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Start/Control Other Applications

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Use of Placeholders in Filename/URLEdit Keyboard Control Sequence
You can open this dialog via: [Options > Interworking > Start/Control Other Applications > New../Edit..]

With this dialog you define all settings for a control sequence.

Name of Control Sequence

You can enter a name you want. This name is shown later in the popup menus.
Format: The name may contain all signs which are permissible also for filenames.

Start /Activation

Available Actions (selection box "Action"):

1) Activate this application: All currently running applications are shown here (head lines). Select the application you would like to remote-control.
The content of the head line is used to activate the application later. You can post-edit the head line, if it contains variable parts, witch are not supposed to be considered for search.
Re-activate the last active application: Alt+Tab is sent.
Start Application: If the target application does not run yet, you can determine to start ist first. Please enter the complete path and filename of the target application (*.exe).

2) Open Document/URL: You have to enter the file path or URL.

You may modify the filepath/URL by predefined placeholders like %tel% to set parameters for EXE-files or URLs.

URL always open in the last active browser tab:

In Internet Explorer must be set: [Internet Options > General > Tabs > Open links from other programs in: "The currekt tab or window"].

In Firefox you need to set: Enter "about:config" in URL input line. Confirm the warning dialog. Then change the following parameters: browser.link.open_newwindow.override.external=1

Control Sequence
This key sequence is used to remote-control the target application.

For "Open Document / URL" the control sequence is not usually needed.

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