Never tried it or even seen anything on it, but theoretically you should be
able to grab the mouse position in the window, and if it falls within the
bounds of the text which should be a link, open an external application.
Some drawbacks:
1) You would have to change the mouse position range every time you changed
the text (or else write a little something to find out the mouse position
range of the text you want - but that would have to take into account font
face, font size, and the length of the preceding string, and might be a
little too complex to bother with.
2) You would have to write something to find the path of the default browser
if you plan to distribute, as not everyone uses the same browser or keeps it
in the same place.
However, if you are going to use this only for yourself and not change the
link text (or the text surrounding it), you could theoretically do this to
make it work.
Is there an object within Win32::GUI that will allow you to have a URL link
in a GUI-window? When you click on the text it should open up your default
browser and take you to that URL. You know, the kind that a lot of Apps
have in their About screen. Or is there another way to create this effect?
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