Re: dos/nv/x/z

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Yep, this is what I needed.


One question: why is PID needed, since the default for GoXy is to
"Focus XyWrite's process"?


I tried the below and it seems to work. Is there some condition under
which it wouldn't?


@echo off

C:\Progra~1\Mozill~1\firefox.exe
file:///C:/MailHBL/HARRY.HTM

c:\xy\goxy.exe


--Harry




Reply to note from Harry Binswanger
 Sun, 02 Jan

2011 15:08:04 -0500


Harry:


> I would like to have XPL launch Firefox then return

> automatically to XyWrite, with XyWrite having Window's
"focus"

> as the active window.


Here's a reliable way to do it, using the Window handle (hWnd) for

Editor.exe's session. It requires a couple of Robert's utils

(GOXY.EXE and MyPID.EXE). Here's the one-time setup:


1) Grab goxyplus.zip here:


http://users.datarealm.com/ammaze/xfer/goxyplus.zip; eudora="autourl">http://users.datarealm.com/ammaze/xfer/goxyplus.zip


Unzip the contents into Editor's directory. There are three files,

GOXY.EXE, GO.TXT (documentation for GOXY.EXE), and MyPID.EXE.

MyPID.EXE identifies the Process ID (PID), hWnd and Title for the

running XyWrite session. GOXY.EXE switches focus to XyWrite (or any

other running process); it can also do lots of other stuff (read

GO.TXT).


2) Decode and add the following frame MyhWnd,MyPID,MyTitle to U2.
It

runs MyPID.EXE, then saves the hWnd (or PID or Title) of the
running

XyWrite session to S/G 50. It also saves Editor's directory to S/G

51.


XPLeNCODE v2.0

b-gin [UNTITLED]

{{;5MyhWnd,MyPID,MyTitle}} Return Xy|NB hWnd|Process ID|Title

 in S/G50 (and Editor's directory in S/G 51) [CLD][cr|lf]{002

}{<}SX49,{<}VA$FR{>}{>}{<}SX50,{<}VA$ED{>}{>}[JM_]2.GetPath[Q

2_]{<}SX51,{<}IS50{>}{>}[BX_]exist
{<}PV51{>}\MyPID.EXE[Q2_]{

<}IF@NOT({<}ER{>}){>}[BX_]do/nv/x/z
{<}PV51{>}\MyPID.EXE[Q2_]

{<}SX50,"{<}VA="+{<}IS51{>}+"\MyPID.DAT,"+{<}IS49{>}+"={>}"{>

}{<}SX50,{<}PV50{>}{>}{<}EX{>}{<}EI{>}{<}SV50,{>}{002}[cr|lf]

[cr|lf]

-nd

XPLeNCODE


Now you're ready to write your XPL. The idea is simple. Construct a

BATch file that (A) launches Firefox and your chosen URL, then

(B) runs GOXY.EXE to switch focus back to XyWrite. The following

sample code uses the d:\path for Firefox in your original post and

should work for you "out of the box":


XPLeNCODE v2.0

b-gin [UNTITLED]

{<}SV12,http://www.freelists.org/list/xywrite{>};*; URL[cr|lf

];*;[cr|lf][JM_]2.MyhWnd[Q2_];*; Save Editor's hWnd to S/G 50

, Editor's dir to S/G 51[cr|lf];*;[cr|lf];*; Construct and sa

ve BATch file[cr|lf]{<}SX01,"@echo
off[cr|lf]C:\Progra~1\Mozi

ll~1\firefox.exe
"+{<}IS12{>}+"[cr|lf]"+{<}IS51{>}+"\goxy.exe

 w"+{<}IS50{>}{>}[BX_]sa
%01,{<}PV51{>}\my.bat[Q2_];*;[cr|lf]

;*;[cr|lf];*; Launch BATch file[cr|lf][BX_]dos/nv/x/z /c {<}P

V51{>}\my.bat[Q2_]{<}EX{>}[cr|lf][cr|lf]

-nd

XPLeNCODE


Should work as advertised. Let me know.


--

Carl Distefano

cld@xxxxxxxx




Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx