Question about command revGoURL

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

Try:

revGoURL "file:" & myDataFolder & "myFile.htm"


On Aug 2, 2004, at 13:41, Oldřich Peroutka wrote:

>  Hi Judy,
>
> thank you Judy for your respond and I try to explain what I'm doing. I 
> want
> to open HTML file that is located on my local Hard Drive. This file is
> "myFile.htm". The absolute path to this my file is /Macintosh HD/Mac
> temp/data/myFile.htm, this path contains 2 spaces in name of folders
> "Macintosh HD" and "Mac temp".
>
> Than if I write:
>
> revGoURL myDataFolder & "myFile.htm"
>
>  -- myDataFolder contains the path on local HardDrive (=/Macintosh 
> HD/Mac
> temp/data) to file "myFile.htm"
> -- myFile.htm is file in folder data on local Hard Disk, that I want 
> to open
> in Internet Explorer (or other default browser).
>
> After the Internet Explorer is open, one is looking for file with path:
> Macintosh%20HD/Mac%20temp/data/myFile.htm. This path doesn't exist.
>
> Sorry for my English, thanks
>
> Oldrich
>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am not certain I correctly understand what you are doing, but if 
>>> what
>>> you are trying to do is tell Rev the path of your web browser, you 
>>> needn't
>>> do that.  If all you want to do is have Rev open a web browser and 
>>> then go
>>> to some URL, all you need to do is:
>>>
>>> on mouseUp
>>> revGoURL "http://www.yourURL.com"
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>> Does this help or am I completely not understanding what you are 
>>> trying to
>>> do?
>>>
>>> Judy
>>>
>>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Old[ISO-8859-2] ?ich Peroutka wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody help me with the command ?revGoURL?? I?m the beginner 
>>>> with
>>>> REVOLUTION (Runrev 2.2 for Mac OS 9.2.2 cz) and I have this problem.
>>>>
>>>> My script is:
>>>>
>>>> on mouseUp
>>>>          ....
>>>>          ....
>>>> -- define myDefaultFolder and myDataFolder
>>>> put ?/Macintosh HD/Mac temp/myFolder?  into myDefaultFolder
>>>> put myDefaultFolder & ?/data/?  into myDataFolder
>>>> -- ?myDataFolder? is /Macintosh HD/Mac temp/myFolder/data/
>>>>         .....
>>>>         .....
>>>> set defaultFolder to myDataFolder
>>>> revGoURL myDataFolder & ?myFile.htm?
>>>>
>>>> or only
>>>>
>>>> revGoURL  ?myFile.htm?
>>>>
>>>> end mouseUp
>>>>
>>>> It is one and the same if I write the first or the second way. The
>>>> performance (path of file that Internet Explorer is looking for) is 
>>>> other
>>>> but the result is the same ? Error in opened ?Internet Explorer? 
>>>> that one
>>>> tells me ?the file doesn?t exist?.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The problem is, that all spaces in path (myDataFolder) are replaced 
>>>> with
>>>> ?%20?. My ?Internet Explorer? is started OK but it is searching file
>>>> with path ?/Macintosh%20HD/Mac%20temp/myFolder/data/myFile.htm?.
>>>> This path doesn? t exist of course. Why the spaces but only the 
>>>> spaces in
>>>> the path  of file are replaced with %20. ? %20? is the HEXcode of 
>>>> space.
>>>>
>>>> If I write:
>>>>
>>>> launch myDataFolder  & ?myFile.htm? with path2Explorer &  ?Internet
>>>> Explorer?
>>>> -- in path2Explorer is path to the programm ?Internet Explorer?.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All is OK. But by this way I have to know where my Internet 
>>>> Explorer on
>>>> HarDrive is (or alternative browser), path to him.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks all
>>>>
>>>> Oldrich
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>>>
>>>
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