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More => Old Versions => Media Center 14 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: raldo on July 28, 2009, 03:08:44 pm

Title: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: raldo on July 28, 2009, 03:08:44 pm
I suggest you expand the link buttons so they also can run .exe files.

If more than one file is selected when the link is pushed, start the executable sequentially with each file's tags as parameters..
Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: JimH on July 28, 2009, 03:14:04 pm
Can you describe what you're aiming at?

Theater View can start an exe now.
Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: raldo on July 28, 2009, 03:28:17 pm
I'm thinking of something similar to "Send To External"..

I.e. if you want an item to somehow be processed by "Send To External", you could use the linkbar instead of navigating in the rightclick context menu.

Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: leezer3 on July 28, 2009, 05:24:03 pm
Good idea :)
I actually tried this and failed when the feature was first introduced, and never really thought of it again (Used the scripting plugin instead) :)
Sample link would look like this:
C:\Example\example.exe "[Filename]"
You could equally use other tags, a little like this:
C:\Example\example.exe -1 "[Filename]" -2 "[Name]"

-Leezer-
Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: gappie on July 28, 2009, 05:45:50 pm
great idea. would like something like that.

 :)
gab
Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: darichman on July 28, 2009, 07:10:04 pm
I also think this is a great idea. The "Links" bar could be a common interface for anything external to the program... For example, it would be nice to have a "Photoshop" link for images. I also think an option to add some command line parameters could be great (emulated games?)
Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: rjm on July 28, 2009, 07:40:39 pm
Links could go from good to amazing with a few small changes.
Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: hit_ny on July 29, 2009, 12:49:35 am
I suggest you expand the link buttons so they also can run .exe files.

If more than one file is selected when the link is pushed, start the executable sequentially with each file's tags as parameters..

Asked for this a cpl yrs back, then implemented it with autohotkey.

The buttons reside on the windows taskbar instead of in MC.
Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: newsposter on July 29, 2009, 01:54:06 am
the more ways a program has the ability to run other unrelated files the more ways there will be for hostile behavor.

Please don't open any security doors that can't be closed.
Title: Re: Feature suggestion: Link buttons should be able to start executables...
Post by: alaskatu on July 29, 2009, 07:03:30 am
 :D
I think is a great Idea too!
 ;D