Itunes Exit

[moonahan]

Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me out. I want to be able to exit itunes using salling clicker, but can't work out how!

I need to be able to restart itunes so that if my airport express gets turned on it will be recognised by itunes. I don't want to have to go back upstairs to the computer after turning the airport on.

Hoping someone knows something that I'm missing!

Thanks

Moonahan

[jae_63]

[quote="moonahan"]Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me out. I want to be able to exit itunes using salling clicker, but can't work out how!

I need to be able to restart itunes so that if my airport express gets turned on it will be recognised by itunes. I don't want to have to go back upstairs to the computer after turning the airport on.

Hoping someone knows something that I'm missing!

Thanks

Moonahan[/quote]


I'm pretty sure that the iTunex ActiveX object supports a Quit() method, like the PowerPoint object does. You can see an example of the latter within the PowerPoint Javascripts (PowerPoint Quit.js).

So all you need to do is modify a local copy of the iTunes remote (iTunes.js) to include another menu option which first calls iTunes.Quit(), waits a few seconds, and then instantiates a new iTunes object via
iTunes = new ActiveXObject("iTunes.Application");

Hope this helps ...

[moonahan]

seriously confused... but thanks for the reply!

I tried copying the ppt quit.js, changed all references to itunes, then savedas itunes quit.js . I then edited a copy of the ppt quit.xml to change the UUID to a random number (of equal length and alpha-numeric standing)added a menu item within itunes remote.js to call that UUID.

It didnt work. I have no idea what I'm doing, so any advise would be great! thanks.

Moonahan

[joeker]

[quote="moonahan"]seriously confused... but thanks for the reply!

I tried copying the ppt quit.js, changed all references to itunes, then savedas itunes quit.js . I then edited a copy of the ppt quit.xml to change the UUID to a random number (of equal length and alpha-numeric standing)added a menu item within itunes remote.js to call that UUID.

It didnt work. I have no idea what I'm doing, so any advise would be great! thanks.

Moonahan[/quote]

I don't have any experience with iTunes (- scripting) so I can only provide a *ugly* solution. Just kill the process by calling following function:

function Quit() {
var appstart = new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell');
if (appstart)
appstart.Run("TASKKILL /F /IM iTunes.exe",0);
}

I don't know what the itunes process looks like, so you may have to change iTunes.exe to the one you see in your task manager.

If you need unique UUIDs:
http://www.famkruithof.net/uuid/uuidgen

Hope this helps!

[moonahan]

thanks for your help.

I was still a bit confused (zero progamming or scripting experience!) but i got it to work using a unique UUID from the link you gave.

If anyone else is trying to do the same thing, heres how i did it;

1. Copy the powerpoint quit.js (or similar) and powerpoint quit.xml and rename to iTunes quit

2. change all references to powerpoint or ppt to itunes

3. insert a new UUID into the xml file (from above link)

4. in the itunes.js add a menu item [14] in the same format as the others called Itunes quit, or whatever you wish)

5. still in itunes.js below the names (where you just added the quit) insert the uuid in a new row [14], in the same format as the others

6. move the new itunes quit files (.xml and .js) to the my scripts folder.

Presto.

Now i can close itunes, and then when i wish to reopen, any menu item in itunes clicker will ask 'do you want to run the program' or whatever it says...

[feuerfuchs]

Hi Moonahan,

can you explane line 4 and 5 or show your modified itunes script?

Thanks.

[moonahan]

no worries...

...
moreMenuItems[12] = "Visuals On/Off";
moreMenuItems[13] = "Set Artwork Layout";
moreMenuItems[14] = "Quit itunes";


var moreMenuItemUUIDs = new Array();
moreMenuItemUUIDs[0] = "2EC3593D-CD6F-41c3-A6F8-DB46F293E776"; // Current Playlist
moreMenuItemUUIDs[1] = "9B8E8E37-76FA-4fdb-95E0-A6BCACEF924F"; // Playlists
moreMenuItemUUIDs[2] = "997B9C42-5057-494d-8D4F-B6444C23720F"; // Browse by Artist
moreMenuItemUUIDs[3] = "E24DE795-566E-40e0-B25B-B9CCD97132EB"; // Find Album
moreMenuItemUUIDs[4] = "84627FAD-5911-4f12-91B0-6A581B8B9D84"; // Find by Artist
moreMenuItemUUIDs[5] = "554A673C-135F-4da8-8020-6CBEB0C0AC31"; // Find by Composer
moreMenuItemUUIDs[6] = "52F280A2-63B7-4cda-BE8E-A38DFF34F4A9"; // Find by Name
moreMenuItemUUIDs[7] = "EA9A4C1C-98A0-4cda-A85A-14FEB84C883A"; // rate track
moreMenuItemUUIDs[8] = "E11DBD76-AEC2-4615-8750-F2F8F9309443"; // Add to Playlist
moreMenuItemUUIDs[9] = "5CCDFD3F-061E-4db3-B840-26FA62BD37C4"; // Repeat
moreMenuItemUUIDs[10] = "A736A2E2-703D-40f0-8781-15DA09D50F7C"; // Playlist Shuffle
moreMenuItemUUIDs[11] = "DBD49EC0-2DD3-4b5e-8E30-34127355A6D2"; // Play Random Track
moreMenuItemUUIDs[12] = "084AA12B-2D35-4d8f-98AE-9B4C7ECBC5A9"; // Visuals On/Off
moreMenuItemUUIDs[13] = "";
moreMenuItemUUIDs[14] = "9aca62d0-d00d-11dd-ad8b-0800200c9a66";

[feuerfuchs]

Thanks a lot moonahan,

but it doesn't work for me with winamp. Do you have a quit script for winamp?

