Windows console command to open multiple pages in Internet Explorer 7

Question

I'm programming an app on ios with xcode and I after a lot of work I found out that the functionality is really dependant on the accuracy of the methods calls. Calling them one line after the other in the code doesn't help, they're still called at up tp 150 ms difference after each other. So I need to make two methods run at the minimal time difference, hence "at the same time". These two tasks I'm performing are actually audio and video ones so I understand it might include also in-process latency and delays, so I was wondering maybe you guys would have any isight on how to sync an audio task and a video task so that they start running together, with a very tiny time gap. I tried using dispatch queues and stuff like that, but they don't work.

I'll be happy to elaborate if I wasn't clear enough. Thanks!

Solution 1

A batch file will work as a quick and dirty solution.

@echo off
@setlocal

:openurl
set url=%~1

if "%url:~0,4%" == "http" (
   start "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "%url%"
)
if NOT "%url:~0,4%" == "http" (
   start "%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "http://%url%"
)

shift
if "%~1" == "" goto :end
goto :openurl

:end

Edit: added support for domain names without http handler prefix.

Solution 2

1. open a txt file with .txt extension

2. Add the below lines

   • start www.google.com
   • start www.yahoo.com
   • start www.microsoft.com

3. save the file, select rename on the file and change the extension from .txt to .cmd

4. double click the .cmd file to execute

Solution 3

I’ve downloaded the software that does exactly this. From a command line open several websites without having to copy, paste VB scripts or batch files, etc… It’s available at http://www.multiwebpageopener.com.

Solution 4

Unfortunately, there is no way to include multiple URLs as command-line parameters. Here is a a blog post which details another (fairly convoluted) way to do it via Javascript.

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Comments

[deleted_user]

GCD dispatch is not meant to be used to sync audio and video

[deleted_user]

Apple has APIs specifically to do this. Read them.

[Admin]

This works well. Full URLs must be specified parameters: stackoverflow.com doesn't work while stackoverflow.com works.

[GargantuChet]

Since you've just provided a batch file, this response doesn't answer the question of whether a batch file is the only way.

[user66001]

+1 for a alternative to the longer batch file above. Also for a solution that doesn't require a cmd.exe window showing

[user66001]

See the answer (currently) below for a solution that doesn't require a cmd.exe window appearing.