Globally available" checkbox checked.
2) Add an AppleScript actor with the code to mount the volume of your
choice.
3) Add a "Behaviour Action" actor and choose "Activate / Deactivate
Front Row".
4) Choose it in any place of your liking.

Best regards,
Felix

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