sfo4330
25th September 2002 23:34 UTC

How to open multiple browsers after installation
  In the following code snippet, if the user has chosen to view release notes and user guide, I want to spawn two browser windows. What happens here is that it opens the release notes and the user guide in the same window. How do I open two different browser windows ?

ReadRegStr $2 HKLM "${PRODUCT_REGKEY}" "ViewRelnotes"
ExecShell "open" "$INSTDIR\\locale\\help\\relnotes.html"

ReadRegStr $2 HKLM "${PRODUCT_REGKEY}" "ViewDoc"
ExecShell "open" "$INSTDIR\\locale\\help\\index.html"

sfo4330.

kichik
26th September 2002 19:05 UTC

This happens because of Internet Explorer's settings. It defaults to opening in the same page. There is a way to force opening a new page, I will try to look it up for you.

kichik
26th September 2002 19:22 UTC

This is the only I have found, but it will only work on Internet Explorer afaik.

ExecShell "opennew" "$INSTDIR\\locale\\help\\relnotes.html"

>; Make sure it did execture

IfErrors 0+2

   ExecShell "open" "$INSTDIR\\locale\\help\\relnotes.html"


>; now for the second html page


ExecShell "opennew" "$INSTDIR\\locale\\help\\index.html"

>; Make sure it did execture

IfErrors 0+2

   ExecShell "open" "$INSTDIR\\locale\\help\\index.html" 

sfo4330
26th September 2002 19:52 UTC

Do you know what registry entry affects this ? Then perhaps I could look into modifying that as well.

kichik
26th September 2002 19:55 UTC

I am sorry, I don't remember. But it wouldn't be a good idea modifying user's settings anyway.

rainwater
26th September 2002 20:40 UTC

You could create a temporary html file that uses javascript to open a new window to one of the files and then redirects to the other file.

Joel
18th March 2004 15:10 UTC

to confirm:
Is there a plugin or code to open in another window links or web files that support all browsers(IE, Netscape, Mozilla family, Opera, etc.)?

Joost Verburg
18th March 2004 16:51 UTC

No. But the solution above (JavaScript) should work.

Joel
18th March 2004 23:38 UTC

And why not a plugin :rolleyes: -> :D?

Working on it... ;)

s793016
19th March 2004 06:18 UTC

Sorry, my English is very very poor.

And ... maybe this can help you?
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=166336

Tested with Mozilla/Firefox/Opera/IE.

deguix
25th March 2004 03:19 UTC

s793016, maybe you should include "Sorry, my English is very very poor." in your signature. You say it every time you post! You could economize a line on every post if you do this. :)

(I'm not saying on the bad side...)