A few questions on multi-platform MetaCarding

[Scott Rossi]

>> on launchBrowser theURL
>> case "MacOS"
>> put "open location "& quote & \
>> theURL & quote into thecode
>> do thecode as applescript
>> end launchBrowser

> Interestingly, that handler fails under OS X when specifying a local URL: it
> launches the program which created the file rather than the default browser.

Maybe failure isn't exactly the right word for this.  It makes sense to be
able to open a file with its native app, but granted something like "open
file" would certainly make more sense in this case.


> I have not yet found the reliable method for launch the default browser with
> a local URL under OS X.

Can you grab the default browser name?  If yes, the following seems to work
here using Communicator on OSX (don't know how reliable it is):

# tURLpath is the path of the local file

delete char 1 of tURLpath
replace "/" with ":" in tURLpath
put \
    "tell application" && quote & "Finder" & quote & cr & \
    "open file" && quote & tURLpath & quote && \
    "using application file id" &&  quote & "MOSS" & quote & cr & \
    "end tell" into s
do s as applescript

My knowledge of AppleScript is very limited; there may be a more flexible
way to do what you want.

Regards,