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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Detecting default browser?

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enderleit
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2010 05:05
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Hey guys...

Couldn't find anything by searching the forum or on google, so here it goes...

Is there anyway to detect the default browser in a dbpro program and then launch it with a provided link?

- enderleit
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tgm4l
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2010 05:51
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"Default Web browser settings is stored in registry and you can find the registry entry for your default browser at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInter net\
Default value indicate the default web browser."

-http://www.go4expert.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177

Sorry if that's no help to you.

Though, most windows machines have IE, although it sucks, it's still a standard for programmers.
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Don Malone
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2010 06:09
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If you try to open an HTML link, it should open the default browser without you having to know what it is. Are you doing something that is browser specific?

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enderleit
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2010 08:22
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I'm just working on a kind of MindMapping program, and you will be able to add Text, Images, and Links to help further your ideas...

So I want people to be able to click on a link, and the it is launched in their default browser...

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Dark onyx
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2010 16:34
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That is why it's called the default browser. Any links you click will be opened with that specific browser, unless the software tells Windows otherwise. So, you don't have to know such things. Just request Windows to open the link and then rest is automatic.
Or did you want that information for something else?

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enderleit
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Posted: 25th Jun 2010 09:00
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Seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding here...

They only way I know of launching a webpage from my program is by using the command "Execute File" which requires me to specify an executable, which means that I have to specify either iexplore.exe or chrome.exe, or some other browser exe...

So how do I open a link without having to specify the browsers executable?

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 25th Jun 2010 17:40 Edited at: 25th Jun 2010 17:43
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It doesn't have to be an .exe file with EXECUTE FILE.



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spooky
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Posted: 25th Jun 2010 23:47
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It will even load remote web pages in default browser;



Yes, so basically, it will load up the default program for the given extension, so;



will load up readme.txt in notepad (if notepad is your default editor for .txt files). No having to work out what the default editor is.

Boo!
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enderleit
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Posted: 26th Jun 2010 01:18
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Aaaaaaahhh! Now I get it...
Thanks alot for the help everyone.

Sorry for being so dense...

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