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RE: [ECS] Active-group item Michael David Sun, 18 Jun 2000 01:24:52 -0400

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As a guess, I would try delaying it a bit to let ECS get the group screen
drawn.  This is why I suggested using the startup timer as the test.  Then,
I would eliminate the "If Active-group Is Not Now  Pauls House" test; it
won't be necessary.

Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Fitch [mailto:pfitchjr@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:21 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] Active-group item

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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