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  1. 06-13-2004, 09:46 PM #1
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    Cool Where to find WindowSearchString?

    I was looking at the calc.exe and notepad.exe examples for applications added to launch within Mediacar and I like the way applications will fit themselves into the mediacar interface. How do I find the WindowSearchString of applications that I may want to add? example.. I created..

    IE folder\
    ..\ie.ini
    ..\ie.jpg

    ie.ini

    [GENERAL]
    PATH = C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IExplore.exe
    TryEmbeddedTimeOut = 5
    WindowSearchString=


    I tried different strings for "WindowSearchString" like "*Microsoft Internet Explorer*", "*Internet Explorer*", and it still launches outside of the application instead of the way notepad and calc do in the examples. I'm just using IE as an example while trying to figure this out so i can try my other applications as well.. Anyone willing to tell a dummy how to find the WindowSearchString for an application?
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    Unfortunately IE's caption is dynamic, it changes all the time, so MC probably cannot work with it.

    You would be better off writing a little wrapper for the IE control which has a caption that you set that MC can latch on to.
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    This works:

    Code:
    [GENERAL]
PATH = C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
TryEmbeddedTimeOut = 5
WindowSearchString=*Microsoft Internet Explorer
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    Frodo,

    Thanks Frodo, you are right, IE always prepends the URL, but retains the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" string...
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