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Re: [ECS] Active-group item Paul Fitch Sun, 18 Jun 2000 01:20:58 -0400

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No errors.  Also, no response.  Its like the event isn't even running.  My
entire startup event is included earlier in the post (near the bottom of this
page.)

Michael David wrote:

> I had one more thought...
>
> Active-Group does work for this.  What error were you getting when you tried
> to use it to call up your selected group?  If the group screen is in monitor
> mode, and not unsaved (after recent changes) it should work fine.
>
> You probably have a startup timer, which is started in your
> starting/stopping group (or what ever you call it).  You might try something
> like this:
>
> If startup timer is now 0
> Then active-group set paul's house
>
> If your startup event is like mine, which only runs once at startup, you'll
> want to make sure that these event lines are before this statement (or in
> some other event):
>
> If ECS is starting
> Else event-exit set true
>
> Cheers!
>
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Fitch [mailto:pfitchjr@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 11:47 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] Active-group item
>
> As near as I can tell, theres no way to put my group before A, since the
> list is
> alphabetical<g>.  I've tried to delete the 'A' group but ECS gives me an
> error.
> The group appears to have been deleted, but the next time I start ECS it's
> back...
>
> Martin Terry wrote:
>
> > Paul, there may be some way to programmatically set the group, but I
> believe
> > A is displayed first because it lists them alphabetically. Make your group
> > name before A and it will appear first.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Fitch [mailto:pfitchjr@bellsouth.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 8:21 PM
> > To: ECS Mailing List
> > Subject: [ECS] Active-group item
> >
> > Alright, 1st Question.  How do I get ECS to startup on a particular
> > group?  I've put the following in my startup event, but it doesn't do
> > what I want.  What I want to do is evident....
> >
> > BEGINIF    Start/Stop-Status     Is Now         Starting
> > If                 Active-group           Is Not Now  Pauls House
> > Then            Active-group           Set               Pauls House
> > ENDIF
> >
> > Right now ECS starts up and the default group displayed is 'A'.

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