[moonahan]

sorry, can't help you there.

I really dont know what I'm doing, I just changed the powerpoint exit script, anywhere it referred to powerpoint i changed to itunes. However, i don't know the workings behind it, so couldn't be any help for a winamp one!

[kiboy6]

Hi moonahan, is there any chance you could post your modified itunes scripts here? I'd love to have this feature but wasn't able to follow the instructions in this thread successfully.

Thanks!

[moonahan]

ok... contents of two new files is in following posts. These two files reside in a folder called itunes quit in the /my scripts directory. I also edited the itunes remote file, also shown below.

Hope it helps! Heres the contents of quit itunes.js:



var helper = new ActiveXObject("SCHelper.SECHelper");
if( helper.IsProcessRunning("itunes.exe") ) {
var itunes = new ActiveXObject("itunes.Application");
try {
itunes.Quit();
}
catch (e) {}
}

[moonahan]

contents of quit itunes.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<ClickerScript>
<Path>Quit iTunes.js</Path>
<Author>Salling Software AB</Author>
<Category>iTunes</Category>
<Description>Quits iTunes</Description>
<UUID>9aca62d0-d00d-11dd-ad8b-0800200c9a66</UUID>
<Title>Select Playlist</Title>
<Type>ClickerItem</Type>
<URL>http://clicker.salling.com</URL>
<Version>3.5</Version>
</ClickerScript>

[moonahan]

finally, the comments in my first few posts about editing the itunes remote script itself is shown below (which i remember reading somewhere they dont recommend in case you screw it up..). note everything after this section stays the same!

If you get really stuck i can email you the files;

var iTunes = null
var moreMenu = CreateListScreen( "moreMenu_");

var mediaPlayer = null;
var playlistRow = null;
var songRow = null;
var artistRow = null;
var albumRow = null;

// Initialize more menu
var moreMenuItems = new Array();
moreMenuItems[0] = "Current Playlist";
moreMenuItems[1] = "Playlists";
moreMenuItems[2] = "Browse by Artist";
moreMenuItems[3] = "Find Album";
moreMenuItems[4] = "Find by Artist";
moreMenuItems[5] = "Find by Composer";
moreMenuItems[6] = "Find by Name";
moreMenuItems[7] = "Rate Track";
moreMenuItems[8] = "Add to Playlist";
moreMenuItems[9] = "Repeat";
moreMenuItems[10] = "Playlist Shuffle";
moreMenuItems[11] = "Play Random Track";
moreMenuItems[12] = "Visuals On/Off";
moreMenuItems[13] = "Set Artwork Layout";
moreMenuItems[14] = "Quit itunes";


var moreMenuItemUUIDs = new Array();
moreMenuItemUUIDs[0] = "2EC3593D-CD6F-41c3-A6F8-DB46F293E776"; // Current Playlist
moreMenuItemUUIDs[1] = "9B8E8E37-76FA-4fdb-95E0-A6BCACEF924F"; // Playlists
moreMenuItemUUIDs[2] = "997B9C42-5057-494d-8D4F-B6444C23720F"; // Browse by Artist
moreMenuItemUUIDs[3] = "E24DE795-566E-40e0-B25B-B9CCD97132EB"; // Find Album
moreMenuItemUUIDs[4] = "84627FAD-5911-4f12-91B0-6A581B8B9D84"; // Find by Artist
moreMenuItemUUIDs[5] = "554A673C-135F-4da8-8020-6CBEB0C0AC31"; // Find by Composer
moreMenuItemUUIDs[6] = "52F280A2-63B7-4cda-BE8E-A38DFF34F4A9"; // Find by Name
moreMenuItemUUIDs[7] = "EA9A4C1C-98A0-4cda-A85A-14FEB84C883A"; // rate track
moreMenuItemUUIDs[8] = "E11DBD76-AEC2-4615-8750-F2F8F9309443"; // Add to Playlist
moreMenuItemUUIDs[9] = "5CCDFD3F-061E-4db3-B840-26FA62BD37C4"; // Repeat
moreMenuItemUUIDs[10] = "A736A2E2-703D-40f0-8781-15DA09D50F7C"; // Playlist Shuffle
moreMenuItemUUIDs[11] = "DBD49EC0-2DD3-4b5e-8E30-34127355A6D2"; // Play Random Track
moreMenuItemUUIDs[12] = "084AA12B-2D35-4d8f-98AE-9B4C7ECBC5A9"; // Visuals On/Off
moreMenuItemUUIDs[13] = "";
moreMenuItemUUIDs[14] = "9aca62d0-d00d-11dd-ad8b-0800200c9a66";

moreMenu.name = "More menu list";
moreMenu.title = "More";
moreMenu.selectedItem = 0;
moreMenu.itemLabels = moreMenuItems;

[kiboy6]

Awesome...that worked great moonahan :)

I actually had to do it slightly differently, because I'm using the Itunes CFE (Cover Flow Edition) script, but it's working fantastically now. Thanks so much - that's long been an annoyance.

I don't suppose you'd have any idea how to add a clicker command for "start Genius" in itunes? That's the one thing I'm really missing now.

Also, do you think it would be possible to introduce a similar "quit" function to the clicker VLC script?

Thanks!