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Starting script using a hotkey while Firefox is running?

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Wat is THE best way to start a script from within Firefox (Windows ) using a hotkey and without Starting THE complete sikuli-ide?
Sort of using a sikuli runtime environment .

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

To run a Sikuli script this is the minimal version:

java -jar path-to-sikuli-script.jar path-to-you-name-it.sikuli

(Ignore an error message, that might tell you, that the script cannot be run, AFTER it is run ;-)

Means, a JVM must be started (java), that runs the "Sikuli runtime" (sikuli-script.jar), which executes your script (you-name-it.sikuli).

So you have to implement a batch file with the above content and make it runnable via hotkey.

Be aware: Currently Sikuli in the standard setup needs 3 - 5 seconds start up time.

All prereqs and environment settings (can be integrated into the batch) see faq 2005.

If you want a script, that instantly starts at a hotkey press, you might setup a Sikuli script, that has defined different hotkeys, that trigger different workflows. It is started and waits for the hotkeys to be pressed.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#2

OK, someone else might tell you, that this is possible also:

path-to-sikuli-ide-w.bat -r path-to-you-name-it.sikuli

which uses sikuli-ide.jar as runtime without showing the batch window and the IDE window.

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