launch url

[Richard Gaskin]

Shari wrote:
>> I just tried this in the MC Message Box:
>>
>>   launch url "http://www.fourthworld.com"
>>
>> ...and it worked just fine.
>>
>> Anything going on with that variable?
> 
> I tried it in the MC message box on my Mac, too, and it worked.
> 
> Where it failed was in the standalone on Windows.  Is anything needed in 
> the standalone besides libUrl for it to work?
> 
> The whole thing was weird.  My hand built goUrl code didn't work on 
> Windows, either, whereas on Mac it was fine.  That's what made me look 
> at it.  I didn't know launch url existed (new in 2.9) until I tried to 
> find out why Windows wouldn't go to the url as it always had before.  I 
> deleted my customized goUrl code and replaced it with launch url, using 
> the tUrl variable I had always used.
> 
> Maybe it needs to be in quotes in the variable?

I don't think so.  I just tried the same line as above in the Message 
Box on Vista, and got the result, "not opened".  Same on XP.  Tested 
with both IE as the default browser, and with FireFox.

I'd thought this worked in v2.9 - what's the missing piece?

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Media Corporation
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