Open Web page and find position on screen

[MyQuestions]

I'm really new, and coming from Macro Express. I've been trying to figure out two basic things:

1. How do you open a Web page. I tried opening Firefox, waiting for it to open then doing an http call, like the following, but it only opens Firefox, and doesn't call the web page

RunProgram>C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
WaitWindowOpen>firefox.exe
HTTPRequest>http://finance.yahoo.com,,,,strHTML,,,,

2. I though I'd try to click in the address bar and send the keystrokes, but I can't figure out how you determine the position of the address box so you can click into it. Maybe I'm spoiled by the Macro Express live finder, where as you move the mouse around it tells you what the coordinates are, but how do I find the coordinates of a location on the screen where I want to click?

Thanks

[armsys]

Please try:

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Run>C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
WaitWindowOpen>Mozilla Firefox*
Wait>1
Press CTRL
Send>l
Release CTRL
Wait>0.2
Send>http://finance.yahoo.com
Press ENTER

[JRL]

2. I though I'd try to click in the address bar and send the keystrokes, but I can't figure out how you determine the position of the address box so you can click into it. Maybe I'm spoiled by the Macro Express live finder, where as you move the mouse around it tells you what the coordinates are, but how do I find the coordinates of a location on the screen where I want to click?

When you are in the script editor look to the right side of the icons in the window header. As you move your mouse you will see coordinates changing there. By default those coordinates are the position of the mouse on the screen. to the left of the coordinates there is a drop-down arrow. Pick the arrow and you will see menu items: Relative, Follow Cursor and Pixel Color. If you choose "Follow Cursor" the screen coordinates will appear beside the cursor as you move the mouse around. If you press both mouse buttons simultaneously the mouse coordinates will be placed in the clipboard so you can paste them into your script.

[MyQuestions]

Thank you for both answers. Perhaps as I learn I will be able to contribute to helping others, but that is a long way off yet.