Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 10:46:15 02/17/06
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On February 17, 2006 at 12:24:17, William Penn wrote:
>On February 17, 2006 at 12:15:56, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On February 17, 2006 at 12:06:01, William Penn wrote:
>>
>>>How can I open Fritz GUI as an active window?
>>>---------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>The target line in my windows shortcut's properties reads as follows:
>>>
>>>"C:\Program Files\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe" -engine
>>>
>>>The -engine switch at the end makes the Fritz GUI open automatically in the
>>>"Play Shredder" GUI module, bypassing the "Playchess.com" option. That's what I
>>>want. I never use playchess.com.
>>>
>>>However a side effect of using the -engine switch is that it opens the GUI as an
>>>inactive window. None of the GUI commands will work until I click inside the
>>>window with the mouse, which makes it active (brings it into the foreground).
>>>That may not seem very important, but it has become an annoyance after
>>>performing hundreds of extra mouse clicks!?
>>>
>>>Is there any way to make this GUI open as an active window, while automatically
>>>bypassing the unwanted Playchess.com option? For example there might be a switch
>>>to add to the shortcut target command that will do this trick, but I've googled
>>>and can't find it (if it exists).
>>>
>>>Thanks a bunch. :)
>>>WP
>>>
>>>P.S. Is this off topic? I never know anymore.
>>
>> Try the following:
>> "C:\Program Files\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe -engine"
>> Best regards
>> Kurt
>
>That won't work. It returns this error message:
>
>The name 'C:\Program Files\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe -engine'
>specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are
>correct.
>
>WP
I forgot to mention that the quotes (") should of
course be deleted. It works at me with
C:\Programme\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe -engine
Best regards
Kurt
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