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There's always ...
Authored by: Mikey-San on Jul 30, '02 01:05:05AM

AppleScript or OmniWeb.

In OW, I have shortcuts to search Bartleby.com's copies of American Heitage and Roget's, as well as VT for OS X, OS 9, and Windows. Example:

vt@ http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new_search.m?productDB=mac&mode=Quick&OS_Filter=MacOSX&search=%@&x=0&y=0

I type "vt frogblast" and it returns the results without me having to load that bloated-ass front page first.

If you use another browser, use an AppleScript:

on run
set theSearch to text returned of (display dialog "Enter search term:" default answer ""
set theURL to "http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new_search.m?productDB=mac&mode=Quick&OS_Filter=MacOSX&search=" & theSearch & "&x=0&y=0"
tell application "insert browser here"
activate
GetURL theURL -- you may have to use OpenURL instead ...
end tell
end run

That's the string for OS X searches, but you can use any of them.


-/-
Mikey-San



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Re: There's always ...
Authored by: dm2243 on Jul 30, '02 02:12:40AM

Thanks - the applescript is very useful. It nows sits in my ScriptMenu.

I want to make one of these for IMDB: what's the trick for finding the right URL?



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Re: There's always ...
Authored by: Mikey-San on Jul 30, '02 09:54:09AM

Well, for Bartleby and VT, you simply reverse-engineer the URL you see after you enter a search string.

IMDB is a bit different, it seems. If you have the time, you can try breaking down their search form at:

www.imdb.com/Find

Not as straigtforward as VT, unfortunately, but upon first glance, not necessarily impossible.


-/-
Mikey-San



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Thanks, got it....
Authored by: dm2243 on Jul 30, '02 11:37:16AM

for search by title:

set theURL to "http://us.imdb.com/Title?" & theSearch

for search by name:

set theURL to "http://us.imdb.com/Name?" & theSearch



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