From: yitzle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> None of this is tested. Its just ideas.
>
> 1. You can execute the system command:
> system("$path_to_firefox . $url");
> eg
> system("C:\Program Files\Firefox\firefox.exe http://www.gmail.com";);
> Or it might require:
> system("C:\Program Files\Firefox\firefox.exe" http://www.gmail.com);
> The point is, I think if you invoke the Firefox executable (Windows or
> Linux) with a URL as the parameter, it will do what you want.
I think you mean
system( $path_do_firefox, $url)
It's generally safer to use the multiple-parameter system() than to
try to put everything into the single parameter and quote the things
that may need it.
It's quite possible that you do not need to use the full path to
firefox either.
> 2. I think Windows has an API to let you open a URL in the default
> browser. I forget the details.
use Win32::FileOp qw(ShellExecute);
ShellExecute $url;
HTH, Jenda
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