Thread: How do you create a momentary button in a plugin?

My thinking is that there isn't a way, but what you could do is use the adv btn syntax'x with custom cmds that either you watch for in the plugin or have them in the exectbl.ini file.

For example:
Bxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,"PLAY",@STOP@ (will execute PLAY on single click and STOP on hold)
Bxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,"PLAY",&STOP& (will execute STOP when pressing down and PLAY when letting it off)

And if you want it so that there has to be down for so long you could watch for the dn cmd and save the time/timer and see if long enough when the up cmd get exec'd before continuing what you want...

Hope that makes sense..

Originally Posted by Sonicxtacy02

I'd like to add a button that will perform a function when pressed and held, then perform another command upon the button being released. exactly the way how BUTTONUP and BUTTONDOWN parameters work for flash commands. How can this be acheived using the plugin interface. As far as i know RR doesnt report mouse events. So how would i know inside of my plugin when the button is released?

What's wrong with b,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,"PLAY||PLAY"

Doesn't that make it a momentary?

Originally Posted by Blue ZX3

My thinking is that there isn't a way, but what you could do is use the adv btn syntax'x with custom cmds that either you watch for in the plugin or have them in the exectbl.ini file.

For example:
Bxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,"PLAY",@STOP@ (will execute PLAY on single click and STOP on hold)
Bxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,"PLAY",&STOP& (will execute STOP when pressing down and PLAY when letting it off)

And if you want it so that there has to be down for so long you could watch for the dn cmd and save the time/timer and see if long enough when the up cmd get exec'd before continuing what you want...

Hope that makes sense..

I understand what ur doing. But i'm not sure it'll work with what i'm trying to do. This is for my fusion brain plugin. A user requested momentary type buttons that work the same way that power windows work

Originally Posted by GizmoQ

What's wrong with b,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,"PLAY||PLAY"

Doesn't that make it a momentary?

All that doesi s run the command twice. Essentially i'd like to turn a command for a user-defined amount of time then run a command after the time has elapsed. Again, think of the way power windows work.

Yeah, think about it like this yall...

press the button for your power windows...when you let go, it stops moving (unless you have 1-touch, but thats beside the point)

he wants to make a button in RR have the same properties....only "on" when you're actually pressing it, and "off" as soon as you take your finger off of it...

Now, I dont know what RR was originally written in, but I think i heard someone mention VB? VB definitely allows for mousedown and mouseup events, so it shouldn't be impossible to make RR do it...

How bout using the above suggest:

b,xxx,xxx,..."MYBTNUP",&MYBTNDN&

The MYBTNDN cmd would enable a tmr to run and allowing rr to continue on its marry way, then the MYBTNUP would stop the timer, giving you the effect that your looking for..

Originally Posted by Blue ZX3

How bout using the above suggest:

b,xxx,xxx,..."MYBTNUP",&MYBTNDN&

The MYBTNDN cmd would enable a tmr to run and allowing rr to continue on its marry way, then the MYBTNUP would stop the timer, giving you the effect that your looking for..

I'm implementing it now.

works BEAUTIFULLY. Thanks Blue

No problem...glad that you got it working...

That's good news for me

Thanks a lot Blue!