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RE: [ECS] Active-group item Michael David Sun, 18 Jun 2000 01:21:08 -0400

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Guess you and I are the only ones up late.  :)

When you set that item to a group name, it also changes the group screen to
that name - assuming you are in monitor mode, and the current group is not
"unsaved"

Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Fitch [mailto:pfitchjr@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:09 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] Active-group item

Ok, so what does the Active-group item do?

from the ECS.htm we have:

Active-Group Type
  This Item is used to display different Groups in the Group Screen. It's
State
denotes the name of the currently-displayed Group. An error message will
  result if an Event attempts to display a Group when the Group Option is
something other than Monitor, or the current Group has been modified in any
  way.

  State names/values:
          {group-name #1}     (0)
          {group-name #2}     (1)
                  .          .
                  .          .
          {group-name #n}   (n-1)
          Unknown

The only thing I can think is it displays the group that is currently active
(duh..) but I can see that anyway...

Michael David wrote:

> Hi yet again!
>
> Label it 1stGroup, or "Paul's House" (with the quotes), or .Paul's Home.
> Numbers and punctuation come first - alphabetically speaking, that is. :)
>
> 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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