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Old 04-16-2019, 12:12 AM   #1
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How to launch an Exe from shortcut/toolbar button.
1. Open REAPER Actions window, click "New action" > "New Reascript", in the file dialog window that pops up type in a name for the script file ( e.g., Launch Edgemeal ReaBar ), then click Save button, and the IDE window will open.
2. In the IDE window, paste this code,...

local filepath = [[]]
reaper.ExecProcess(filepath, -1)


3. Open Windows Explorer to the folder where the exe is, hold down Shift key and right click the exe, now select 'Copy As Path' from the menu.
4. Paste the exe path between the double brackets in the first line of code, and remove any quotation characters!
( e.g., [[D:\ReaBar.exe]] ).
5. Close the IDE window. When asked to save, answer Yes!
6. You can now associate the new action to a toolbar button, shortcut, etc.

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Add Item Order
Set the order of media items before adding to REAPER.
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Get v1.08.1: Snap Shot Dark interface w/couple new options.
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AOT for Reaper (no longer updated)
Make windows in REAPER always on top, move windows to mouse.
https://stash.reaper.fm/v/33956/AOT%...er%20v1.18.zip

Also my example of how to get & set the REAPER topmost pins using Lua code.
https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=330


Arrange FX
Add, Edit and change order of your favorite FX folders.
NOTE: Starting with REAPER v6.11+dev0525(May 25 2020) you can now drag fav fx folders or use Control+Up/Down keys to move them, so no real need for this app anymore unless you're running an older version of REAPER!
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Cursors
REAPER cursors with ID number for easy reference.
See post #80

Get REAPER keys
Get a list of used and unused REAPER keyboard shortcuts
Download zip - Forum Thread

Get Control ID Under Mouse
Get control IDs of top-level windows for use with js_ReaScriptAPI functions, etc..
Download here - ScreenShot - Lua script version

Get media file lengths (Zip file in post #8)
Helper utility to copy/save media files time as text.
screenshot v1.0

Plug-ins Most Used
Forum thread
Download Plugins Most Used v0.05

ReaAction v1.03 - ScreenShot
Allows running REAPER "Main" actions from keyboard shortcuts while other applications have focus.

ReaBar Snap Shot
A toolbar button arranger. Copy, move toolbar buttons, duplicate toolbars, etc..
For REAPER v5.00 to v7.02 see, ReaBar v1.20.4
For REAPER v5.00 to v6.83 see, ReaBar v1.19.1

REAPER FX Presets Sorter
Sort, Re-order, Re-name, Delete, Import your REAPER FX presets (ini files).
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Download v0.22 (Jan 26, 2023)
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REAPER WhatsNew v2
Makes downloading pre-release info and files, copying info for forum posting a tad easier.
v1.x ScreenCap

Stash View - Screen Shot
View users REAPER file repository uploads, sort by date, file size, save results, and more.

Track FX Comments
Create text file per project, with track FX and FX comment info.
See this post for more info or see readme in zip file (Download zip file v0.07).

VS CODE Snippet Builder
Create a Reascript (LUA only) snippet file for MS's VS CODE app.
* NO LONGER UPDATED - As of Sep 2023 this app still works.
Unless they changed the format in 'reascripthelp.html' it should work.

VSCode Snippet Builder v0.13
Forum Thread: Tools for VSCode
I also posted a snippet file here.

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Examples written in VB.Net using Visual Studio 2010.

