OK, Richard, I got it... you need to shell() to the "cp" to copy the file to a temporary filename; doing so will strip the type/creator and then you can launch it with "open" via appleScript (after converting the POSIX path to a normal mac path, of course):
on launchit pPath put pPath into tDestPath set the itemDel to "/" put "temp.html" into last item of tDestPath get shell("cp" && pPath && tDestPath) put "tell application" && q("Finder") into s put cr & "set f to" && q(tDestPath) && " as POSIX file" after s put cr & "set p to f as text" after s put cr & "open file p" & cr & "end tell" after s do s as AppleScript end launchIt function q pWhat return quote & pWhat & quote end q This should work... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Gaskin > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 2:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Launching a local file in the default browser > > > Ken Ray wrote: > > > Richard, you posted this to the MC list last year under the header : > > > > Found it: You have to explicitely tell the Finder, like this: > > > > put "tell application ""e&"Finder""e&cr&"open ""e& \ > > tFilePath "e&cr&"end tell" into s do s as AppleScript > > > > See: > > http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/metacard/2002-January/000569.html > > > > But I just checked it and it doesn't work for me. > > Same here: it launches the local file, but in the > application that matches the file's creator code and not the > default browser. :( > > > I'll keep looking... > > Thanks. Hopefully one of us will solve this once and for all... > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site > ___________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metac> ard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard