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f1bred

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Executing Remote Server links without opening IE6
« on: December 08, 2003, 11:01:42 am »

I want to use Homeseer on my home automation PC to control Media Center on my media center PC over the network via the Remote Server (NOT Media Server) function. When I issue a command (such as play a certain playlist), I basically give Homeseer the hyperlink of the function in the Remote Server webpage as an argument (website) to iexplore.exe to execute. But when I do this, it launches Internet Explorer in a new window. Does anyone know of a way to execute the command and suppress the new window opening? Or is there an easier way to do this?
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Re:Executing Remote Server links without opening IE6
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2003, 11:16:08 am »

Instead of giving the URL to iexplore.exe, give it to wget, which is a GNU free command-line URL downloader program.  You can get wget as part of a full Cygwin download (www.cygwin.com), or in standalone form from http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/wgetwin.html

This program will download the URL to a file without opening a GUI.

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