Reaper Media Sender
Add media, Track templates, change Themes. REAPER v5.78pre4 adds WM_COPYDATA support.
https://stash.reaper.fm/v/36112/Reap...der%20v0.3.zip

LICEcap Snap
Resize and move LICEcap perfectly over a target window and start the capture.
Win10 tested - https://stash.reaper.fm/36904/LICEca...29%20v1.02.zip
Win7 tested - https://stash.reaper.fm/v/36111/LICE...ow%20v1.01.zip

Launching custom scripts
https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.ph...2&postcount=22

REAPER Portable Install Helper
VB.Net source code only! Created in Visual Studio 2010.
Install REAPER as portable to specific folder using installer defaults.
See comments in code, etc, change destination path (set to "M:\Reaper Portable"), etc to fit your needs.
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Old 04-16-2019, 05:47 AM   #2
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That may have been me. Subscribed, thanks!
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Old 04-16-2019, 08:42 AM   #3
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Wow, I've seen some of your programs and they're awesome, especially preset sorter and action history!
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Old 04-19-2019, 01:48 PM   #4
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Wow, cool, thanks for that!
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Old 05-22-2019, 08:50 AM   #5
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Crap Reabar sounds like what I need and this is Windows only?
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Old 05-22-2019, 09:03 AM   #6
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Crap Reabar sounds like what I need and this is Windows only?
Yes, Windows only.
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Yes, Windows only.
Darn, well good thing I have a Hackintosh with windows
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Old 05-22-2019, 11:38 AM   #8
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Hi Edge... wondering if the AOT will work on a lua window?
I ask because we have some lua's that are essentially like toolbar actions for the MIDI Editor but want them to stay on top of everything...
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Old 05-22-2019, 12:36 PM   #9
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Hi Edge... wondering if the AOT will work on a lua window?
I ask because we have some lua's that are essentially like toolbar actions for the MIDI Editor but want them to stay on top of everything...
You can run the same API now using SWS/JS extensions, quick example,..

Code:
hwnd = reaper.JS_Window_Find('Take Commenter' ,true) -- find lua window
if hwnd then
  reaper.BR_Win32_SetWindowPos(hwnd,"HWND_TOPMOST" , 0, 0, 0, 0, 19) -- 19 = SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE Or SWP_NOACTIVATE.
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Thank you kindly.... I've passed that along to Lokasenna who is working on a little lua for me that needs to stay on top of the midi ed. window...

I'm too dumb with code to understand it but hopefully he will
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Old 05-23-2019, 04:35 AM   #11
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Just a short Thank You! for the software! AOT is very helpful and makes life easier.
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Old 07-05-2019, 11:38 AM   #12
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thank you for these worthy gems !

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Old 08-09-2019, 01:18 PM   #13
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the Launch Get Control ID Under Mouse is great.

Now to get the LICEsnap to work (got a C in visual basic in high school)
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Old 08-15-2019, 05:43 PM   #14
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Hello Edgemeal,
Thanks so much for your essential AOT app!
I have a request if you are able; would you be able to include under your "Move To Mouse" tab an option for "New Floating FX Windows"? It would easily solve a huge workflow problem for me.
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Old 12-03-2019, 10:54 AM   #15
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REAPER WhatsNew, When pre is not found the app auto checks for the whatnew file, but v1.49 was still looking for the old v5 file.

Reaper WhatsNew v1.50 - Dec 03, 2019
* FIX: App was still looking for "whatsnew5.txt" if "whatsnew-pre.txt" was not found!
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About Action History:
Any chance it could support docked action list (which it doesn't seem to currently)?
The selected entry doesn't seem to get 'picked up' in the Filter field if action list is docked.
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Any chance it could support docked action list (which it doesn't seem to currently)?
Try this. For now auto show/sizing is disabled (too much logic work LOL!) , so you'll need to double click tray icon to show/resize it, and click close window button to hide it.

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Old 12-04-2019, 07:54 AM   #18
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Thanks, but no luck so far with this version also. Still doesn't seem to pick up the entry as before.

https://i.imgur.com/TStXFix.gif

(Win 8.1 x64, R6.0 x64)

Btw. I indeed thought about asking to support auto show when action list docked but figured it would probably be too much of a can of worms so I didn't.
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Thanks, but no luck so far with this version also. Still doesn't seem to pick up the entry as before.
OK, I think I got most of it worked out,

BETA 05 - Reset vars on auto-show enable to detect window changes.
BETA 04 - Re-enable Auto Show/Sizing.
BETA 03 - Another floating docker possibility, "Actions (docked)".
BETA 02 - Actions in a floating Docker window.
BETA 01 - 1st docker test.

