What is the best way to call a web browser from xace?
1) Pick_me_to_call - This isn't hard to implement
using a wrapper which generates a command like
netscape http://www.acedb.org
The problem is that
if you already have Netscape running on the desktop,
this command tries to launch another instance of
Netscape, and Netscape will ask you to open a new
profile etc., which is messy. Is there a way to
tell an already running copy of Netscape to open
an new window at some URL?
2) Is there an internal function in xace that
lets you call a browser? wdemo/wspec/models.wrm seems
to imply this:
?Url Url UNIQUE Text // Simple, text of URL
Template UNIQUE ?Url // use this object as a generic template
Reference_tag UNIQUE Text // look for this tag in the reffing
object for url
Remove_prefix UNIQUE Text // prefix to remove to make url
Remove_postfix UNIQUE Text // postfix to remove to make url
Prepend UNIQUE Text // then add this to the beginning
Append UNIQUE Text // then add this to the end
Web_location UNIQUE ?WWW_server
?WWW_server Url UNIQUE Text // Simple, text of URL
Use_name Text // (optional) Classname
Rewrite Text UNIQUE Text Text UNIQUE Text
Reference_tag UNIQUE Text // look for this tag in the reffing object
for url
I'm sure usage should be self evident, but it would sure
be nice to have an example.
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Brian Fristensky (ON SABBATICAL til July 1, 2003)
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 CANADA
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Okay class, our lesson for today is:
The university is NOT a corporation.
The university is NOT a corporation.
The university is NOT a corporation.
The university is NOT a corporation......
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