Hi Brian,
> Any luck finding that testbed COMX.XML file you were
> going to send me?
The one from the 3.1.9.1 installation seems to be broken completely.
:(
This one works for me just fine, though. It's the latest from CVS.
Try it and let me know how it works. Sorry for the delay.
Regards,
Shawn K. Hall
http://12PointDesign.com/
http://ReliableAnswers.com/
<search function="comx">
<name>Comic Strip</name>
<description>Displays comic strip(s) in a single window.
<table class="helpboxDescTable"><tr><td colspan="2"><div
class="helpboxDescLabels">Note:</div> All the switches can be abbreviated
and multiple switches can be specified at one
time.</td></tr><tr><td>--</td></tr><tr><td><div
class="helpboxDescLabels">Switches:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td>9 Chickweed Lane</td><td>/9chickweed</td></tr>
<tr><td>A Case in Point</td><td>/caseinpoint</td></tr>
<tr><td>Adam at Home</td><td>/adamathome</td></tr>
<tr><td>Agnes</td><td>/agnes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alley Oop</td><td>/alleyoop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Andy Capp</td><td>/andycapp</td></tr>
<tr><td>Animal Crackers</td><td>/animalcrackers</td></tr>
<tr><td>Annie</td><td>/annie</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arlo and Janis</td><td>/arloandjanis</td></tr>
<tr><td>B.C.</td><td>/bc</td></tr>
<tr><td>Baldo</td><td>/baldo</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ballard Street</td><td>/ballardstreet</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ben</td><td>/ben</td></tr>
<tr><td>Betty</td><td>/betty</td></tr>
<tr><td>Big Nate</td><td>/bignate</td></tr>
<tr><td>Big Picture</td><td>/bigpicture</td></tr>
<tr><td>Big Top</td><td>/bigtop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bo Nanas</td><td>/bonanas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Boondocks</td><td>/boondocks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bound and Gagged</td><td>/boundandgagged</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brenda Starr</td><td>/brendastarr</td></tr>
<tr><td>Broomhilda</td><td>/broomhilda</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bulls N Bears</td><td>/bullsnbears</td></tr>
<tr><td>CEO Dad</td><td>/ceodad</td></tr>
<tr><td>Calvin and Hobbes</td><td>/calvinandhobbes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cats With Hands</td><td>/catswithhands</td></tr>
<tr><td>Candorville</td><td>/candorville</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cathy</td><td>/cathy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cheap Thrills</td><td>/cheapthrills</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cleats</td><td>/cleats</td></tr>
<tr><td>Close to Home</td><td>/closetohome</td></tr>
<tr><td>Committed</td><td>/committed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cornered</td><td>/cornered</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dick Tracy</td><td>/dicktracy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dilbert</td><td>/dilbert</td></tr>
<tr><td>Doonesbury</td><td>/doonesbury</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drabble</td><td>/drabble</td></tr>
<tr><td>Duplex</td><td>/duplex</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fat Cats</td><td>/fatcats</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ferdnand</td><td>/ferdnand</td></tr>
<tr><td>Flight Deck</td><td>/flightdeck</td></tr>
<tr><td>Flo and Friends</td><td>/floandfriends</td></tr>
<tr><td>For Better or For Worse</td><td>/forbetterorforworse</td></tr>
<tr><td>FoxTrot</td><td>/foxtrot</td></tr>
<tr><td>Frank and Ernest</td><td>/frankandernest</td></tr>
<tr><td>Frazz</td><td>/frazz</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fred Basset</td><td>/fredbasset</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fusco Brothers</td><td>/fuscobrothers</td></tr>
<tr><td>Garfield</td><td>/garfield</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gasoline Alley</td><td>/gasolinealley</td></tr>
<tr><td>Geech</td><td>/geech</td></tr>
<tr><td>Get Fuzzy</td><td>/getfuzzy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Go Fish</td><td>/gofish</td></tr>
<tr><td>Graffiti</td><td>/graffiti</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grand Avenue</td><td>/grandavenue</td></tr>
<tr><td>Heart of the City</td><td>/heartofthecity</td></tr>
<tr><td>Heathcliff</td><td>/heathcliff</td></tr>
<tr><td>Helen of the Internet</td><td>/helenoftheinternet</td></tr>
<tr><td>Herb and Jamaal</td><td>/herbandjamaal</td></tr>
<tr><td>Herman</td><td>/herman</td></tr>
<tr><td>Housebroken</td><td>/housebroken</td></tr>
<tr><td>In the Bleachers</td><td>/inthebleachers</td></tr>
<tr><td>Janes World</td><td>/janesworld</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jump Start</td><td>/jumpstart</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kit N Carlyle</td><td>/kitncarlyle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kudzu</td><td>/kudzu</td></tr>
<tr><td>La Cucaracha</td><td>/lacucaracha</td></tr>
<tr><td>Liberty Meadows</td><td>/libertymeadows</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lil Abner</td><td>/lilabner</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lola</td><td>/lola</td></tr>
<tr><td>Loose Parts</td><td>/looseparts</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lost Sheep</td><td>/lostsheep</td></tr>
<tr><td>Luann</td><td>/luann</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lucky Cow</td><td>/luckycow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lupo Alberto</td><td>/lupoalberto</td></tr>
<tr><td>Marmaduke</td><td>/marmaduke</td></tr>
<tr><td>Meatloaf Night</td><td>/meatloafnight</td></tr>
<tr><td>Meehan Streak</td><td>/meehanstreak</td></tr>
<tr><td>Meg!</td><td>/meg</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mister Boffo</td><td>/misterboffo</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mixed Media</td><td>/mixedmedia</td></tr>
<tr><td>Moderately Confused</td><td>/moderatelyconfused</td></tr>
<tr><td>Momma</td><td>/momma</td></tr>
<tr><td>Monty</td><td>/monty</td></tr>
<tr><td>Motley</td><td>/motley</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mullets</td><td>/mullets</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nancy</td><td>/nancy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Natural Selection</td><td>/naturalselection</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nonsequitur</td><td>/nonsequitur</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off The Mark</td><td>/offthemark</td></tr>
<tr><td>One Big Happy Classics</td><td>/onebighappyclassics</td></tr>
<tr><td>Out of the Gene Pool</td><td>/outofthegenepool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Over the Hedge</td><td>/overthehedge</td></tr>
<tr><td>Overboard</td><td>/overboard</td></tr>
<tr><td>PC and Pixel</td><td>/pcandpixel</td></tr>
<tr><td>Peanuts</td><td>/peanuts</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pearls Before Swine</td><td>/pearlsbeforeswine</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pibgorn</td><td>/pibgorn</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pickles</td><td>/pickles</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pluggers</td><td>/pluggers</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pooch Cafe</td><td>/poochcafe</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pop Culture</td><td>/popculture</td></tr>
<tr><td>Preteena</td><td>/preteena</td></tr>
<tr><td>Raising Duncan</td><td>/raisingduncan</td></tr>
<tr><td>Real Life Adventures</td><td>/reallife</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reality Check</td><td>/realitycheck</td></tr>
<tr><td>Red and Rover</td><td>/redandrover</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reynolds Unwrapped</td><td>/reynoldsunwrapped</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ripleys Believe It or Not</td><td>/ripleysbelieveitornot</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rose Is Rose</td><td>/roseisrose</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rubes</td><td>/rubes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rudy Park</td><td>/rudypark</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sheldon</td><td>/sheldon</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shirley And Son</td><td>/shirleyandson</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shoe</td><td>/shoe</td></tr>
<tr><td>Soup To Nutz</td><td>/souptonutz</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed Bump</td><td>/speedbump</td></tr>
<tr><td>Spot The Frog</td><td>/spotthefrog</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stone Soup</td><td>/stonesoup</td></tr>
<tr><td>Strange Brew</td><td>/strangebrew</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tank Mcnamara</td><td>/tankmcnamara</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tarzan</td><td>/tarzan</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thats Life</td><td>/thatslife</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Born Loser</td><td>/bornloser</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Buckets</td><td>/buckets</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Grizzwells</td><td>/grizzwells</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Other Coast</td><td>/othercoast</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Sunshine Club</td><td>/sunshineclub</td></tr>
<tr><td>Top of the World!</td><td>/topoftheworld</td></tr>
<tr><td>Willy n Ethel</td><td>/willynethel</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wizard of Id</td><td>/wizardofid</td></tr>
<tr><td>Working Daze</td><td>/workingdaze</td></tr>
<tr><td>Working It Out</td><td>/workingitout</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ziggy</td><td>/ziggy</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><div class="helpboxDescLabels">Examples:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td>comx /wiz </td><td>(Wizard of Id)</td></tr>
<tr><td>comx /workingit </td><td>(Working it Out)</td></tr>
<tr><td>comx /rip </td><td>(Ripleys Believe it or Not)</td></tr>
<tr><td>comx /wiz /workingit /rip</td><td>(Opens all three)</td></tr>
</table>
</description>
<category>Fun</category>
<script><![CDATA[
function comx(q){
if( q == "" || q == "?"){
qsfind("comx /function");
return false;
}
var comxoutfile = DQSDLauncher.AppDataDirectory + '\\comx.html';
var pagebody="<html><head></head><body>";
var args = parseArgs(q,
"9chickweedlane,agnes,alleyoop,andycapp,arloandjanis,bc,\
ballardstreet,ben,betty,bignate,bonanas,bornloser,buckets,bullsnbears,candorville,\
caseinpoint,ceodad,cheapthrills,committed,drabble,fatcats,ferdnand,\
flightdeck,floandfriends,forbetterorforworse,frankandernest,frazz,geech,getfuzzy,\
gofish,graffiti,grandavenue,grizzwells,heathcliff,herbandjamaal,herman,\
janesworld,jumpstart,kitncarlyle,libertymeadows,lilabner,luann,lupoalberto,marmaduke,\
meatloafnight,meg,moderatelyconfused,momma,monty,motley,nancy,naturalselection,\
offthemark,onebighappyclassics,othercoast,outofthegenepool,overthehedge,pcandpixel,\
pearlsbeforeswine,pibgorn,pickles,raisingduncan,realitycheck,redandrover,\
ripleysbelieveitornot,roseisrose,rubes,rudypark,sheldon,shirleyandson,souptonutz,\
speedbump,spotthefrog,strangebrew,sunshineclub,tarzan,thatslife,topoftheworld,\
wizardofid,workingdaze,workingitout,peanuts,dilbert,animalcrackers,adamathome,annie,\
baldo,bigpicture,bigtop,boondocks,boundandgagged,brendastarr,broomhilda,calvinandhobbes,\
catswithhands,cathy,cleats,closetohome,cornered,dicktracy,doonesbury,duplex,foxtrot,fredbasset,\
fuscobrothers,garfield,gasolinealley,heartofthecity,helenoftheinternet,housebroken,\
inthebleachers,kudzu,lacucaracha,lola,looseparts,lostsheep,luckycow,meehanstreak,\
middletons,misterboffo,mixedmedia,mullets,nonsequitur,overboard,pluggers,poochcafe,popculture,\
preteena,reallife,reynoldsunwrapped,shoe,stonesoup,tankmcnamara,willynethel,ziggy");
if ( args.switches.length > 0 ){
//get the current date
var dat = new Date();
for (i=0; i < args.switches.length; i++){
var site=null;
var endurl=null;
var imgtitle=null;
var imgkey=null;
var urlstart=null;
var endurl=null;
var urlcat=null;
var urldir=null;
//default regex for finding the image in the page source..
