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Re: Open URL in external browser [message #69834 is a reply to message #69831]

Wed, 17 February 2010 12:38

Michael Galloy
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On 2/17/10 11:37 AM, Rob wrote:
> On Feb 17, 11:22 am, mgalloy<mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2/17/10 11:13 AM, Rob wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a native IDL method for opening a URL (e.g.
>>> http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/servlet/GetMetadata?param=i ono.WI937)
>>> in a browser? I'm not looking for a "spawn" like executive solution.
>>> I'm building a tool that must work on many OS's including OSx,
>>> Windows, possibly Linux.
>>
>>> I looked into the "online_help" procedure which seems to work only for
>>> local (a la file://) content.
>>
>> Here's my solution:
>>
>> http://michaelgalloy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mg_open_ url.pro
>>
>> It is a "spawn" solution, but has separate cases for the different
>> operating systems. Mac OS X and Windows have nice (though different)
>> ways to open the default web browser on the URL. On other Unix systems,
>> a file dialog will come up to select your web browser. It will remember
>> your choice, so you only have to choose once (I suppose I should add a
>> keyword to force the choice so that you can change your mind later).
>>
>> Mike
>> --www.michaelgalloy.com
>> Research Mathematician
>> Tech-X Corporation
>
> Awesome, thanks! I'm going to use this next week at the IDL/LASP
> workshop.

Cool, at the IDL User Group meeting at LASP? I will be there as well.

Mike
--
www.michaelgalloy.com
Research Mathematician
Tech-X Corporation

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		Re: Open URL in external browser By: d.poreh on Thu, 18 February 2010 01:32
		Re: Open URL in external browser By: d.poreh on Thu, 18 February 2010 00:47
		Re: Open URL in external browser By: Rob[2] on Wed, 17 February 2010 15:13
		Re: Open URL in external browser By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 17 February 2010 12:38
		Re: Open URL in external browser By: Rob[2] on Wed, 17 February 2010 10:37
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