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IIgs question (send program commands from another program)



Can I tell the Switchit program to load more than one Application when
the computer boots up?

I've been wondering if you can send Desktop Programs (Apps, NDAs, etc.)
commands from another program.

Example...When the computer is booted, a program called
THIS.PROGRAM.SYS16 is loaded into memory, and it starts *running*.

Then THIS.PROGRAM loads Switchit into memory
Switchit is in memory, ready to Accept commands from the Keyboard/Mouse.

Next, THIS.PROGRAM tells Switchit to load some other programs
(THIS.PROGRAM sends Switchit the commands that say "Load this program"
and "load that program")

Or, how about this: This.Program loads on startup, and then it:
1) Opens an NDA
2) Sends the NDA some commands.

Then I could open MegaBox on Startup, and have it start playing a song
right when I start
the computer. *Automatically, without having to touch the keyboard or
mouse*

I've checked out the program "Instant Replay", which "records"
keypresses, and then plays them back. If Switchit were controlled by
Keyboard Commands, I could use Instant Replay to load Multiple files.

Is there a program that will record mouse clicks/locations? I could have
remote control of programs this way too.

Im looking for the following programs (do they exist?)

*******************************************
MOUSE/KEY.Recorder    Records mouse locations and clicks/Keypresses
Mouse/Key Player              When RUN, without *any* user input, this
program
                                           "playsback" the
Mouse/Keyboard data.
*******************************************

This would be *kind of* like a Batch file in MSDOS, or a Script file in
Spectrum.

I think it would add quite a lot of power to the GS.

adoyson@nccn.net