Suppress warning for (already installed) web browser plugin

[greatPumpkin]

the webbrowser plugin is obsolete, so you're probably better off using the system command to call your browser and desired URL, i.e.:

system("C:/applicationPath/firefox.exe " + $url)

[BluesmanI]

Thanx for your reply.

I tried your code but it doesn't work. In my case it's:

system("C:/Program Files (x86)/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" + $str_helpFile);


The space between 'Program' and 'Files' forces to an error. Well I could just throw the path into different strings and concatenate them but the path should be relative and also work on another machine.

So I guess the web browser is the right choice, I don't have to launch the application (e.g. firefox), only give the specified url.


Btw, if you use notepad for editing, it can be started with the command:

system ("start notepad.exe $str_helpFile");

On the other hand with the statement 'start iexplore.exe' nothing happens. Any idea of that? Is it because notepad.exe is stored at the Windows folder while iexplore.exe is not?


cheers
Blues

[NaughtyNathan]

system("C:/Program Files (x86)/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" + $str_helpFile);

The space between 'Program' and 'Files' forces to an error.

This is the same error you would get if you typed the same thing manually into your dos shell... you get around it by putting "doublequotes" around your path:

"C:/Program Files (x86)/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" "f:\apps\Maya 8.5\docs\index.html"

is how it would look for example on the DOS cmd line.. so, to encode that into a string you just need to escape the " quotes like so: \"

system("\"C:/Program Files (x86)/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe\" \"" + $str_helpFile + "\"");

(you may not need the quotes around the target url filename, but I've added them just in case)

:nathaN

[BluesmanI]

Again, many thanx for all you help. I tried the new version, but still the same.

Here's the result I get from Maya:


// Result: 'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[Norb]

have you tried just doing this?


system("start "+$sFileName);


that will open the file in whatever is associated with the file extension.

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