[general Q] the ways of converting numbers to keystrokes

tdaeik's icon

hi,
just a general question, after reading the archives for a bit it seems the only way to generate keystrokes (i.e. cmd-c, cmd-y etc) as completely in max as possible, is to use the [shell] object plus applescript and osascript. is this still the case? ideally i'd like to use a midi controller to do things like cut and paste, etc. (no i don't want to use an external applications for this).
regards,,

tdaeik's icon

er, javascript would be better than the above mentioned, is it possible in javascipt?

Emmanuel Jourdan's icon

It's not possible via JavaScript either. You might want to have try Masayuki's aka.keyboard.

Luke Hall's icon

There is a java class that does this somewhere on the forum, if I remember right it is called "autobot".

lh

Tim Lloyd's icon
tdaeik's icon

thanks guys,,
i was under the impression aka was max 4 only, but seems i was wrong,
i'll check out autobot also,,
cheers,,