I must be doing something wrong at a basic level so hopefully someone can easily help. I just want to open Google Chrome and type in netflix.com. All works perfectly, except no text shows in the search bar. I am using F6 to focus the cursor into the search bar and have the keyboard plugin installed.
Start Program:chrome.exe
Wait 3.0 sec
Find Window: chrome.exe
Bring to Front
Maximize
Emulate Keystrokes: {F6}www.netflix.com{Return}
Running 0.4.1.r1630 on Win7 64bit
Thanks in advance.
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cannnot get emulate keystrokes to work
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Re: cannnot get emulate keystrokes to work
1) If you want to emulate keystrokes, you do not need to have the Keyboard plugin installed.
2) I suggest you use www.netflix.com as Command line options when you starting Chrome.
Otherwise you will have a big problem with predictor, even if you can send characters into the address bar.
I tried it and the predictor always garbling my data.
Pako
2) I suggest you use www.netflix.com as Command line options when you starting Chrome.
Otherwise you will have a big problem with predictor, even if you can send characters into the address bar.
I tried it and the predictor always garbling my data.
Pako
Re: cannnot get emulate keystrokes to work
Okay great suggestion. Although, I am still having problems.
I specified the command line option: --homepage="http://netflix.com" (also tried without quotes.. wasn't sure which to use) in the System: Start Application option for adding an action. I used this page as a reference for command line options in chrome: http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-co ... -switches/
Although, another note: In the same window ( Start Application Action Item Settings) I also selected Maximized for my windows options but the browser does not load maximized. So maybe the problem is related to something else which I am now at a loss for now. If you have any thoughts that would be great. Thanks!
I specified the command line option: --homepage="http://netflix.com" (also tried without quotes.. wasn't sure which to use) in the System: Start Application option for adding an action. I used this page as a reference for command line options in chrome: http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-co ... -switches/
Although, another note: In the same window ( Start Application Action Item Settings) I also selected Maximized for my windows options but the browser does not load maximized. So maybe the problem is related to something else which I am now at a loss for now. If you have any thoughts that would be great. Thanks!
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Re: cannnot get emulate keystrokes to work
No, why do you complicate it?gecko25 wrote:Okay great suggestion. Although, I am still having problems.
I specified the command line option: --homepage="http://netflix.com"
Into line Command line options simply write netflix.com.
Unfortunately, these options do not always work.gecko25 wrote:Although, another note: In the same window ( Start Application Action Item Settings) I also selected Maximized for my windows options but the browser does not load maximized.
Pako
Re: cannnot get emulate keystrokes to work
Ah amazing, works perfectly now. Guess I don't totally understand how it works without specifying a the startup option I want to modify or what command line option exactly means. Didn't mean to complicate it, just thought I would have specify what startup option I wanted to modify! Could you maybe explain this (or point me somewhere where I can educate myself?). Thanks
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Re: cannnot get emulate keystrokes to work
I'm not sure if I understood your question correctly (even though I used a dictionarygecko25 wrote:Ah amazing, works perfectly now. Guess I don't totally understand how it works without specifying a the startup option I want to modify or what command line option exactly means. Didn't mean to complicate it, just thought I would have specify what startup option I wanted to modify! Could you maybe explain this (or point me somewhere where I can educate myself?). Thanks
).I think that the meaning of the line Command line options you probably understand correctly.
This is exactly the same as when (in our case) write command line chrome.exe netflix.com.
This worked (perhaps for all browsers that exist) have always been.
Only (at least I think so) before it was necessary to write the whole URL, ie chrome.exe http://netflix.com.
Today's browsers are able to add it yourself.
Pako