Brian,
> 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?
You can use the netscape "-remote" command flag to get pages displayed in an
already running netscape. From the netscape man page:
-remote remote-command
Instructs Netscape to execute a command in a Netscape process that is
already running. See the online Netscape handbook for a list
of valid commands.
there are options to get pages displayed in a new netscape window or an existing
one.
> 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.
You can also use this way of getting stuff displayed in a browser, a combination
of reading the comments in wspec/models.wrm and wdoc/url.hmtl distributed with
the source code should get you started.
If you have problems then get back to us at acedb at sanger.ac.uk
cheers Ed
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