Zugg Software :: View topic - auto-open browser window in background

Newbie Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 8

Some of my triggers and timer-based functions use the #url function. Problem is that they pop up in front of my mud window, sometimes at the worst times. I'm looking to do one of the following:

make the window pop up in the background;
make the browser wait until I'm not typing for at least a few seconds.

The second is more of a backup plan, since there also are plenty of occasions where I wouldn't want a browser window popping up in front of me. I'm hoping any of you could tell me some more about the possibilities on the first option. Is DDE a solution here, and where would I have to go to learn more about it?

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

I don't believe there is a convenient way to do either of these things in Cmud. A new window will always pop up in front. For the latter, Cmud does not have any way of detecting in code that you are typing. An alternative would be to have a trigger of type Command Input that catches (*), resets the alarm time, and executes the command, but I'm not sure if this could be done without an infinite loop while still allowing it to be caught by other alias and command input triggers. It would also be a slight burden on your processor, but possibly not significant. That method would at least reset the alarm when you hit a carriage return.

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:13 pm

There's a small scripting program called AutoIt that you can download for free and use in combination with CMUD to do what you want. With it you can write a script that should wait till the browser window opens, then put it in the background or minimize it, and give focus back to CMUD. Using CMUD 3.33a and Firefox as my default browser, the script below does just that. When it's time to look at the browser simply click the AutoIt icon on the task bar to pause the script, do what you need, then click the AutoIt icon again to restart the script.

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:41 am

You could always have your scripts print a link to the screen that you can click after you are done typing, instead of directly issuing #URL.

$url=www.zuggsoft.com
#PRINT {<send '#URL $url'>Click me!</send>}

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Or even easier, just depend on the default Clickables package to create the clickable link for you.