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It auto attaches above the floating docker now when switching to Actions tab (if Auto Show enabled), genius.
Picking up the filter field is also working now.
Thanks a lot!
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It auto attaches above the floating docker now when switching to Actions tab (if Auto Show enabled), genius.
Picking up the filter field is also working now.
Thanks a lot!
OK cool!
One more little fix,
BETA 06 - History window not shown if exe was already running.

Doesn't it cover the titlebar when using a floating docker?
TODO: ?? : Fix - history window covers docker titlebar when Actions in a floating docker.

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Old 12-04-2019, 01:30 PM   #22
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Hello sir. It's not something I use at the moment but I wanted to chime in and say thanks and kudos for all the hard work! Nice job!
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Doesn't it cover the titlebar when using a floating docker?
Yes it does. But I have the floating docker fully maximised on a second monitor and never close it meaning the title bar is useless to me so it's the perfect place for the History window, finally putting that space to good use.
I hope it could (optionally) stay this way.
(For other users/use cases it might differ..)
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OK, History window no longer covering floating docker titlebars, unless window is maximized or very near the top of the screen.

Seems good enough for a release.

v1.02 - Dec 04, 2019
* Support Actions window when in docker/floating docker.
* Changed: Double clicking tray icon now enables Auto Show.

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OK, History window no longer covering floating docker titlebars, unless window is maximized or very near the top of the screen.
Nice solution (and working fine here).
Thanks again.
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just subscribing for future reference, thank you!
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Hello sir. It's not something I use at the moment but I wanted to chime in and say thanks and kudos for all the hard work! Nice job!
Just simple little stuff I use occasionally, hope you find something useful. Thanks for the donation!
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another action history thought..

Would it be possible to automatically switch focus to it when it appears, so I can start typing in it immediately?
Here's how it behaves currently for me:

https://i.imgur.com/2VvOrXe.gif

I switch to action list tab (via '?' shortcut), and when I start typing it lands in the action list filter, need to focus (click on) action history window first.
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Give this a shot,
v1.03 - Dec 06, 2019
* When shown from hidden state set focus on combobox.
* Improve: Text area falsely changing to red when search found.

EDIT Uploaded Action History v1.03 to stash.

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* When shown from hidden state set focus on combobox.
Yep, works. Thanks.

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* Fix?: Text area changing to red when search found.
did you mean to write 'when search not found' perhaps, that's what it does here at least, flashing red one time.
I noticed it before already and thought it's a nice (and intended) 'search not found' indicator, fine to me anyway.
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Yep, works. Thanks.
did you mean to write 'when search not found' perhaps, that's what it does here at least, flashing red one time.
I noticed it before already and thought it's a nice (and intended) 'search not found' indicator, fine to me anyway.
Ya, I was getting a false positive the very first time I did a search (when word was found), so raised the delay time it uses to check if the LV is empty and seems to have fixed it here. So if you didn't get any false positives in older ver then I guess your REAPER/PC is faster then mine!
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Ah now I get it.
No, no false positives encountered so far.
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Ah now I get it.
No, no false positives encountered so far.
OK cool!

Was thinking of removing the titlebar to take up less space, there should be enough window to grab with mouse and move if needed. If you get a chance let me know how it works. Thanks.

v1.04 - Dec 13, 2019
* Borderless window.
* Dark mode option.

NOTE: Dark Mode option does not affect the 'Auto Suggest List', that window is created by the OS which I don't think I can color.

EDIT Uploaded to stash

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AOT for Reaper (no longer updated)

I just read that red abondened notice in brackets. What did I miss?
It's a brilliant software. Did they fix the problem natively?
Unsolvable technical debt?
Perfectly programmed so even compatible with Win 23?
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I just read that red abondened notice in brackets. What did I miss?
It's a brilliant software. Did they fix the problem natively?
Unsolvable technical debt?
Perfectly programmed so even compatible with Win 23?
REAPER v6.02 (currently RC1) has fixed many (if not all) of the issues with the topmost pins, and windows that used to get hidden by pinned windows now come to the front. v6.0 added options to move/show modal windows under your mouse cursor, etc. So the need for AOT is pretty small now.

