dlmz06 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I'm tired of repeatedly clicking the mouse to refresh an application at work. For legit use at work where I can't install a software macro or any other program but can plug in a rubber ducky, is it possible to use a rubber ducky to repeatedly click a right mouse key once every 5 seconds or so to refresh an application while it waits for an application event, and to quickly stop the simulated mouse clicks manually when I see the application screen change? Can I use the macro language for the rubber ducky or rubber ducky deluxe to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I don't have a rubber ducky but from my understanding this should be possible. You can pick between yanking out the ducky when you want it to stop, or you need to have your application turn on caps-lock which should be detectable for the ducky allowing for a clean break of the loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dec100 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 What about a nodding bird toy like Homer uses to cover for him in The Simpsons? E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iapECJKx4k0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlmz06 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 The bird needs a glass of water to dip its beak in. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlmz06 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Too funny! I ordered a bird and have the video playing now on my desk! I will get one of the rubber duckies to play with anyway. Need an excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 As far as I know(I have an older ducky though) it only simulates keystrokes, not mouse movement(althoiugh I think you can move windows around the screen using keystrokes alone), but if you can figure out the alt tab shift to button commands, then yes, you can string it together to do it for you, but you're going to have to either create a delay between window clicks for each sequence and how many times it needs to be done(as far as I know, you can't loop) or, press the button on the ducky each time you need it to run. Might be easier to find a software based solution in this instance since it would probably be easier with a macro. There are probably portable executables out there that can create macros from I would think. If you cna put a USB in, use a thumb drive with the macro software on the USB stick to run from and do what you want. http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/tinytask_portable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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