[Q] Make shortcuts/widgets send windows hotkey commands via wifi - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I have a tablet (HTC Flyer, not rooted) that I'm using as a remote control for my TV, Reciever and HTPC.
I am using LauncherPro and have a homescreen with just 4 shortcuts/widgets made with Desktop Visualizer.
I have shortcuts for: Media Center Control app, XBMC remote app, VSX remote app for my Pioneer reciever, and Unified Remote for basic mouse and keyboard control.
Overall I am very happy with this solution, but as my HTPC setup requires both Windows Media Center and XBMC, and I have dedicated apps for both, I am forced to manually swich between these programs. This can be done with hotkeys or scripts from within WMC and XBMC, but I would love to make my tablet send these hotkey commands when pressing the appropiate shortcut on my homescreen.
Example:
I am watching TV in WMC and want to watch a movie in XBMC. To do this I have to exit WMC and open XBMC, and the other way around when I want to go back to WMC again. This swich between programs I would like the tablet to handle by sending a hotkey command to the HTPC when pressing the shortcut. But I can't figure out how to do it....
Is this possible?
Thank You
/Kejserjorn

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