EDIT Installed REAPER v6.02 and set it to move windows under mouse cursor, but some still show up in the center of the screen, and there is still no option to set plugins topmost by default, so I guess my AOT app can still be useful.

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Thanks Edgemeal. FWIW they all work in XP SP3
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Was thinking of removing the titlebar to take up less space, there should be enough window to grab with mouse and move if needed. If you get a chance let me know how it works. Thanks.
It's slick. Thanks.
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REAPER v6.02 (currently RC1) has fixed many (if not all) of the issues with the topmost pins, and windows that used to get hidden by pinned windows now come to the front. v6.0 added options to move/show modal windows under your mouse cursor, etc. So the need for AOT is pretty small now.

EDIT Installed REAPER v6.02 and set it to move windows under mouse cursor, but some still show up in the center of the screen, and there is still no option to set plugins topmost by default, so I guess my AOT app can still be useful.

Yeah. The native window handling is still flawed. IMHO vst plugins should always be "dominant". But when you open a mixer window it still happens that the plugin window disappears behind.
Thanks again for the software!
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Agreed Luster - I'm still using AOT.

Edgemeal - I have an idea - perhaps you could tell me if it's feasible...

It strikes me that a lot of the issues around the HiDPI compatibility of various plugins could be solved if we had better handling of plugins when they are running in separate or dedicated processes... namely that we can't send any keyboard shortcuts to Reaper. I understand why this happens - and I also expect you can figure out a crafty way around it for us Windows users

There are only a handful of actions that actually need to be passed through - stop/play/pause/record and close focused FX window/close all FX windows. Would it possible to build a simple software utility like AOT, that runs in the background, and passes these keyboard shortcuts through to Reaper? I'm imagining a dialog where you can enter your assigned Reaper shortcuts for these actions, and you manually add the plugin windows you want to pass on the actions to Reaper manually, like AOT. This way it only kicks in with the re-routing when those certain plugin windows are focused, and Reaper is open in the background.

Text fields would need to excluded from this behaviour I guess, so that we can still search within plugin browsers.

It seemed straightforward in my head, but as I've just typed it out it now feels a lot more complex!

If you would be interested in putting something like this together (perhaps it would be useful for you too) it would solve a lot of users plugin HiDPI compatibility issues. I know this because I've been helping a lot of people on this forum and on Facebook, asking about this exact issue with a question along the lines of 'I upgraded to Reaper 6 and now my plugins are tiny... help!'.

I know we have the new per-plugin HiDPI compatibility switch in Reaper, but there are plenty of popular plug-ins that don't play nicely with this option. Most of the N.I stuff for example. But they always work smoothly as a separate process, minus the keyboard command issues I've mentioned.

I have NO idea how complicated this would be to put together - but if it's something you want to take a look at then I'd happily make a donation towards it.
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Text fields would need to excluded from this behaviour I guess, so that we can still search within plugin browsers.
Not always possible, some plugins don't use standard Window controls so no way to detect if they have user focus, like Amplitube4 from IK Multimedia, I have to disable a few Global hotkeys in REAPER when I want to type text into that plugin.

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It seemed straightforward in my head, but as I've just typed it out it now feels a lot more complex!
Ya its always easier in my head then it is to actually make an app, setting up a UI, saving/loading user settings, etc is always a hassle!

I can't promise anything so don't get your hopes up!

OK, so when I set a plugin to Run As > Separate or Dedicated process I get floating plugin window and the window text ends with '(x64 bridged)', so as quick test app for spacebar I made this simple app (ActionMan),..

SpaceBar: Send action "Transport: Play/stop" to REAPER when a window text ending with '(x64 bridged)' is the foreground window.

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