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Re: Open URL in external browser [message #69838 is a reply to message #69835]

Wed, 17 February 2010 10:22

Michael Galloy
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Registered: April 2006

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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
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www.michaelgalloy.com
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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
		Re: Open URL in external browser By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 17 February 2010 10:22

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