[Solved] SendKeys, LaunchApp and KillApp on a mac?

[jdetlof]

Hi!
Excellent software, just what I was looking for. Before I buy licences, I successfully tested V-controlRPC, controlling a Win PC, but when trying on a mac, nothing happens, although the UDP packet is delivered to the RPC. Do I need to configure anything on the mac to allow RPC to control it?

Kind regards, Jonas

• This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by Dierk Walter.
• This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Dierk Walter.

[Dierk]

What OSX version is running on your Mac? The LaunchApp command should run on any version, Sendkey and Mouse commands only older ones.

[jdetlof]

I am running 10.10.2. I was trying to launch Keynote with “LaunchApp /Applications/Keynote.app” and that didn´t work. Turned out I needed to use “LaunchApp /Applications/Keynote.app/Contents/MacOS/Keynote”.

Is it possible to pass arguments, to open a specific file?

Is there a workaround for the SendKeys? Like an Apple script or an Apple event?

[jdetlof]

Oh, and also, is there a way to use KillApp. I basically need to open a presentation, step forwards and backwards, jump to a specific slide and close the presentation.

[Dierk]

I think the best work around for you is to write AppleScripts that perform what you want. You can call those scripts via V-ControlRemotePC then. An example is here
https://v-control.com/forums/topic/use-v-controlremotepc-to-shutdown-a-mac/

[jdetlof]

That is what I did. Works nicely. Thanks.

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