url gets truncated (was "launching web browser")
Klaus Major
klausimausi at mac.com
Fri Jan 31 09:57:02 EST 2003
Konban-wa Cueto-san,
> Klaus wrote:
>
> > Konichi-wa Cueto-san,
>
> Actually, since it's 11:13 P.M. here in Nippon, it's "konban-wa" :-)
Thanks, i'll add that to my vocabulary of nihongo.
(will be item number 5 or 6, i'm just a gai-jin ;-)
Well, its 3:45 PM here in germany, that's why...
> > Try this:
> > ....
> > if "NT" is in the systemVersion then
> > set the shellCommand to "cmd.exe"
> > ### put quote & quote into theTitle ???
> > ### "" ??? Looks like this is the li'l troublemaker
> > ### maybe you mean "put QUOTE & tUrl & QUOTE into theTitle
> > end if
> > get shell("start" && QUOTE & tURL & QUOTE)
> > ### then "get shell("start" & theTitle) should work
> > --
> Tried it, but it opened the command console instead of the browser.
> HOWEVER, you did give me the idea of simply enclosing the url (i.e.,
> tUrl) in quotes thus:
>
> get shell("start" && theTitle && QUOTE & tURL & QUOTE)
>
> ... and _that_ did work!
Fine, i think i did not realize that the 2 quotes were meant to be an
empty argument...
> Thanks!!
>
> Cheers and arigato,
>
> Nicolas Cueto
Sayonara
Klaus Major
klausimausi at mac.com
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