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[H4X0RZ]

Now I'm playing for a while on Mackans server and Mack and I created to Companys. Both of them has a hosting service. I wan't that every user whobis using my service is able to upload and remove files and start,stop the firewolf server when he is on his plot. Now I need a program which runs parallel (my first question) to firewolf so I can simulate user input (my second question).

Here are the questions:
1.How can I run a program parallel to firewolf which can handle rednet messages and simulate user input

2.How can I simulate userinput like keypresses and mouse clicks?

Thx
Freack100

[Grim Reaper]

If you have your rednet handling in a function and load firewolf as a function, you can distribute events to either function when loaded as coroutines. (You could also use the parallel API, although I'm less familiar with that).

Example:

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local function rednetHandling (...)
    -- Handle rednet messages and your user input simulation here.
end
local fireWolfFunction = loadfile ("/firewolf") -- Path to firewolf if that isn't the right one.

local rednetHandlingThread = coroutine.create (rednetHandling)
local fireWolfThread       = coroutine.create (fireWolfFunction)

-- Distribute events as long as firewolf is running.
while coroutine.status (fireWolfThread) ~= "dead" do
    local eventData = { os.pullEvent() }

    coroutine.resume (rednetHandlingThread, unpack (eventData))
    coroutine.resume (fireWolfThread, unpack (evenetData))
end

You can simulate events by using os.queueEvent.
Example for an enter key press:

os.queueEvent ("key", keys.return)
local event, key = os.pullEvent() -- Will catch the enter key press.

[H4X0RZ]

Thank you very much Grim!