var rx = /.+(\/archive\/images\/\w+\.\w+)"\s+ALT="Today's\s+Comic"/i;
switch( args.switches[i].name ){
case "9chickweedlane": endurl="comics/chickweed/index.html";break;
case "agnes": endurl="creators/agnes/index.html";break;
case "alleyoop": endurl="comics/alleyoop/index.html";break;
case "andycapp": endurl="creators/andycapp/index.html";break;
case "arloandjanis": endurl="comics/arlonjanis/index.html";break;
case "bc": endurl="creators/bc/index.html";break;
case "ballardstreet":
endurl="creators/ballardst/index.html";break;
case "ben": endurl="comics/ben/index.html";break;
case "betty": endurl="comics/betty/index.html";break;
case "bignate": endurl="comics/bignate/index.html";break;
case "bonanas": endurl="wash/bonanas/index.html";break;
case "bornloser": endurl="comics/bornloser/index.html";break;
case "buckets": endurl="comics/buckets/index.html";break;
case "bullsnbears": endurl="comics/bullsnbears/index.html";break;
case "candorville": endurl="wash/candorville/index.html";break;
case "caseinpoint": endurl="comics/acaseinpoint/index.html";break;
case "ceodad": endurl="creators/ceodad/index.html";break;
case "cheapthrills": endurl="wash/cheapthrills/index.html";break;
case "committed": endurl="comics/committed/index.html";break;
case "dilbert": endurl="comics/dilbert/index.html";
imgtitle="Dilbert"; break;
case "drabble": endurl="comics/drabble/index.html";break;
case "fatcats": endurl="comics/fatcats/index.html";break;
case "ferdnand": endurl="comics/ferdnand/index.html";break;
case "flightdeck": endurl="creators/flightdeck/index.html";break;
case "floandfriends":
endurl="creators/floandfriends/index.html";break;
case "forbetterorforworse":
endurl="comics/forbetter/index.html";break;
case "frankandernest":
endurl="comics/franknernest/index.html";break;
case "frazz": endurl="comics/frazz/index.html";break;
case "geech": endurl="comics/geech/index.html";break;
case "getfuzzy": endurl="comics/getfuzzy/index.html";break;
case "gofish": endurl="comics/gofish/index.html";break;
case "graffiti": endurl="comics/graffiti/index.html";break;
case "grandavenue": endurl="comics/grandave/index.html";break;
case "grizzwells": endurl="comics/grizzwells/index.html";break;
case "heathcliff": endurl="creators/heathcliff/index.html";break;
case "herbandjamaal":
endurl="creators/herbnjamaal/index.html";break;
case "herman": endurl="comics/herman/index.html";break;
case "janesworld": endurl="comics/janesworld/index.html";break;
case "jumpstart": endurl="comics/jumpstart/index.html";break;
case "kitncarlyle": endurl="comics/kitncarlyle/index.html";break;
case "libertymeadows": endurl="creators/liberty/index.html";break;
case "lilabner": endurl="comics/lilabner/index.html";break;
case "luann": endurl="comics/luann/index.html";break;
case "lupoalberto": endurl="comics/lupo/index.html";break;
case "marmaduke": endurl="comics/marmaduke/index.html";break;
case "meatloafnight": endurl="comics/meatloaf/index.html";break;
case "meg": endurl="comics/meg/index.html";break;
case "moderatelyconfused":
endurl="comics/moderatelyconfused/index.html";break;
case "momma": endurl="creators/momma/index.html";break;
case "monty": endurl="comics/monty/index.html";break;
case "motley": endurl="comics/motley/index.html";break;
case "nancy": endurl="comics/nancy/index.html";break;
case "naturalselection":
endurl="creators/naturalselection/index.html";break;
case "offthemark": endurl="comics/offthemark/index.html";break;
case "onebighappyclassics":
endurl="creators/onebighappy/index.html";break;
case "othercoast": endurl="creators/othercoast/index.html";break;
case "outofthegenepool": endurl="wash/genepool/index.html";break;
case "overthehedge": endurl="comics/hedge/index.html";break;
case "pcandpixel": endurl="wash/pcnpixel/index.html";break;
case "pearlsbeforeswine": endurl="comics/pearls/index.html";break;
case "pibgorn": endurl="comics/pibgorn/index.html";break;
case "pickles": endurl="wash/pickles/index.html";break;
