Author: William Penn
Date: 10:50:10 02/17/06
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On February 17, 2006 at 12:59:40, Norm Pollock 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 > >Put -engine outside the quotes for the target > >"C:\Program Files\ChessBase\ChessProgram9\ChessProgram9.exe" -engine Yes, that is necessary for windows to accept the shortcut. However that's how I already have it, and it presents the problem as stated. The GUI opens in an inactive window. It must be clicked with the mouse, to bring it into the foreground, before it will work. So unfortunately no mouse clicks are saved by using the -engine switch!? WP
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