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How do you get Windows XP to launch a program after dialing up?
PostPosted:Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:02 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>How do you get Windows XP to launch a program after dialing up?</div>
PostPosted:Sat Feb 22, 2003 8:24 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Write a script that does both?</div>
PostPosted:Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:35 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>How does one invoke the dial-up prompt through batch file scripting?</div>
PostPosted:Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:42 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Not sure. VB might be more appropriate. I have little experience scripting under Windows.</div>
PostPosted:Sat Feb 22, 2003 10:04 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Frankly, it should be a feature on XP. Getting VB and writing a little program to get Trillian to load up when a connection is established is not something the Average Joe would do.</div>
That's an interesting idea. Integrate a basic visual scripting environment, treating it like shortcuts.
PostPosted:Sat Feb 22, 2003 11:34 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>For instance, to do what you want to do,<ol><li>Right click on desktop -> New -> Sequence of Shortcuts
<li>Specify which programs you want openened in what order
<li>Give it a name and you're done.</ol>I do think this sort of thing might be more than what the Average Joe would do, but maybe not. Come to think of it, it would be simple to write an application to do this sort of thing.</div>