send notifications to smartphones

[sirbooker]

Hi all
i am playing around with a program called Growl and one on my Iphone called prowl
there is a command line that can be used to send notifications eg
( growlnotify this-is-a-test ) this works great using (file execute) with
(parameter) this-is-a-test

what i would like to be able to do is send the state of a variable to my phone

any ideas ?

paul.

[sirbooker]

Bump

i have now got girder sending popup messages into windows media center.
The popups show up in the bottom right side and last several seconds.
i am still stuck as to how to send the value of my callerid ??
is there a better way to achieve this ?
any idea's........

paul.

[harleydude]

Paul,

You should be able to create a script action for the Caller ID event. The payload variables will contain the Caller ID data.

[sirbooker]

Hi Rick
my lua skills suck to say the least

i tried this but no go...some guidence would be great

Name = pld1
os.execute ('c:\growlnotify\growlnotify.exe','Name')

i tried this several different ways

this will also work with android phones......
it is quicker to get notifications sent than text messages !
paul

[shaun5]

My best guess is:
os.execute (string.format("c:\growlnotify\growlnotify.exe %s", Name))

[sirbooker]

thanks for the response shaun5
i tried what you suggested but that did not work.

from the command prompt i type growlnotify this-is-a-test
and it works
any other ideas ??
paul

[shaun5]

If you run a lua script:
os.execute ("c:\growlnotify\growlnotify.exe This-is-a-test")
Does that work? If not, there is something else wrong. If it does work, then there is something wrong with my syntax My next guess would be:
os.execute (string.format([[c:\growlnotify\growlnotify.exe %s]], Name)).

[sirbooker]

If you run a lua script:
os.execute ("c:\growlnotify\growlnotify.exe This-is-a-test")
Does that work?
No

what will work is a girder action os/execute
c:\growlnotify\growlnotify.exe
parameter this-is-a-atest

paul.

[shaun5]

what about:
os.execute ("c:\\growlnotify\\growlnotify.exe This-is-a-test")

[Ron]

Have a look at win.ShellExecuteEx

its in the manual under Lua Library Reference \ win \ Process Functions