case "raisingduncan":
endurl="comics/raisingduncan/index.html";break;
case "realitycheck": endurl="comics/reality/index.html";break;
case "redandrover": endurl="wash/redandrover/index.html";break;
case "ripleysbelieveitornot":
endurl="comics/ripleys/index.html";break;
case "roseisrose": endurl="comics/roseisrose/index.html";break;
case "rubes": endurl="creators/rubes/index.html";break;
case "rudypark": endurl="comics/rudypark/index.html";break;
case "sheldon": endurl="comics/sheldon/index.html";break;
case "shirleyandson":
endurl="comics/shirleynson/index.html";break;
case "souptonutz": endurl="comics/soup2nutz/index.html";break;
case "speedbump": endurl="creators/speedbump/index.html";break;
case "spotthefrog": endurl="comics/spotthefrog/index.html";break;
case "strangebrew":
endurl="creators/strangebrew/index.html";break;
case "sunshineclub":
endurl="comics/sunshineclub/index.html";break;
case "tarzan": endurl="comics/tarzan/index.html";break;
case "thatslife": endurl="wash/thatslife/index.html";break;
case "topoftheworld": endurl="comics/topofworld/index.html";break;
case "wizardofid": endurl="creators/wizardofid/index.html";break;
case "workingdaze": endurl="comics/workingdaze/index.html";break;
case "workingitout":
endurl="creators/workingitout/index.html";break;
// the oddball one.. has to have its own rx pattern
case "peanuts":
endurl="comics/peanuts/index.html";rx=/.+(\/archive\/images\/\w+\.\w+)"\s+ALT="Today's
Strip"/;imgtitle="Peanuts";break;
// comics from ucomics.com
case "animalcrackers": imgtitle="Animal
Crackers";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmani";break;
case "adamathome": imgtitle="Adam at
Home";site="ucomics";imgkey="ad";break;
case "annie":
imgtitle="Annie";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmann";break;
case "baldo": imgtitle="Baldo";site="ucomics";imgkey="ba";break;
case "bigpicture": imgtitle="Big
Picture";site="ucomics";imgkey="bi";break;
case "bigtop": imgtitle="Big
Top";site="ucomics";imgkey="bt";break;
case "boondocks":
imgtitle="Boondocks";site="ucomics";imgkey="bo";break;
case "boundandgagged": imgtitle="Bound and
Gagged";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmbou";break;
case "brendastarr": imgtitle="Brenda
Starr";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmbre";break;
case "broomhilda": imgtitle="Broom
Hilda";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmbro";break;
case "cathy": imgtitle="Cathy";site="ucomics";imgkey="ca";break;
case "catswithhands": imgtitle="Cats With
Hands";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmcat";break;
case "cleats":
imgtitle="Cleats";site="ucomics";imgkey="cle";break;
case "closetohome": imgtitle="Close to
Home";site="ucomics";imgkey="cl";break;
case "cornered":
imgtitle="Cornered";site="ucomics";imgkey="co";break;
case "dicktracy": imgtitle="Dick
Tracy";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmdic";break;
case "doonesbury":
imgtitle="Doonesbury";site="ucomics";imgkey="db";break;
case "duplex": imgtitle="Duplex";site="ucomics";imgkey="dp";break;
case "foxtrot":
imgtitle="Foxtrot";site="ucomics";imgkey="ft";break;
case "fredbasset": imgtitle="Fred
Basset";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmfba";break;
case "fuscobrothers": imgtitle="Fusco
Brothers";site="ucomics";imgkey="fu";break;
case "garfield":
imgtitle="Garfield";site="ucomics";imgkey="ga";break;
case "gasolinealley": imgtitle="Gasoline
Alley";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmgas";break;
case "heartofthecity": imgtitle="Heart of the
City";site="ucomics";imgkey="hc";break;
case "helenoftheinternet": imgtitle="Helen of the
Internet";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmhel";break;
case "housebroken":
imgtitle="Housebroken";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmhou";break;
case "inthebleachers": imgtitle="In the
Bleachers";site="ucomics";imgkey="bl";break;
case "kudzu":
