Launch a URL

[Craig Spooner]

Hmm, doesn't work on my computer (running XP) unless I set the shellCommand 
to "cmd.exe."  (I saw the note in the documentation about this.)  So now 
I'm curious:  Does it work on your XP system *without* this 
modification?  If it is required for XP (and NT?), is it also backward 
compatible to Win98 and 95, or do you have to check the OS version and 
alter the script accordingly?


>Message: 16
>Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 04:40:21 -0700
>Subject: Launch a URL
>From: Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
>To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
>Reply-To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
>Howdy List:
>Not sure if this already made it to the list or this is common knowledge,
>but when trying to figure out how to launch a URL in a Windows browser
>without using any external, the following seemed to work well:
>set the hideConsoleWindows to true
>put "http://www.metacard.com" into tURL
>get shell("start" && tURL)
>The nice thing about this is:
>1) no messing around with default browser registry entries
>2) opens multiple URLs in a single browser window
>3) simple!
>Tested on Win95,98,2K and XP. If anyone finds a problem with this, please
>mention it, otherwise, hope folks find this useful.
>Regards,
>Scott Rossi
>Creative Director
>Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design