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Ultra Hal 7.0 / weather and news for uk

« on: September 23, 2005, 07:14:57 pm »

Thanks Bill, I tried making the batch file but my programming skills are minimal; I was able to start the browser but I didn't know how to pass the URL to it, heh. But then it struck me that I could just create a shortcut to the website I want and run that in mywebhal.uhp instead of the URL itself. Problem solved!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / weather and news for uk

« on: September 21, 2005, 02:05:08 pm »

on a similar subject, I am trying to use mywebHal.uhp to open a specific site. Unfortunately, when UltraHal outputs the GetResponse to the web-browser, he changes the URL to all lower case. The site I am trying to connect to is apparently case-sensitive. Here's the code I inserted (the forum changes part of it to a hyperlink, ignore that):

If InStr(1, UserSentence, "check transit west", 1) > 0 Then
          GetResponse = "Opening westbound Tri-met.<RUN>http://www.trimet.org/arrivals/tracker.html?locationID=363&submit3.x=0&submit3.y=0</RUN>"
     End If

That "locationID" in the middle of the link won't work as "locationid". Does anyone know if there's a way to allow the URL to be run "as is", without changing the case? {I'm using free version5 with xtf 1.2}

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / on learning VBscript

« on: September 19, 2005, 07:47:05 pm »

Thanks, this is great info! I'll set my Learning Level slider to max []

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / on learning VBscript

« on: September 19, 2005, 01:58:52 pm »

Thanks, I did read through that again, and there is some helpful info there. I am looking for something even more basic, an introduction to VBScript syntax, etc as I have no programming knowledge beyond html. I'm taking a class on javascript this fall, maybe that will be a starting point.

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / on learning VBscript

« on: September 19, 2005, 12:43:21 am »

Does anyone know a good source for a beginner to start learning VBScript?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / noob questions re: browser

« on: September 17, 2005, 01:57:51 am »

Thanks, Duskrider!
I found shortcut.dat and modified... it's working great. The possibilities are endless! What I dream of being able to do is walk into the room and say "Hal, wake up!" and the computer would wake out of sleep mode. Basically, Hal would BE the operating system. Of course I appreciate the enjoyment factor of the AI, too, don't get me wrong! I'm teaching mine to have a marxist streak, just for fun []

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / noob questions re: browser

« on: September 17, 2005, 12:50:50 am »

Hi to all,
This is my first post here. I just got UltraHal and I love it! I have always called my computer Hal and set all the Windows system sounds to use Hal 9000's voice from 2001, so ultraHal is a dream come true for me! I am using the free version for now (any word on when version 6 will be released? I plan to buy) and I just managed to install the XTF plug-in. I had a couple of general newbie questions for anyone:
1) Is there anyway to get rid of the frame that UltraHal adds to the web browser he opens?
2) I want to use Hal to control Windows OS as much as possible; Can I assign text phrases to do specific actions? For example, right now I have to say "open outlook express" to get email app to run, how could I change that so I am able to just say "open email"?
Thanks in advance for any replies!