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Runprogram behaviour
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 10:43 am
by Cor
Textgadget
#txtURL contains -->
http://www.ready4music.com
Runprogram(Getgadgettext(#txtURL),"","",2) does not fire the url
The following does work
temp.s = Getgadgettext(#txtURL)
Runprogram(temp,"","",2) does not fire the url
Am I missing something or is it a bug?
Re: Runprogram behaviour
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:28 am
by PB
> Runprogram(Getgadgettext(#txtURL),"","",2) does not fire the url
Yep, it fires fine for me with this code:
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If OpenWindow(1,300,250,400,200,#PB_Window_SystemMenu,"Window")
CreateGadgetList(WindowID())
ButtonGadget(1,20,50,60,25,"Button")
StringGadget(2,20,100,300,20,"http://www.ready4music.com/")
Repeat
ev=WaitWindowEvent()
If ev=#PB_Event_Gadget
Select EventGadgetID()
Case 1 ; Button.
RunProgram(GetGadgetText(2),"","",2)
EndSelect
EndIf
Until ev=#PB_EventCloseWindow
EndIf
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 7:41 am
by Cor
It does not fire on win95
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:17 am
by PB
> It does not fire on win95
True!
Use ShellExecute instead of RunProgram like so, and it works:
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ShellExecute_(0,"open",GetGadgetText(2),"","",#SW_SHOW)
I think Fred intended RunProgram to be for apps only, and not web pages,
which may be why RunProgram doesn't work in this case on Win 95.
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:20 am
by TronDoc
the RunProgram(GetGadgetText(2),"","",2) version
doesn't work here on WinDoze '98 1st Ed either;
but the ShellExecute_(0,"open",GetGadgetText(2),"","",#SW_SHOW)
works just fine.
Joe
P.S. Cor! what a way to get folks to visit your site!!! <kidding>
ShellExecute()
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:58 pm
by oldefoxx
This is the Second of Two Threads I have found that mention ShellExecute(), but I do not find it in the Help, nor does the IDE highlight or case-correct an entry of ShellExecute(). What gives?
--Never mind. I just noted the following underscore (ShellExecute_()), meaning it is a Windows API call. Dern! I wish my eyes were better.
Re: ShellExecute()
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 6:08 pm
by Pupil
oldefoxx wrote:This is the Second of Two Threads I have found that mention ShellExecute(), but I do not find it in the Help, nor does the IDE highlight or case-correct an entry of ShellExecute(). What gives?
It's a Win32 API command. If you place a win32.hlp file in the help folder in your PB installation you'll be able to use F1 to get help. All commands ending with an underscore '_' are API commands and as such aren't included in the PB help file.
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:06 am
by Kale
