Triggers versus Xlobby

[YaKa12]

Hello everyone,

There is a lot of documentation about Events commands but Triggers are not as wel described.

Can somebody explain me what is the mean of triggers or give me a link to a page that explains it ?

Best regards

YaKa

[erikt]

Having recently fought through this, I can probably shed some light. I
by no means am an expert however...

An event, is probably better described as a command or macro. Events
can be used to perform actions as simple as navigating the cursor up,
or can be used to put together multiple actions.

Events can be launched/run/triggered (choose your own word) in many
different ways, including assigning an event to a button or to a database
element, or by assigning a trigger. Xlobby has implemented several
triggers, such a an IR command, Xlobby starting up/exiting, the reception
of a SendMessage (for e.g. from Girder), etc..

So, let's say you want the cursor to move up, every time you press the
up arrow on your IR remote. All you do is create a navigation:up event,
and assign your learned IR command as a trigger to this event. Simple?

I hope this helps.
erikt

[YaKa12]

Having recently fought through this, I can probably shed some light. I
by no means am an expert however...

An event, is probably better described as a command or macro. Events
can be used to perform actions as simple as navigating the cursor up,
or can be used to put together multiple actions.

Events can be launched/run/triggered (choose your own word) in many
different ways, including assigning an event to a button or to a database
element, or by assigning a trigger. Xlobby has implemented several
triggers, such a an IR command, Xlobby starting up/exiting, the reception
of a SendMessage (for e.g. from Girder), etc..

So, let's say you want the cursor to move up, every time you press the
up arrow on your IR remote. All you do is create a navigation:up event,
and assign your learned IR command as a trigger to this event. Simple?

I hope this helps.
erikt

Thanks erikt for your answer.

Ok, I understand it. I tried it with a girder command and an xlobby event and it works.

What makes the link between xlobby and girder ? Is that a plugin or is that a Windows feature ?

[erikt]

SendMessage is a Windows API command.
BTW, there's a french Xlobby team plugin that is supposed to make
linking Girder and Xlobby easier. See this thread for more info.
erikt