This is a macro I have in Excel, that runs a .bat file (included in the remarks).
Any idea why, if there isn't at least one bookmark in Firefox's "Other Bookmarks," then NirCmd's "activate ititle" reduces, and re-positions, a perfectly fine, maximized Firefox browser window to 1/8 its size?
. . . wait, now it's not doing it . . . how do you figure out what's going on when it does that?
That Dim issue is another question.
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Sub Library_open_Nir_CSB(control As IRibbonControl)
' After being appended, delete the bookmarks from "Other Bookmarks" using - NirCmd / Ctrl + Shift + B
' In order for this to work, one of these two must be already open, in order to access something:
' 1.) the Firefox browser . . . "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
' 2.) the Library "skin" . . . "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -chrome chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul
' The browser will probably be open, since we're working on the Bookmarks, so this is just something to be aware of.
' Weird behavior, if there's nothing in "Other Bookmarks"
' wait 250 . . . with this value, it puts the main browser into a small window, in the top left 1/8 of the screen . . . change it to:
' wait 500 . . . do a Restart, same thing . . . change it to:
' wait 750 . . . it opens up the folder containing the .bat file
' if I put a bookmark in "Other Bookmarks," then it starts working again
' . . . this isn't an issue when NirCmd opens the Library "skin" directly, and does Pagedown / Enter
' . . . if there's nothing in "Other bookmarks," why isn't 250 milliseconds enough time for the browser window?
' . . . how does having at least one bookmark in there make it work?
' if I put a "wait 250" after each sendkey, then it doesn't do this, but it's also a lot slower
' if I divide up 250 by 7, and "wait 35" after each command? no, doesn't work
' if I add a "wait 250" between CSB "down" and "up"? no, doesn't work
' it's only consistently good with the firefox browser window, if there's one or more bookmarks in "Other Bookmarks"
' . . . wait, now it's not doing it . . . how do you figure out what's going on when it does that?
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' @ECHO OFF
' "C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" win activate ititle firefox
' "C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" wait 250
' "C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey ctrl down
' "C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey shift down
' "C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey b down
' "C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey ctrl up
' "C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey shift up
' "C:\Program Files (x86)\NIRCMD\nircmdc.exe" sendkey b up
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' If I Dim this as "NIR_CSB", it just opens the folder containing the .bat file [?]
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Dim NIR_CSB_1 As String
NIR_CSB_1 = "C:\My Documents\SQLite3\BAT files\Library open Nir CSB.bat"
Call Shell(NIR_CSB_1, vbNormalFocus)
End Sub
