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<blockquote data-quote="Owlsroost" data-source="post: 489148" data-attributes="member: 83973">There's two ways to control MP from EventGhost (EG):1. Enable the Message plugin in MP, and the MP plugin in EG. Use the 'actions' from the EG MP plugin in your EG macros - these send windows API 'messages' to MP which the messagePlugin in MP reacts to. There is no keystroke emulation involved in this method, and MP will respond to these messages even if it is not the foreground application (AFAIK).2. Use keystroke emulation 'actions' in your EG macros - these behave exactly as if you pressed the keys on the keyboard - MP will respond to these only if it is the foreground app, and this method does not need the messagePlugin in MP (or the MP plugin in EG) to be enabled.The problem with EG for new users is that:a. There's almost no documentationb. It looks much more complicated to setup than it actually is, but you don't know this until you've had (as Radioman described) a 'Eureka !' moment and realised that pretty much everything is setup by using drag-n-drop/copy/paste.Tony</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Owlsroost, post: 489148, member: 83973"] There's two ways to control MP from EventGhost (EG): 1. Enable the Message plugin in MP, and the MP plugin in EG. Use the 'actions' from the EG MP plugin in your EG macros - these send windows API 'messages' to MP which the messagePlugin in MP reacts to. There is no keystroke emulation involved in this method, and MP will respond to these messages even if it is not the foreground application (AFAIK). 2. Use keystroke emulation 'actions' in your EG macros - these behave exactly as if you pressed the keys on the keyboard - MP will respond to these only if it is the foreground app, and this method does not need the messagePlugin in MP (or the MP plugin in EG) to be enabled. The problem with EG for new users is that: a. There's almost no documentation b. It looks much more complicated to setup than it actually is, but you don't know this until you've had (as Radioman described) a 'Eureka !' moment and realised that pretty much everything is setup by using drag-n-drop/copy/paste. Tony [/QUOTE]

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