Author: William Penn
Date: 09:24:31 09/04/03
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On September 03, 2003 at 23:44:52, Sally Weltrop wrote: >I liked this little utilty, found this in rgcc: > >Darko Majdic <makni.ovo.darko.majdic@zg.htnet.hr> wrote in >rec.games.chess.computer: > >> Is it possible to switch off startup screen in Fritz where I have to >> choose between playing with Fritz and playing on playchess.com? >> > >http://fs.dontexist.com/ > >Readme.txt: > ><quote> > >This utility allows automatic starting of Fritz 7 or 8 without having >to press <Space> or make a mouseclick into the startup screen. >Simply copy ´StartFritz.exe´ to the same folder where you have your >´ChessProgramX.exe´ (where X means 7,8 or even 9 :-)), and change your >Fritz-shortcut in the startmenu (or on desktop)<from ´ChessProgramX.exe´ >to ´StartFritz.exe´ - or create a new shortcut for it. > >´StartFritz´ searches the current directory for any ´ChessProgramX.exe´, >starts this program and simulates pressing a <Space> by sending this >keycode to the startup screen, so the Fritz-GUI is starting immediately. > >You can also use it to automatically go to the PlayChess server - >in this case you have to add ANY parameter after the program name, >e.g. ´StartFritz.exe server´ (or anything else you want). > >Hint: If you want to exit Fritz, don´t simply close the window with > Alt-F4 (or with a mouseclick to the close button), because in this > case the startup screen would appear again (and so far I´ve not > found a solution for avoiding this). You should better quit Fritz > with the menu ´File > Exit program´ (or even create a shortcut > for this), which immediately closes all windows and exits Fritz. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Franz Huber June 2003 ><email-address snipped> ========================================================================= Thanks. That's useful! I've been using the Chessbase GUI for about 4 years and am still learning. My introduction was with an older version of HiArcs, a baffling experience because the operating instructions never mentioned HiArcs, only Fritz. So what was this Fritz, anyway, and how did it relate to HiArcs? Never heard of it! Couldn't figure it out. Well, eventually I got the idea, but that's typical of my problems with the Chessbase instructions. They're out of left field. They assume too much. It takes forever to learn how to use it. The latest operating instructions & design is somewhat better, but they need to get away from calling everything Fritz. The world isn't made of Fritz crackers. I've never bought Fritz. I bought HiArcs, and recently Shredder 7. My main project right now is trying to get it to retain my custom "Plain Color" definitions for the chess pieces and chessboard. My custom color definitions appear to be saved OK, because I can reload the layouts from the GUI's Windows menu. And they're properly reloaded after I exit then restart the GUI, but only once. On subsequent restarts, it always reverts to the original default Maple board and white/black for the piece colors. I've looked at the .ini files but can't figure out a fix. I'm running Shredder 7 & Windows XP. WP
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