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i'm searching the commands to use with the shell object to move the cursor inside ableton live...

i mean to do keystroke "direction" ( up down right left ) and keystroke "enter"

i googled osascript but i didn't found or didn't understood :o ..

hello,
i'm searching the commands to use with the shell object to move the cursor inside ableton live...
i mean to do keystroke "direction" ( up down right left ) and keystroke "enter"
i googled osascript but i didn't found or didn't understood :o ..

applescript-pro-needed

To move the cursor, click etc you can use aka.mouse in Max: 

This may be an easier solution for you if you already know Max.

> i'm searching the commands to use with the shell object to move the 

> i mean to do keystroke "direction" ( up down right left ) and 

> i googled osascript but i didn't found or didn't understood :o ..

........................................................................ 

To move the cursor, click etc you can use aka.mouse in Max: http:// 
www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_mouse

>
> hello,
> i'm searching the commands to use with the shell object to move the  
> cursor inside ableton live...
> i mean to do keystroke "direction" ( up down right left ) and  
> keystroke "enter"
> i googled osascript but i didn't found or didn't understood :o ..
>
> any idea?
>
>
> zank you
>
> freeka

........................................................................ 
...

Christopher McClelland
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queens University Belfast
BT7 1NN
Email: c.mcclelland@qub.ac.uk

uh excuse me , my explications are not totally good,

in fact this is not the mouse cursor that i wanna move.. 

In live ableton when you are on sampler mode you have like a grid with your samples, and you can move a selection with direction keystroke and trig/stop the sample with the "enter" keystroke.

my interest is to move that selection in live with a gamepad or midi interface ..

so i know i can do it with max and hi, i just need to know how to scrip it to keystroke live : )

uh excuse me , my explications are not totally good,
in fact this is not the mouse cursor that i wanna move.. 
In live ableton when you are on sampler mode you have like a grid with your samples, and you can move a selection with direction keystroke and trig/stop the sample with the "enter" keystroke.

my interest is to move that selection in live with a gamepad or midi interface ..
so i know i can do it with max and hi, i just need to know how to scrip it to keystroke live : )

You may want to explore the newly release (unoffical) Live API:

>uh excuse me , my explications are not totally good,

>in fact this is not the mouse cursor that i wanna move..

>In live ableton when you are on sampler mode you have like a grid 

>with your samples, and you can move a selection with direction 

>keystroke and trig/stop the sample with the "enter" keystroke.

>my interest is to move that selection in live with a gamepad or midi 

>so i know i can do it with max and hi, i just need to know how to 

202 Hack / PC-1600 User / VSTi Host / OMS Convert / Jack OS X / Major 

At 8:16 AM -0600 6/21/07, freeka wrote:
>uh excuse me , my explications are not totally good,
>in fact this is not the mouse cursor that i wanna move..
>In live ableton when you are on sampler mode you have like a grid 
>with your samples, and you can move a selection with direction 
>keystroke and trig/stop the sample with the "enter" keystroke.
>
>my interest is to move that selection in live with a gamepad or midi 
>interface ..
>so i know i can do it with max and hi, i just need to know how to 
>scrip it to keystroke live : )
>
>
>thanks
>
>
>freeka

-- 
Dan Nigrin
Defective Records
202 Hack / PC-1600 User / VSTi Host / OMS Convert / Jack OS X / Major 
Malfunction
http://www.defectiverecords.com
http://www.jackosx.com


...and you're asking about doing something in Live

...and you're asking about doing something in Live
*here* because....


At the end of chain, the last action is in live but i'm talking about max, shell and osascript...

how to send to an other application, using shell, the message keystroke "up / down /left / right/ enter"

hey mr Taylor
At the end of chain, the last action is in live but i'm talking about max, shell and osascript...
how to send to an other application, using shell, the message keystroke "up / down /left / right/ enter"

Cycling hasn't exactly distanced themselves from Ableton.

On Jun 21, 2007, at 8:10 AM, Gregory Taylor wrote:

> ...and you're asking about doing something in Live

> knowledge is not enough/science is not enough/Love is dreaming this 

And I know not if, save in this, such gift be allowed to man,

That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but a star.

>
> ...and you're asking about doing something in Live
> *here* because....
>
> --
> knowledge is not enough/science is not enough/Love is dreaming this  
> equation

barry threw
composition : sound : programming
http://www.barrythrew.com
bthrew(at)gmail(dot)com
857-544-3967

And I know not if, save in this, such gift be allowed to man,
That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but a star.
-Robert Browning

Quote: freeka wrote on Thu, 21 June 2007 13:57

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> I'm searching the commands to use with the shell object to move

> i googled osascript but i didn't found or didn't understood 

Spotlight your HD for a script called "Key Down-Up.applescript" and change this script for your needs.

Once done, adapt its contents for 'osascript'.

Quote: freeka wrote on Thu, 21 June 2007 13:57
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> I'm searching the commands to use with the shell object to move
> the cursor inside ableton live...
> i mean to do keystroke "direction" ( up down right left ) and 
> keystroke "enter"
> i googled osascript but i didn't found or didn't understood 
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Spotlight your HD for a script called "Key Down-Up.applescript" and change this script for your needs.
Once done, adapt its contents for 'osascript'.

> ----------------------------------------------------

> > I'm searching the commands to use with the shell object to 

> > move the cursor inside ableton live...

