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richhill
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 Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:36 am Post subject: Basic: How to: Open web browser from inside macro ? |
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I hope there is a simple way (ie 1 line) to dothis :
Something like openwebbrowser("www.oooforum.org")
Thanks in advance - I'll pay it forward!
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probe1
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Do you mean a OOo function of
Not that I'm aware of.
HTH
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richhill
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Probe,
That is what I'm looking for! Just one thing regarding your example - does OOo have some env variable for /path/to/firefox - like BROWSERPATH or something? This needs to be
platform/browser independent - whether it is IE on WinXP or Firefox on Linux
Thanks again!
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9point9
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:26 am Post subject: |
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One way I can think of:
| Code: | | Shell ("about:blank") |
This should start up the default web browser with a blank page. Unfortunately mine keeps going to IE for some terrible reason.
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DannyB
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Funny, I just had to code a macro this morning for one of my co-workers. (on Windows)
| Code: | Sub Main
' This opens an internet browser.
Shell( "cmd.exe /cStart http://www.digg.com" )
' This opens a document on the disk
cQuote = Chr(34)
Shell( "cmd.exe /c" + cQuote + "C:\Documents and Settings\dbrewer\Desktop\util.pdf" + cQuote )
End Sub
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What I had to code was much larger than this. My coworker had a Base document. One of its fields was a text field with either a URL or a pathname to a document on a fileserver. I had to add two kickable buttons to the database form which would open the document or open a browser to a url.
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lesguilw
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| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:10 am Post subject: |
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If someone has a code for Unix I am interested, if it includes the system detection (whether Windows or Unix) it would be even better.
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probe1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:39 am Post subject: |
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for Unix: use a "shell" command like the example above.
for detecting the operating system see runtime function (F1 help)
Does this help?
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lesguilw
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:39 am Post subject: |
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Yes this helped, it put on the track of this very useful post: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=32575&view=previous
But unfortunately I cannot find any Unix shell command to achieve to open a default browser window. Google is not very comprehensive with my query and my favorite Unix experts don't have a clue.
Any simple idea on that? |
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probe1
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:45 am Post subject: |
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I'm afraid there is no Unix standard browser....
If you have a defined environment, you could issue a command, but if you don't....
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lesguilw
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Well... then I guess my Unix users will have to copy/cut the url from a custom message box and that will be it 
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