Opening a local URl (Windows)

[xbury.cs at clearstream.com]

AHA!

you are browsing files, not the net...
in that case you can use:
get shell("explorer c:\blabla")

or better  (without blocking MC until the explorer is closed)

open process "cmd /c explorer" && quote& "c:\blabla"& quote



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hervé Chaudet [mailto:herve.chaudet at medecine.univ-mrs.fr]
> Sent: 17 January 2003 12:31
> To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: Opening a local URl (Windows)
> 
> 
> 
> Le vendredi, 17 jan 2003, à 12:18 Europe/Paris, thierry Douez 
> a écrit :
> 
> >
> >   | De : metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> >   | [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]De la part de 
> Hervé Chaudet
> >   | Envoyé : Friday, January 17, 2003 11:20 AM
> >   | À : metacard at lists.runrev.com
> >   | Objet : Re: Opening a local URl (Windows)
> >   |
> >   | xbury.cs at clearstream.com a écrit :
> >   |
> >   | > Herve,
> >   | > I use the same function and it works like a charm...
> >   | > Is your url correct?
> >   |
> >   | The syntax of the url is the same as shown in the url field of
> >   | explorer
> >   | when I open the file directly in it. Ex: C:\xxx\yyy.html
> >   | I've tried with "file:" before the full filename, without more  
> > success.
> >
> > Well, i would try a bet:  url "file:c:/xxx/yyyy.html"
> >
> > is this  getting better,
> > bonne chance, thierry Douez
> >
> 
> I've finally found the solution: the argument passed to 
> launchBrowser  
> must be quoted.
> I suspect the reason is the presence of spaces in a pathname (as in  
> "Program Files"), that are normally replaced by %20 in http 
> (encoded)  
> URLs.
> 
> Thanks for your propositions that helps me in confirming my previous  
> attempts.
> 
> Hervé
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