LC speaking with other apps

[Kevin Miller]

Do you need an external? Can you use keysDown() in a loop?

Kind regards,

Kevin

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On 11/02/2013 16:45, "Thomas McGrath III" <mcgrath3 at mac.com> wrote:

>For the current project I am working on I am trying to get a lower level
>Key Trapper/Key Monitor written as an External for LC for Mac and for
>Windows and one problem I am encountering is with the requirement on the
>Windows External side to have to use VC++. Since this could be
>accomplished as a Windows service or as a DLL and that we do have an
>example of this in C# I am looking at having to translate that to VC++. I
>am currently looking into this but my question is: What ways and how many
>ways are there in Windows for having a lower level application like this
>communicate with LC and vice versa? I need that to be a two way
>communication. 
>
>I need the key trapper to say to LC "hey this key was pressed." "what do
>you want me to do with it?" and then for LC to say to the key trapper
>"thanks don't send it on" or "thanks send it on" or "hey, if this key is
>pressed in the future go ahead and send it first and then just notify me"
>
>On the Mac I think we have to use xCode to make use of the Apple
>libraries for key events and so an external seems the way to go, rather
>than building an separate app and then figuring out how to get LC to
>communicate with it and vice versa. Also, Applescript has some limited
>functionality that LC does not as far as keys that are pressed and
>communicating with LC but I would rather not use AS to that extent for
>this project. But I am not versed enough with the available ways to do
>this in Windows.
>
>Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.
>
>Tom
>
>-- Tom McGrath III
>http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
>mcgrath3 at mac.com
>
>
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