Here is another simple solution with Ruby Shoes.

The folder is C:\Test\, the file is called A.txt and will be renamed to INACTIVE_A.txt with button one and back to A.txt with button two.


Shoes.app do
stack do
button "Rename A.txt to INACTIVE_A.txt" do
Dir.chdir("C:/Test ...

should work...

..now I just need to connect this to a switch

Lets say I have a file "a.txt" on my c:\.
When I turn the switch to "true" in the gui I want to rename "C:\a.txt" to "c:\xyz_a.txt".
When I turn the switch to "false" in the gui I want to rename the file back to "c:\a.txt".

Any hints would be appreciated.

I guess its not possible.

Is it to much to ask to have ASCII Keayboard and Mouse XY as external hardware support?

I am also teaching myself Ruby and object oriented programming in general.

For kids I would like to advise a playfull programming language called "Scratch"." Google Blockly copied the concept.
https://vimeo.com/65583694

The video is just to funny and shows what Scratch is all about.

could you describe more exactly what you mean?

How about a standard typing ASCII keyboard and Mouse XY position .

Could anybody tell me if this is possible? Any hints?

tester wrote:Not possible.

If they create framework towards ios and android, which is possible (despite the long silence) - it will be possible.

Thanks for your answer. So there is hope.
Well I guess since a "Smartphones" are such wide spread hardware it would be realy great.

Ahh sorry I just copied it from the tutorial. All good.