imgtitle="Kudzu";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmkud";break;
case "lacucaracha": imgtitle="La
Cucaracha";site="ucomics";imgkey="lc";break;
case "lola": imgtitle="Lola";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmlol";break;
case "looseparts": imgtitle="Loose
Parts";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmloo";break;
case "lostsheep": imgtitle="Lost
Sheep";site="ucomics";imgkey="lost";break;
case "luckycow": imgtitle="Lucky
Cow";site="ucomics";imgkey="luc";break;
case "meehanstreak": imgtitle="Meehan
Streak";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmmee";break;
case "middletons":
imgtitle="Middletons";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmmid";break;
case "misterboffo": imgtitle="Mister
Boffo";site="ucomics";imgkey="mb";break;
case "mixedmedia": imgtitle="Mixed
Media";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmmix";break;
case "mullets":
imgtitle="Mullets";site="ucomics";imgkey="mul";break;
case "nonsequitur":
imgtitle="Nonsequitur";site="ucomics";imgkey="nq";break;
case "overboard":
imgtitle="Overboard";site="ucomics";imgkey="ob";break;
case "pluggers":
imgtitle="Pluggers";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmplu";break;
case "poochcafe": imgtitle="Pooch
Cafe";site="ucomics";imgkey="poc";break;
case "popculture": imgtitle="Pop
Culture";site="ucomics";imgkey="pop";break;
case "preteena":
imgtitle="Preteena";site="ucomics";imgkey="pr";break;
case "reallife": imgtitle="Real
Life";site="ucomics";imgkey="rl";break;
case "reynoldsunwrapped": imgtitle="Reynolds
Unwrapped";site="ucomics";imgkey="rw";break;
case "shoe": imgtitle="Shoe";site="ucomics";imgkey="tmsho";break;
case "stonesoup": imgtitle="Stone
Soup";site="ucomics";imgkey="ss";break;
case "tankmcnamara": imgtitle="Tank
Mcnamara";site="ucomics";imgkey="tm";break;
case "willynethel": imgtitle="Willy n
Ethel";site="ucomics";imgkey="wes";break;
case "ziggy": imgtitle="Ziggy";site="ucomics";imgkey="zi";break;
case "calvinandhobbes": imgtitle="Calvin And
Hobbes";site="ucomics";imgkey="ch";break;
default:endurl=null;imgkey=null;break;
}//switch
//default to www.comics.com
switch(site){
case "altcomics": //not yet implemented
break;
case "ucomics":
var urlstart="http://images.ucomics.com/comics/";;
//get the other date parameters for the ucomics image urls
var mday = dat.getDate();
var month = dat.getMonth()+1;
var year = dat.getYear();
var subyear = year.toString();
subyear = subyear.substr(2,2);
if (mday<10) mday= '0'+mday;
if (month<10) month= '0'+month;
//special handling for the calvinandhobbes comic.. It displays
for year 1993
if (args.switches[i].name == "calvinandhobbes") {year=1993;
subyear=93;}
var imgurl =
urlstart+imgkey+"/"+year+"/"+imgkey+subyear+month+mday+".gif";
break;
default:
var urlstart="http://www.comics.com/";;
var sUrl=urlstart+endurl;
urlmatch = endurl.match(/^(\w+)(\/\w+)/);
var urlcat=urlmatch[1];
var urldir=urlmatch[2];
var xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XmlHttp");
xmlHttp.open("GET", sUrl, false);
xmlHttp.send();
//get the response content from the remote site
var sBody = xmlHttp.responseText;
//run the regex to parse out the image url
var relativeImgUrl = '';
var imgmatch = rx.exec(sBody);
if (imgmatch != null)
{
relativeImgUrl = imgmatch[1];
}
var imgurl = urlstart+urlcat+urldir+relativeImgUrl;
if (imgtitle==null) {
//regex for finding the image title in the page source..
var tx = /<title>(.+)<\/title>/i;
var imgtitle = tx.exec(sBody)[1];
}
break;
}// switch on "site"
//put up the window
if (imgurl != ""){
pagebody += '<br><h4>'+imgtitle+'</h4><br><img src="' +imgurl
+'">';
}//if imgurl
}// for i <...
}else{
setSearchWindowText("Bad Comic Name.. try 'comx ?' to see a list");
setTimeout("setSearchWindowText('comx ')", 2000);
return;
}//else
pagebody += '<br></body></html>';
writeFile(comxoutfile, pagebody);
openSearchWindow("file://" + comxoutfile);
} //function
]]></script>
</search>
