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Started 1 year ago by TotalBalance
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TotalBalance
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Google has a very cool little command line tool for their services. I'm was surprised I couldn't find any related posts on this forum so here background links:

googlecl wiki
http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/w/list
For the Windows install file:
http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/downloads/detail?name=googlecl-win32-0.9.13.zip&can=2&q=

Running the google.exe opens the app's command line window. Although you can add entries to many of their services, for this exercise I need to add a new GCal event. To do it manually, with the app command line window open I just type in i.e.:

calendar add "Dinner party tomorrow"

This adds an calendar event tomorrow to my default calendar.

If I want to send to a specific calendar the format is:
calendar add --cal GQueues "Dinner party tomorrow" "Start prepping for party 3pm tomorrow"

This adds two calendar event to my "GQueues" calendar: an all day event and reminder task starting at 3pm tomorrow.

For those not familiar with GQueues http://www.gqueues.com it's what Google Tasks should have been and the reason I'm trying to get this to work. If successful, using click.to I can quickly add a new task/event from notepad, Evernote or anywhere text window on my desktop and send it as an event to GCal AND automatically propagating to GQueues as well.

Unfortunately, being a command line novice, I can't seem to get the custom windows call to work. The command line window opens and closes quickly. Click.to reports completion but nothing got added.

Path of the Application or Program:
C:\googlecl\google.exe

Argument of the Call:
[Text]
sample text copied/executed:
calendar add "Dinner party tomorrow"

Is there a special way to send the command argument so it will be entered into a command line window so it's executed as if it was manually typed in.

Thanks in advance for any help and if there's an easier way ... i.e. an GQueues pattern ;-)
Lars

Posted 1 year ago #
TotalBalance
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As a quick workaround, here's an AutoHotKey (AHK)script I hacked together that does what I want without click.to but of course it would be great to have tighter integration.

1. Install Google Command Line if you haven't already. Note: After I installed I made a cc of the google.exe file and renamed to googlecl.exe to avoid possible conficts while executing script.
2. Install AHK ( http://www.autohotkey.com/download/ )
3. Paste below code into text editor and save as foo.ahk
```
Run, cmd.exe
IfWinExist, Administrator
WinActivate, Administrator
Send, c:\googlecl\googlecl.exe %clipboard% {Enter}
Sleep, 5000
WinClose, Administrator
ExitApp
```
Anytime what's in your clipboard is formatted to add as an event to Google Calendar run script and your done.
As a test I copied below to clipboard, ran script and the event showed up almost immediately in my "GQueues" calendar:
```
calendar add --cal GQueues "Dinner party tomorrow"
```
P.S. If there any AHK coders out there who could help me bullet proof the above, thanks in advance! Afraid I'm just a hack at this stuff.

Another question - Can I run an ahk script from click.to or must it be an exe?

Lars
Posted 1 year ago #
TotalBalance
Member

OK, it looks like click.to only accepts exe or bat no other type of script files.
Fortunately AHK allows you to convert scripts to executable so I did so.

One interesting thing though. Using the exe no argument is needed. However, without something the new pattern won't display. Only workaround is to use the [ImageFile] pattern. Is this by design?

P.S. This method modified with corresponding arguments should work just as well with the other Google services supported by GoogleCL :-)

Lars

Posted 1 year ago #
Anonymous
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Hi Lars,

Thank you for sharing!

The pattern which is used determines when the action is available to be used.
E.g. it does not make sense to use Twitpic with text.

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