Re: opening urls in chrome browser

[euklides]

Why copying chrome into the working folder ????

Find the real folder of Chrome !

Exemple (with opera and firefox):

url$ = "

"

'Starting with opera:
prog$ = "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe"
SHELL _HIDE CHR$(34) + prog$ + CHR$(34) + " " + CHR$(34) + url$ + CHR$(34)



'starting with firefox:
prog$ = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
SHELL _HIDE CHR$(34) + prog$ + CHR$(34) + " " + CHR$(34) + url$ + CHR$(34)

[SMcNeill]

Isn't the easiest way to just shell out the http itself, and let the OS choose which browser to associate and open it with?

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. $SCREENHIDE
2. url$ = "[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKbImRPhTE[/youtube]"
3. IF INSTR(_OS$, "[WINDOWS]") THEN
4.     SHELL _HIDE url$
5. ELSE
6.     SHELL _HIDE "xdg-open " + url$
7. END IF
8. SYSTEM

[euklides]

Of course, the way of  SMcNeill is the best!

But if you want to use for instance Opera (with his VPN mode), and your usual web browser is Firefox, my code will be the good one...