> > i mean to do keystroke "direction" ( up down right left ) and 

> > i googled osascript but i didn't found or didn't understood

> Spotlight your HD for a script called "Key Down-Up.applescript"

> Once done, adapt its contents for 'osascript'.

> yes its ok but i still don't find the command to "call" the

keystroke (ASCII character 28) -- left arrow key

tell app "System Events" to keystroke (ASCII character 28)

> I seen somewhere direction need to use ascii character

I suggest to use "Accessibility Inspector" if you have Xcode installed:

If not, you can download "UIElementInspector":

Quote: freeka wrote on Thu, 21 June 2007 13:57
> ----------------------------------------------------
> > I'm searching the commands to use with the shell object to 
> > move the cursor inside ableton live...
> > i mean to do keystroke "direction" ( up down right left ) and 
> > keystroke "enter"
> > i googled osascript but i didn't found or didn't understood 

----------------------------------------------------
> Spotlight your HD for a script called "Key Down-Up.applescript"
> and change this script for your needs.
> Once done, adapt its contents for 'osascript'.
----------------------------------------------------

> yes its ok but i still don't find the command to "call" the
> direction key...

For example:
tell app "TextEdit" to activate
tell app "System Events"
keystroke (ASCII character 28) -- left arrow key
end tell

tell app "TextEdit" to activate
tell app "System Events" to keystroke (ASCII character 28)

keystroke (ASCII character 28)--left
key code 123 -- left arrow Key
--
keystroke (ASCII character 29)--right
key code 124 -- right arrow Key
--
keystroke (ASCII character 30)--up
key code 126 -- up arrow Key
--
keystroke (ASCII character 31)--down
key code 125 -- down arrow Key
--

> i don have screenshot but to have an idea go to max/msp

> select a cell with your mouse and then use direction keys to

> this is what i wanna do but inside live using a gamepad via hi

Yes, definitely. I don't have yet a working patcher for this purpose but I'm going to build one as your needs meet my own needs!

And it's what I understood when I read your posts: your script will need the {x, y} coordinates of the window bounds and each included UI elements.

> anyway the patch you gave me seems to work perfect :)

Normally, all we can do from within a script editor such "Script Editor", "Smile", "Script Debugger" or even "Xcode" can be performed from within Max through the "System Events", including the use of scripting additions (aka osax or osaxen).

The main problem is about statement formatting as message box in Max, like for the script below you can copy-paste into a "Script Editor" script window and run:

set the clipboard to "" as text --> empty the clipboard

activate application "MaxMSP" -- only if you need to put MaxMSP as the foreground app. Optional.

-- Create a new Max text window. Do it once and then inhibit this block:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "MaxMSP"

    click menu item "Text" of menu 1 of menu item "New" of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1

    click menu item "12" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Font" of menu bar 1

    keystroke "p" using {shift down, option down}

    keystroke (ASCII character 28) -- left arrow key

    keystroke (ASCII character 29) -- right arrow key

    keystroke (ASCII character 30) -- up arrow key

    keystroke (ASCII character 31) -- down arrow key

Here a Max patcher with AppleScript dialogs that shows how to escape double-quote and comma characters used by Max as tokens:

Quote: freeka wrote on Thu, 21 June 2007 13:57
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Hi freeka,

> i don have screenshot but to have an idea go to max/msp
> jit.cellblock.help
> select a cell with your mouse and then use direction keys to
> change your cell (the hilight one) 
> this is what i wanna do but inside live using a gamepad via hi
> object in max.

Yes, definitely. I don't have yet a working patcher for this purpose but I'm going to build one as your needs meet my own needs!
And it's what I understood when I read your posts: your script will need the {x, y} coordinates of the window bounds and each included UI elements.

Normally, all we can do from within a script editor such "Script Editor", "Smile", "Script Debugger" or even "Xcode" can be performed from within Max through the "System Events", including the use of scripting additions (aka osax or osaxen).
The main problem is about statement formatting as message box in Max, like for the script below you can copy-paste into a "Script Editor" script window and run:

-- Create a new Max text window. Do it once and then inhibit this block:
tell application "System Events" to tell process "MaxMSP"
	click menu item "Text" of menu 1 of menu item "New" of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
	click menu item "12" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Font" of menu bar 1
end tell

tell application "System Events"
	key down option
	keystroke "e"
	key up option
	keystroke "e"
	keystroke "e" using option down
	keystroke "e"
	key down shift
	keystroke "p"
	key up shift
	key down option
	keystroke "p"
	key up option
	key down {shift, option}
	keystroke "p"
	key up {shift, option}
	keystroke "p" using {shift down, option down}
	keystroke return

	-- stroke your keys ;-)
	delay 2
	keystroke (ASCII character 28) -- left arrow key
	key code 123 -- left arrow Key
	delay 2
	keystroke (ASCII character 29) -- right arrow key
	key code 124 -- right arrow Key
	delay 2
	keystroke (ASCII character 30) -- up arrow key
	key code 126 -- up arrow Key
	delay 2
	keystroke (ASCII character 31) -- down arrow key
	key code 125 -- down arrow Key
end tell
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Sorry, part of the patcher is not correctly displayed.

Here it is as attachment, "AS_Dialogs.txt".

Sorry, part of the patcher is not correctly displayed.
Here it is as attachment, "AS_Dialogs.txt".

a little OT, but is there anything similar to aka.mouse for windows, or can someone post the code here, please? Thanks for reading ;)

applescript pro needed