how to open a webpage in explorer with blitz3d
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H!
I have made a demo cd and now I have a problem.
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In the demo you see some screenshots (webpages) and when I click on that, windows must open a internet explorer window and opening that website.
Is that possible ?
Thanks
yeah should be no problem ,, look up the execute file command ,,, use this to execute explorer.exe
here`s an example that opens explorer and takes you to my forever under construction website ; lol
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filename$="explorer.exe http://www.mavericksrealm.co.uk"
Print "Press any key to goto mavericksrealm"
WaitKey()
ExecFile(filename$)
Print "Press any key to quit."
WaitKey()
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there ya go
Yea thanks,
I changed in IEXPLORE.EXE then it works fine.
See ya
GC-Martijn
hmmm...If IE is your default browser, surely just
ExecFile("http://www.BlitzBasic.com/")
Would be enough?
(It worked for me!)
The above example does not work in my PC... and I have IE as my default browser.
Yes, it's better not to precise the command (like IEexplore) as the exec command like this (ExecFile("http://www.BlitzBasic.com/")) will get the default browser!!
The above example does not work in my PC... and I have IE as my default browser.
Eek!? Surely not? Does start->run->www.blitzbasic.com work?
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Does start->run->www.blitzbasic.com work?
Work PC (w2kpro) = no.
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Home PC (XP) = works! :0
It works both ways for me. (XP, Opera)
This opens IE on my XP Pro, even though my default browser is FireFox:
Save this as "C:\redir.htm" :
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="1; URL=http://www.blitzbasic.com/">
</head>
<body>
Redirecting to www.BlitzBasic.com
</body>
</html>
ExecFile("C:\redir.htm") Does that work for you Mustang?
[EDIT] : Saving the file as "redir.html" and calling it, opens FireFox.
Does that work for you Mustang?
Nope... clicking the redir.html directly works, but Blitz execfile does not.
ExecFile("http://www.BlitzBasic.com/")
w2kpro=yes for me
@Mustang: Thanks. Too bad, it would be nice to have a bulletproof BrowseToUrl() .
A foolproof method:
ExecFile SystemProperty("windowsdir") + "explorer.exe http ://www.blitzbasic.com"
Remove the space between http and :, had to do this to avoid the forum code turning it into a link.
Unfortunately, it won't launch your default browser!
oops... er, April Fools?
Eikon, your code doesn't work for me at all.
I wonder how you get into "My Computer" then. If explorer.exe isnt in your windows dir then I'd like to know where it went.
Edit: Try the new code, the forum code had removed the http:// and turned it into a link, it didnt work for me in that state either.
ExecFile(chr$(34)+"http://www.frecle.net"+chr$(34))
Should work on all machines regardless of OS...
Holy Moses, Fredborg! That worked even for me!
Cool Fredborg, thanks a lot.
Fredborg, you legend! That's excellent!
Worked for me also :))
Chr$(34) is a fix-all with ExecFile() ;D
Good thinking, Fredborg!
BTW, the explorer.exe in the system folder is windows explorer, not internet explorer :)
Right, thats why I said 'My Computer' wouldnt work without it. When you pass it a web page it opens the IE interface :P
This should be added as an example to the online manual?