Programmatically access Input Director

[Jim Qualizza]

I would like to programmatically access input director so I can turn on/off access to various client computers.  I am using a progam called "autoit" and have tried every method in the autoit language to access input director and have not been successful.  Input director is in the taskbar as a hidden icon as are others.  Those are all difficult to access.

Any ideas on how to get a handle to input director?

BTW, input director is by far one the one best programs I have used over the last 30 years.

Thanks Shane,

Wiz

[Shane]

Hi Jim,

Have a look at the integration options documented here. If there’s an option missing that you’re after, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

Regs,

Shane. 

[Jim Qualizza]

Hi Shane,  I tried your suggestion and found that the IDCmd is a local command.  As such I can disable Input Director from the host computer but can not reenable it since there is no way to connect to the disabled client except locally.  

Thanks,

Wiz

[Jim Qualizza]

Hi Shane, Maybe I was not clear enough on my initial request.  I want to programmatically turn access to Input Director on/off from my host computer instead of opening the program on my host and going to the client machine and using the space bar to unselect it.

Thanks,

Jim

[Shane]

Hi Jim,

Is the purpose of disabling Input Director on a client system to stop the cursor moving over to it, or for some other reason?

Thanks,

Shane.

[Jim Qualizza]

Hi Shane, yes the purpose of disabling Input Diretor on a client machine is to stop the cursor from accessing it.  There are scripts which I use on several computers and I use the synch feature on Input Director.  The easy way to NOT run a script on a client computer is to disable the cursor from input direction on the client computer in question.

Thanks,

Jim

[Shane]

Hi Jim,

Clients can be manually set to 'skip' on the "Client Systems" tab. I could look at adding an option to the command line tool in the next version so that you could turn this on/off per client. Would that work?

Regs,

Shane.

[Jim Qualizza]

Hi Shane,  I don't think I have made myself clear so let me try it again.  I want to be able to access Input Director on my Host Computer only (this controls all the clients), go to the Clients Icon, and skip a client machine.  I currently do this manually and press the space bar after selecting a client to skip.  I want to programmatically do this using my automation program call "Autoit".  I have been unable to get a "handle" to Input Director since it resides in the hidden icons section of the Windows 11 taskbar.  I have been able to get a handle on any program I have tried so far using "Autoit" except Input Director.

I hope I have explained this better than I have in the previous posts.

Thanks,

Jim