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[David.P]

Hi forum,

I need to control Audacity when its window is not active. I have already tried SendMessage and ControlSend, but Audacity doesn't really do anything.

I really just need to send "r" or {Space} to Audacity to start or stop a recording, respectively.

Thanks already for any hints how to do this,

David.P

[Red Hat Dude]

This is kinda...an ugly alternative, but it works at least.

[David.P]

Hi and thanks,

does this mean that you set the Audacity window to transparent and then put it foremost...?

If yes, probably it won't work, really -- I need to interact with another program in the foreground at the same time when the recording is started.

Any other ideas, please...?

Thanks already,
David.P

[Red Hat Boy]

None that I can think of, aside from getting a new app to record with. In my tests, Audacity was definitely being sent the 'r' key ('up' wouldn't function as it normally would, and notepad wouldn't receive the 'r', but if Audacity had focus the up key would work like the r key). Audacity won't let you set a global hotkey, either, so I don't know...
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[David.P]

Thanks very much.

I'll use an old version of CoolEdit then.

Cheers David.P