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cuprohastes
Wanderer
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 92
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 Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:53 pm
Notifications on all Windows systems work-around
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CMud doesn't update the taskbar due to API changes in Windows 7.
However there is a work around: http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/
(Manual: http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/help/growlnotify.aspx)
Growl is a notifications system allowing for API or command line calls. It was designed for OSX but has been ported to Windows. It's a lot more polished than Snarl, the previous port.
It also comes with growlnotify.exe by default for command line based notification, e.g.:
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| #launch "C:\$path\growlnotify.exe /t:"%1" /a:CMUD /n:General "~"%2~""" |
To set Growl up for CMud:
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C:\$path\growlnotify.exe /a:CMUD /r:"Notificationtypename here","Notificationtypename here","Notificationtypename here"
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This will register CMUD with Growl and create N notification types which can be independantly configured. |
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Zugg
MASTER
Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:31 pm
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Moving this to the CMUD forum and making it a Sticky. Since Windows 7 is pretty popular right now, I didn't want this workaround to get lost in the forums. Thanks for posting the solution!
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ReedN
Wizard
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 1279
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:10 pm
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Can you explain a little more in practical terms what this would do?
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cuprohastes
Wanderer
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 92
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:27 am
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When CMUD is out of focus in Windows 7 there's no way to see if there's been any activity without going and looking.
You can set up a trigger and play a sound but that gets annoying fast, and worse, users tune it out.
Growl is a pop up system that can pop up a variety of user installed or default pop-ups (There doesn't seem to be a way to call Widows 7's in-built pop up system from the command line).
Using it you can set a series of triggers, for pages, tells, events, etc. that will pop up and let you know something's happening.
You can set Growl to make pop-ups s"sticky" if you're idle for more than N seconds, so you won't miss a notification. You can also add sounds to the notifications, and use multiple types and on osme, even priority codes. |
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ReedN
Wizard
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 1279
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:31 am
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Nice, thanks!
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