"external command" Effect  
       
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      Topic: "external command" Effect
       
      Posted By: dman776
       Subject: "external command" Effect
       Date Posted: 29 Jan 2009 at 8:49pm
       
      
        
          
	
It would be nice to be able to insert an "effect" into a cell that, when encountered, would execute a user-supplied command.
  User replaceable string holders would REALLY be slick.
  Some potential use cases are: - update a message sign with the title of the sequence playing (ie.  c:\sign_utility\message "You are listening to %title"  --- this would display "You are listening to Wizards in Winter"
  - update a home automation system to turn off outside lights at the beginning of a show (ie.  "c:\x10\firecracker OFF G10")
  - play a sound effect at a specific point in a sequence (ie.  mplayer "c:\my effects\scream.wav")
  - update an RDS transmitter with the current song playing (ie. rds "%title by %artist")
  the possibilities are endless....
  
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      Posted By: deweycooter
       
      Date Posted: 30 Jan 2009 at 11:15am
       
      
        
          
	
+1
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      Posted By: LightsOnLogan
       
      Date Posted: 02 Feb 2009 at 8:57am
       
      
        
          
	
We have this on the list for version 2.  There will have to be a security token implementation for it, else someone could share a sequence that includes a nasty command (e.g. FORMAT C:).
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      Posted By: Slinkard
       
      Date Posted: 02 Feb 2009 at 10:42am
       
      
        
          
	
lol that is eactly what I was thinking. The functionality is great idea, but with that type of power   the crazy's come to play!
  
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