General questions about how to download, install, and use VoxCommando

[jitterjames]

totally lost?  Post your questions here...

Please note that there are more specific help topics for subjects like using EventGhost, Windows Media Center etc. so please try to post in the correct spot if you have a specific problem.

[matt_jackson]

What did I need/install 2 use Voxcommand with windows media center?
It is run with Win7?
It is run with 64bit?
What is different about "command" and "phrase" under "Edit Commands" ?



MaTT

[jitterjames]

haha... you are asking questions you already know the answer to!

Yes VoxCommando should work with Vista or Windows7 on both 32bit and 64bit OS.

I will try to create some instructional material, either a wiki, or a video or both.

- The "command" (lightning bolt) affects what will be sent to the other programs (eventGhost, WMC, XBMC, Launch etc).
- The Phrase can be anything you like.  The phrase will trigger the command that is sent.

of course there is more to it than that.  I will create graphics and explanations for all of it eventually!

[apichai]

hi
i request

Tips, Tricks, and HOW-TO (Step-by-Step Guides)
 GUIDE for Mediamonkey with vox
 GUIDE for Mediacenter with vox
 GUIDE for XBMC with vox

Apichai

 

[jitterjames]

I can see I've got my work cut out for me! 

Just curious Apichai, do you already use XBMC?  If not do you want to?

[apichai]

 I’m looking for Home Theater front end that control everything with vox.(QueryMusicDatabase, QueryVideoDatabase,Auto update library ,etc)

Now

I tried Mediaportal,XBMC,WMC

[matt_jackson]

haha... you are asking questions you already know the answer to!

Yes u are right!

Thats was my first questions and I ask/write it again 4 inspiration of faq

[jitterjames]

I’m looking for Home Theater front end that control everything with vox.(QueryMusicDatabase, QueryVideoDatabase,Auto update library ,etc)

Now

I tried Mediaportal,XBMC,WMC

I think XBMC has the best chance of doing it all directly from VC.  For more sophistocated control however, you will probably still need to use eventGhost.  This is because

1 - eventGhost allows you to create complex macros that can do a sequence of things based on a single command.  I am not planning on doing this with VC.
2 - eventGhost is developped by a large number of people and has many many plugins developped and new ones appearing all the time.  So if makes sense to take advantage of all this power instead of reinventing the wheel.

with that said, I still hope to get as much ease of use and power out of VC as I can so that newbies can get up and running very quickly and easily with certain programs, like XBMC, WMC, iTunes, and maybe mediaMonkey.  Then if they need more power and control for lighting systems, controlling their TV and stereo etc... they can take the next step to EventGhost.  And hopefully there will be people like you around that can help them do it!

I try to think of VoxCommando as a very powerful remote.  It is not an event controller / scheduler etc.

[wolflake]

I'm very new to VoxCommando and I'm trying to launch a program called powerpro which accepts command line parameters while it is running. 

I tried:
c:\path\powerpro.exe
without parameters
If you try to run it without parameters it puts up a message ---> "Only one Powerpro Configuration can be running"
That is as it should be and it confirms that powerpro is being called...so far so good...

next I tried:
c:\path\powerpro.exe  message Hello
nothing happens but it should put up a message box with hello in it.
this (c:\path\powerpro.exe  message Hello) works fine with the run box

then I tried:
c:\path\powerpro.exe&&message Hello
Then I got a message ---> Invalid command line "message Hello"
So powerpro got the command to run but would not run it because of the quotation marks around the command message hello

My question is how do I pass the parameter without getting the surrounding quotation marks?
TIA
Cool program with lots of potential. 
If I have to I can write an intermediate program to strip off the quotes before it passes it to powerpro but I thought I'd ask here first.

-Rick

[jitterjames]

interesting problem.  It's been a while since I looked at the launch code so let me look into it and I'll get back to you soon.

[jitterjames]

is this the program in question?

http://powerpro.webeddie.com/

[jitterjames]

I checked and it does seem that I am adding quotes to the parameters "for your convenience"   

I can't just change the code because it will break the functionality for other users, so I'll have to create a sub command, like launch.rawparam

in the mean time, make sure you're running version 7.99 as found on the forum

[wolflake]

Yes, that is the powerpro program.  It is very cool particularly if you like script programming.

Thank you very much for considering the raw parameter.

If I get this working the way I hope I'll be doing a video showing voxcommando's control of powerpro's sticky notes.

Thanks for your quick reply too.  I'm excited to be exploring the possiblities.

-Rick

[jitterjames]

No problem.  I appreciate users exposing problems with the program so I can improve it.

Try this on for size.

[wolflake]

No problem.  I appreciate users exposing problems with the program so I can improve it.

Try this on for size.

Works like a charm!!!!  Thanks...