Thanks Mark. While waiting for a feedback I searched further and I just
found a similar query made by somebody out there and the simple response
was ' use the start command'. So I've now tried things like
C:\>start www.google.com
C:\>start mailto:
and it seems to do what I want.
Staffan
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Mark Miesfeld <miesf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:24 AM, Staffan Tylen <staffan.ty...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I've looked in the ooRexx doc for an implementation of the
>> Windows.System.Launcher API but I haven't been successful.
>>
>
> That is an API for building Windows Runtime apps, which as far as I know
> is only available in Windows 8.
>
>
>
>> Is this API supported in ooRexx and if so how?
>>
>
> There is no ooRexx support from the project.
>
>
>> If not, what alternatives do I have to launch for example the default
>> browser using an argument such as www.xyz.com, or the default email
>> client?
>>
>
> You could try to find a third party package that supports the API. (Like
> for example rexx/SQL supports mysql.)
>
> --
> Mark Miesfeld
>
>
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