RE: Automating MS Windows

[Scott Crowther <scrowther@xxxxxxx>]

Dan

You intending to run this alongside having output to your TV?

Excuse my ignorance obout your Pronto, but how can you search
through your MP3 database to choose the track/artist you really
want to listen to without using the TV or some other display?
Does the Pronto allow this?


Scott Crowther
Intamac Systems Ltd

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Khan (Work) [mailto:dhk@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 January 2002 15:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Automating MS Windows


Found a great bit of freeware that suits my needs down to the ground -
hopefully this is useful for others too.

Check out "Girder" at http://www.girder.nl - this software allows
you to
automate MS Windows (mouse events, keypresses, generic windows messages)
using IR (!).

This means that I can program my pronto to control MusicMatch Jukebox or
any
other application thus avoiding having to put on the TV to do simple
play/stop/next/previous etc.  functions.  The program is highly
customisable, allowing you to insert generic or specific messages into the
windows processing queue, targetted at specific applications.

I can imageine that this would be perfect for automating a software DVD
player; mp3 player; showshifter(?); plus any other software that you use on
your PC and want remote control of.

Unfortunately you need quite a bit of technical knowledge to perform the
setup since the help files are still a little lacking in detail.  It should
still be enough to go on though.

I am using the keyboard driver to trigger commands - and will then attempt
to learn the keystrokes from my IR keyboard into my Pronto.  E.g. I have
setup Musicmatch on/off; pause; stop, etc; bound to particular combinations
of keys.  When Girder detects a keypress combination, it finds the
associated command and sends whatever command/mouse/keyboard event you have
specified to that particular application window.

Worth a look.

Regards,
-Dan



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