grahama
3rd October 2004 23:57 UTC

Launch the default browser
this works:
strcpy $R0 "http://www.google.com/"
ExecWait '"$PROGRAMFILES\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "$R0"'

grahama
3rd October 2004 23:59 UTC

hmm...my question I got cut off

this does not work:
strcpy $R0 "http://www.google.com/"
ExecShell "open" '"$R0"'

grahama
4th October 2004 00:01 UTC

is there a way to get the default browser to launch?

Yathosho
4th October 2004 00:16 UTC

never had problems doing that. i'm using firefox and the execshell command. are you sure, your browser really is the default browser?

grahama
4th October 2004 00:28 UTC

is there a setting in Windows for this ?
I am a 'Mac' guy and Windows is still a bit mysterious to me. I'll look for the default browser option and see if that fixes the problem....

grahama
4th October 2004 00:40 UTC

Nope :( Did not work on Win2k with a restart.
this is the code:
outfile launchExplorer.exe
Section ""
strcpy $R0 "http://www.google.com/"
ExecShell "open" '"$R0"'
SectionEnd

Yathosho
4th October 2004 00:44 UTC

usually it's in each browser's settings, don't know if there's a global control (you can only reset this in the Internet Options).

Mozilla Firefox (v0.10.1):
Tools>Options>General>Default Browser

Opera (v7.54):
Tools>Preferences>Default Application

Internet Explorer (v6.0.3):
Tools>Internet Options>Programs
(or Start>Settings>Control Panel>Internet Options>..)

grahama
4th October 2004 00:48 UTC

That is what I did with Explorer 6.0.2
Maybe it is strangeness of Virtual PC ?
Everything else seems to work just fine.
Could this be an error in code instead?

Yathosho
4th October 2004 00:50 UTC

as i said

ExecShell open "http://google.com"

grahama
4th October 2004 00:54 UTC

cool
as long as it is working for everyone else :)
I'll chalk it up to a VPC quirk
many thanks