Calling IE to display a web page from OI (OpenInsight 32-bit Specific) [Revelation On-Line Wiki]

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At 30 DEC 2003 06:39:58PM Napitek wrote:

OpenInsight 32-bit Specific

Hi,

I have a column for web_address in my client table. I would like to create a button that takes the web_address and sends a message to Internet Explorer to display the web page. Any suggestions?

THANKS

At 30 DEC 2003 06:48PM Napitek wrote:

A clarification …

I know that Internet Explorer can be run with a valid url e.g. C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer www.revelation.com and IE will open and the www.revelation.com site will be displayed. I am not sure of the best way to call this from within OI.

THANKS

At 30 DEC 2003 07:56PM Donald Bakke wrote:

You can use the ShellExecute WinAPI command:

hwnd=Get_Property(@Window, "HANDLE")

showCmd=0

rv=ShellExecute(hwnd, "open":\00\, "http://www.revelation.com":\00\, "":\00\, "":\00\, showCmd)

You might have to define ShellExecute in your system. Do a search on this website for posts that explain how to do that.

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At 31 DEC 2003 10:54AM Napitek wrote:

Thanks

Tried this after posting the message …

web_site=get_property( …….)

call utility("RUNWIN","C:\Program files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe ":web_site,1)

It gets to the web site 99% of the time. We have techs moving around data and phone cables which may be the reason for the other 1%. When it fails Internet Explorer (IE) is locked up with nothing in location. Hmmmmm. It is not like IE can't find the site because a cable is pulled. My IE is set to display no page at startup. The next time I try with the same site there is no problem. Recovery from this is not pretty and right now I am thinking it is an IE issue.

I think there may be some benefit with your suggested method so I will check that out as well.

At 31 DEC 2003 11:03AM The Sprezzatura Group wrote:

One of the benefits in the shellexecute method is that you don't need to know where the IE is located!

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At 31 DEC 2003 12:03PM Donald Bakke wrote:

One of the benefits in the shellexecute method is that you don't need to know where the IE is located!

Also…you don't even have to worry if IE is the default browser. I was about to say, "you don't have to worry if IE is on the machine" but then I remembered that we are talking about Windows!

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At 31 DEC 2003 01:30PM Steve Smith wrote:

You could always have OI32 download the web page from Basic+ all by itself. You don't need any third party controls to do this, and you could then simply display the page in OI32 from the hard disk.

At 31 DEC 2003 02:00PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:

or you could set it up as an idleproc to monitor this board and let you know when new postings have been made

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