Forums Scripts & Popups properties manipulation

so ok, since mirc can use dos prompt to do things...
i wonder can mirc change properties of some file
specificaly compatibility options...

if anyone knows any triggers or command (thru dos p) i would apreciate it

Not directly, but you can use set to do it in a cmd file (Note: this is not mIRCs /set )

Try this

Type this in the second mIRC when it starts //echo -a $os

Heres the codes for the layers
set __COMPAT_LAYER=Win95
set __COMPAT_LAYER=Win98
set __COMPAT_LAYER=Win2000
set __COMPAT_LAYER=NT4SP5
set __COMPAT_LAYER=256Color
set __COMPAT_LAYER=640x480
set __COMPAT_LAYER=DisableThemes
set __COMPAT_LAYER=International

SET __COMPAT_LAYER=LayerName1 [layerName2] [layerName3]...

And to disable the compatibility layer(s) after applying them.
SET __COMPAT_LAYER=
(This isn't needed in this context, but if you were working with a more complex batch file you would use it after running the app.)


Edit:
You can also do this by

so i have to use 2 mirc clients for this to work ?

No, I used $mircexe as an example
Change $mircexe to the full pathname of the file you want to run, remember to add quotes if theres a space in it.

now im confused

you made

1. alias
2. batch code where you state "Type this in the second mIRC when it starts //echo -a $os"

and 3. another code that mirc can run

so at the end now what :P ?

1. alias
^ that launches another mirc using what ever compat mode you set it to., replace $mircexe with what eer executable you want to use.

2. batch code where you state "Type this in the second mIRC when it starts //echo -a $os"
^ that was so in that second mirc from (1) you could see that it was infact in that compatability mode.

and 3. another code that mirc can run
^ this was an alternative method of launching an app using a compatability mode.

oh, just additional questions:

in this:
//run -n cmd.exe /c set __COMPAT_LAYER=Win2000&& $qt(some_file)

can i set for some_file this: $mircdirsystem\something.exe
or i need to specify full path (eg c:\mirc\system\something.exe)

also to ask, how to execute this too:
set __COMPAT_LAYER=DisableThemes

without runing 2 cmd's or its a must do (to run2 cmds) ?

sorry for being boring :P

They are both the full path, so either will do


Syntax is in my first post...
SET __COMPAT_LAYER=LayerName1 [layerName2] [layerName3]...


Or, hiding the cmd window

unfortunately it doesnt work
it only runs the file but doesnt change its compatibility options

i use XP SP1, is this only ment for SP2+ ?