How to pass eg.event.payload.arcomm from AutoRemote to cmd?

[akshay7394]

Hey everyone!

New to eventghost, still trying to get a grip on it all. Right now I'm trying to pass a variable received via AutoRemote onto a command line command which is being used to open a URL on a specific Chrome profile.

'eg.event.payload.arcomm' is the variable being handed off by AutoRemote. What could I be doing wrong? In the example below, if I replace "{eg.event.payload.arcomm}" with "facebook.com", it correctly loads facebook in the relevant chrome profile, but with the variable in there the command just doesn't run.

Any suggestions? Code attached below.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="0.5.0-beta4">
    <Macro Name="Run Chrome" Expanded="True">
        <Event Name="AutoRemote.Message.tester" />
        <Action>
            System.Command(u'"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" --args --profile-directory=Default -d {eg.event.payload.arcomm}', True, False, u'', True, False, False, False, False)
        </Action>
    </Macro>
</EventGhost>

[eirik226]

Hey everyone!

New to eventghost, still trying to get a grip on it all. Right now I'm trying to pass a variable received via AutoRemote onto a command line command which is being used to open a URL on a specific Chrome profile.

'eg.event.payload.arcomm' is the variable being handed off by AutoRemote. What could I be doing wrong? In the example below, if I replace "{eg.event.payload.arcomm}" with "facebook.com", it correctly loads facebook in the relevant chrome profile, but with the variable in there the command just doesn't run.

Any suggestions? Code attached below.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="0.5.0-beta4">
    <Macro Name="Run Chrome" Expanded="True">
        <Event Name="AutoRemote.Message.tester" />
        <Action>
            System.Command(u'"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" --args --profile-directory=Default -d {eg.event.payload.arcomm}', True, False, u'', True, False, False, False, False)
        </Action>
    </Macro>
</EventGhost>

So you are trying to send a URL from your mobile to the desktop? Or just a command that opens a specific website every time?

If it's the first one:

I know this is possible, but never done it myself. If you could write up a python script or command that prints that, you'll see what value it is. If the value is correct then you know there is nothing wrong on the mobile-side of things.

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print eg.event.payload.acromm

I am however sure I saw a guide on how to do this once, I'll link it if I find it.

EDIT: Take a look at this: https://joaoapps.com/autoremote/eventgh ... nd-tricks/, here you'll find all the info you need.

A quick fix that I see is to use this:

Copying some text from your phone to the Windows clipboard:

1. On your phone send ÔÇ£copy=:=%CLIPÔÇØ to EventGhost to send the current clipboard or ÔÇ£copy=:=ANY TEXT HEREÔÇØ to send any text
2. Copy this text, in EventGhost select ÔÇ£Configuration TreeÔÇØ and paste the text:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1630">
<Macro Name="Copy to Clipboard" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="AutoRemote.Message.copy" />
<Action>
EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'eg.WinApi.Clipboard.SetClipboardText(eg.event.payload.arcomm)')
</Action>
<Action>
EventGhost.ShowOSD(u'Copied to clipboard: "{eg.event.payload.arcomm}"', u'0;-24;0;0;0;700;0;0;0;1;0;0;2;32;Arial', (255, 255, 255), (0, 0, 0), 0, (0, 0), 0, 3.0, False)
</Action>
</Macro>
</EventGhost>

Now when you receive the above mentioned message, the text will be copied to your clipboard and a message will appear on screen showing you what was copied

[pearbear]

Double click on the "Run Command" action.
Uncheck the box next to "Disable parsing of string".
Click "OK".
If the value of your variable is set correctly then it should now work as expected.

[akshay7394]

Double click on the "Run Command" action.
Uncheck the box next to "Disable parsing of string".
Click "OK".
If the value of your variable is set correctly then it should now work as expected.

Aw man I love you, it's working perfectly now. Thanks a ton

[akshay7394]

Double click on the "Run Command" action.
Uncheck the box next to "Disable parsing of string".
Click "OK".
If the value of your variable is set correctly then it should now work as expected.

Thank you! This worked perfectly. Follow-up question, does a command prompt not read "&" symbols? My URL is of the following structure:

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http://crm.simplotel.com/index.php?action=UnifiedSearch&module=Home&search_form=false&advanced=false&query_string=%searchdat

except the URL being passed on seems to be truncated down to just:

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http://crm.simplotel.com/index.php?action=UnifiedSearch

Am I doing something wrong? I tried placing the same link as a shortcut elsewhere and clicking on it opened the browser flawlessly, but through the command prompt it truncates.

[pearbear]

I'm not using AutoRemote but if I use the attached test tree that URL works fine for me so I don't think the issue is caused by the "Run Command" action but is lost somewhere else in your setup. Note how I've used the python command to print the value of the variable to the log. This can be a helpful technique for troubleshooting.

EDIT: Attachment removed at the request of kgschlosser:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9704

[akshay7394]

I'm not using AutoRemote but if I use the attached test tree that URL works fine for me so I don't think the issue is caused by the "Run Command" action but is lost somewhere else in your setup. Note how I've used the python command to print the value of the variable to the log. This can be a helpful technique for troubleshooting.

I even tried copying the exact link from your XML to run the code through CMD and it still didn't work

These are the two commands I tried. Both open http://crm.simplotel.com/index.php?action=UnifiedSearch

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --args --profile-directory=Default http://crm.simplotel.com/index.php?action=UnifiedSearch&module=Home&search_form=false&advanced=false&query_string=test+search

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --args --profile-directory=Default http://crm.simplotel.com/index.php?action=UnifiedSearch&module=Home&search_form=false&advanced=false&query_string=test+search

Am I doing something wrong? Missing something? It's literally just the opening-URL step that has me stuck, it's SO close.

[pearbear]

I figured it out. That URLwas redirecting me to another URL with the ampersands, so I was having the same problem as you but I didn't notice.

The solution is to put quotation marks around the URL. Unfortunately I can only make that work if I remove the quotation marks from the command. That's a problem for the path to Chrome because there's a space in "Program Files (x86)"(what was Microsoft thinking when they named those folders?). So you need to use the Windows short path version, which should be C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe. I've attached the updated tree file.