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Re: Open webpage [message #72210]

Mon, 23 August 2010 07:30

Michael Galloy
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Registered: April 2006

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On 8/23/10 4:50 am, Wox wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I used to open a webpage from within IDL using online_help like this:
>
> file='link.html'
> URL='http://www.dfanning.com'
> openw,lun,file,/get_lun
> printf,lun,'<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;
> URL='+URL+'"></HEAD>If this page does not refresh, click<A
> HREF="'+URL+'">here</A>.</HTML>'
> free_lun,lun
> online_help,book=file
>
> This doesn't seem to work anymore in IDL8.0 Any ideas for a
> cross-platform way of opening a webpage in a webbrowser from within
> IDL?

Try MG_OPEN_URL:

http://lib.idldev.com/net/mg_open_url.pro

Should work nicely on Mac and Windows; on Linux, you will be asked on
the first use to locate your preferred browser, after that it should
work automatically.

Mike
--
www.michaelgalloy.com
Research Mathematician
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