Of Multigroups and WAIT FOR WINDOWS

[Ron]

To open a url use the execute action and pass the url there.

[stevech]

I am able to take a PC's web browser to a pre-defined URL (web site) using Girder command actions. This is my first Girder project so show mercy. I created a Girder command tree leaf and had it learn a particular button on my TV remote. The action for that command is to place the URL ("www.foo.bar/blah") into the Browser's usual place. To place the URL text, I used Girder's TARGET serching capabiliy. With it, I chose the target to be Internet Explorer's address entry gizmo (a kind of window object). So the TAB key scheme which is unreliable, isn't used.

I also prefixed this command with another command leaf on the same IR key code - where this command does a SET FOCUS on Internet Explorer to pop it to the foreground.

I'm now off learning how to use On-Screen Menus in GIrder to choose the desired URL (web site) using the TV Remote's UP/Down buttons. I have the PC with the browser driving a VGA to video converter which connects to the TV's video-in jack.

Switching between the TV Video-in and normal cable channels is done using a Girder command linked to the TV/VIDEO button on my remote.

Well, I'm a novice, but enjoying this exploration.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: stevech on 2002-03-22 07:22 ]</font>

[erdc]

I have tried for days now just to make a simple Multigroup that would

1) Open Netscape

2) Tab to URL field

3) Enter in a URL

4) Enter.

I have place waits between each step but still all I get is Netscape opening up and nothing more. Now if I execute again (i.e. with a remote button) A new instance of Netscape loads and the original one THEN tabs down to the URL.

There are probable better ways to do this, but I am just trying to grasp how it would needed to be set up to do this. Maybe I am missing out using targets or something?

Can some one give me a quick HOW-TO on this example please? For once I got that down, I would be set

[erdc]

Yes that works, BUT, like I posted above, I know there are better way to get the end result here. What I am trying to find out is how to do the exact steps I laid out for you.