WinXP, FMP7 dev

I get strange effect when using the Open URL script step. One textfield
containing:

file:a.doc and the scriptstep DOES open Word and then the file a.doc
file:a.txt and noting seems to happen
image:a.jpg and nothing seems to happen.

I surely must have overlooked something, but what?

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Keep Well,
Ursus

It's hard to tell by your example, but if you have any spaces in your
path or file names, then the URL will be broken by that space. You can
perform a calc that replaces any spaces in your path with hex for the
space (%20) and that should work. Or if you were using the Send Message
step (Windows only) to open the file, you would just put quotes around
the entire string.

ursus.kirk wrote:
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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Actually there are no spaces in the name. For this I tried the following:

URL<text>

file:01.txt
file:01.doc
file:01.htm
image:01.jpg

None of those seem to open using:
Open url <URL>

All files DO display the correct icon when i connect them to a calcuclation.
cURL <container> [url]

All files are in the same folder as the FMP database file. And it needs to
work cross-platform with XP and osX, so I can't use the Send Message step.


Ursus

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Using the Open URL step works the same way as it does in a browser. In
a browser, I need to start with "file:///c:/" followed by the file
and/or path.

So the URL to a file in my FileMaker program folder would be:
"file:///c:/Program Files/FileMaker/FileMaker Pro 7/01.txt"

Of course, this is for Windows, so you would need to use a case()
statement as your URL calc, using something like:

case(
abs(get(systemplatform)) = 2;
// platform 2 is Windows
"file:///c:/Program Files/FileMaker/FileMaker Pro 7/01.txt";
"file:whatever the correct syntax and path would be on Mac")

Sorry, I don't have any other ideas on this. I haven't done enough
testing with this, particularly not cross-platform. Maybe someone else
will have some ideas.

Howard


ursus.kirk wrote:
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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Thanks Howard,

You were quite right. I do have to state full path. Which is quite
counter-intuitive and I too have to figure out how the osX side works.

Ursus

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