>>What I'm looking to do is give the user a choice besides their default
>>browser - they'd pass the full file path to the browser in question. I, in
>>turn, would instruct that file/app to open $url.
>>
>>Ultimately, I'm looking to duplicate the following:
>>
>> unless( fork ) { exec("/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla $url");
>
>However the MacOS version of your program will be in the form of a
>"runtime" -- right? So the problem is how to get the creator string
>('MOSS', 'MSIE' or whatever) into the program?
This, although usable for technically savvy people, wouldn't work for the
program's audience. A larger portion of people know where programs are
located on their hard drive. On a side note, though, does asking for the
creator string allow me to somehow pass $url to the browser?
>However that would not seem to me to offer much advantage over the
>default Mac arrangement. It is after all very easy to change the
>default browser type in InternetConfig by the 'Internet' Control
>Panel. It strikes me it might be unlikely the user would choose a
>different browser for your program than the one he or she regularly
>uses? But maybe I've missed a point here.
Yeah, that's ultimately what I came down to. This feature request came up
for a number of reasons, outlined below:
a) Netscape on Win32 doesn't listen to the Win32::API
call if it's NOT already open (if it's open and is
the default browser, then it listens fine).
b) There's no magical way to open the default browser
on Linux with a few lines of code (taking into
consideration how to find the default browser,
how to find where the default browser is located,
etc.)
c) And finally, this is something I noticed on my own
Mac (running OS X). In 9.1, iCab (non-carbon), IE 5,
and Netscape all opened correctly (if they were
the default browser). Now, on OS X, I have the
carbonized version of iCab. iCab is set in my 9.1
Internet Preferences as my default browser - but
when MacPerl** opens the default browser (the
carbonized iCab), it somehow doesn't get passed
the $url, and iCab just sits at a blank screen).
Long story short, I was hoping to allow the
Internet Preferences to remain the same for
9.1, but to override them in OS X so that I
can get around the carbon/noncarbon thing
concerning iCab.
Yeah, I know, very rare case. But still. :)
** Yes, I know there's a 'nix Perl in OS X. Ignore that for now.
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