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Re: IDL program [message #40276 is a reply to message #37687]

Thu, 29 July 2004 13:05

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Wayne Landsman writes:

> Anyone have any suggestions on a machine-independent way to have an IDL
> program open a Web page? (For example, a HELP button on widget that
> makes reference to a Web page.) Presumably, I would need to SPAWN to
> some utility... Thanks, --Wayne Landsman

If the web page exists locally, this works nicely:

IDL> ONLINE_HELP, BOOK='C:/CoyoteGuide/index.html'

You can open up PDF and HTML files this way in a
machine independent way. I don't know about an
external web page.

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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		IDL Programmer Seeking Sabbatical Position By: David Fanning on Fri, 16 January 2004 12:23
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