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tiltool
control other applications with processing
Nov 9th, 2007, 3:39am  
hi
is there a way to control applications with processing?
thanks
Erez
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antiplastik
Re: control other applications with processing
Reply #1 - Nov 9th, 2007, 6:35am  
Hi. What do you mean exactly? Sending key or mouse events to other apps? Sending and receiving MIDI messages? There are a lot of ways to communicate with external applications, depending on how they are built. Give us more explanations if you have a precise idea of what you want to do Wink
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tiltool
Re: control other applications with processing
Reply #2 - Nov 26th, 2007, 4:39am  
yes, I would like to control the Messenger application with processing, by clicking on the keyboard.
For example, I would like to press on “M” and open the application,
Click on “D” and open message window for Diana,
Click on “K” and write Kiss in the message window
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JohnG
Re: control other applications with processing
Reply #3 - Nov 26th, 2007, 10:10am  
I'm fairly sure that that would be near enough impossible I'm afraid.
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extrapixel
Re: control other applications with processing
Reply #4 - Nov 26th, 2007, 1:48pm  
Well, it's kind of a hack, but you could use the open() command for opening the a program.
http://processing.org/reference/open_.html

you could also open a macro/script file that performs the task. On Mac OSX this would be pretty straight forward using Automator or AppleScript. Messenger sounds like windows though... not sure what automating possibilities M$ puts into their products.
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JohnG
Re: control other applications with processing
Reply #5 - Nov 26th, 2007, 2:02pm  
extrapixel wrote on Nov 26th, 2007, 1:48pm:
not sure what automating possibilities M$ puts into their products.


None whatsoever I believe...
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tiltool
Re: control other applications with processing
Reply #6 - Nov 27th, 2007, 9:48am  
never mind,
i ended up using AutoHotkey to do what i wanted...
thanks
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