Keywords with Parameters

[mikej]

You can do a lot from Keybreeze by adding parameters to targets.  Here are some examples that I use:

I can open the Calendar in Microsoft Outlook by launching the following keyword:

keyword: calendar
target:    c:\program files\microsoft office\office11\outlook.exe /select outlook:calendar

Note: The directory of Outlook on your computer may be different (Office11 could be Office10)


I use Opera as my web browser, but not all web pages will open correctly.  I'll open some web pages in Internet Explorer by adding keywords as the following:

keyword:  pandora
target:     c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe www.pandora.com

This will open www.pandora.com in Internet Explorer, bypassing my default internet browser (Opera)


Someone brought this up in the New features forum, but you can eject the CD-Rom drive by downloading the nircmd utility and adding a keyword with parameters.  See the New Features forum for steps on how to do this.


Does anyone else have examples of using parameters for targets?

[desipenguin]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried the example you gave. It works. I have related problem, where my parameter is not defined when I create the keyword. See more details here: http://keybreeze.com/forums/index.php?topic=26.msg94#msg94

Let me know if you can help.

[ayenonomous]

I was wondering if there is an update on this.  I've checked the other thread and it doesn't help me.  I'm on Vista and want to launch the integrated search.  You can do it with:

search-ms://query=

After the = you place your query string.  The comma trick won't work since this is a URI.  I thought perhaps I could use a letter command, but keybreeze sends this to the browser directly instead of letting winodw handle, in which case it would work.  If you pass all URIs to the exec call you'll get the right behavior for web urls and other uri's.