URL to run application
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| As winamp does with .pls files, or .torrent does with torrent programs, when you open an url to a certain filetype, it opens the program associated with those files. I would have asked this in general help, but it may get restored, so i'm posting this here. Could someone guide me on how I could go about setting this up 'using' blitzmax code for my own application if possible? |
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| Openurl ("name.pls") should work. |
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| If you mean how to get your app to open when an URL to http://something/file.yourext is opened, that depends on the browser in use. Eg. Firefox stores the associations per profile. They can be changed from Options-Applications, but I'm not sure where they are stored on disk. |
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| Do you mean links like this? mailto:... |
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| Openurl ("name.pls") should work. That will work when what i'm looking for is set up properly =p Do you mean links like this? mailto:... No, however that might do it as well. What i'm looking to do is setup creative links in richtext format in a chatroom, so that when clicked, it will perform an action within the application for the client-user. Otus - I take it that's for mac (or linux?), correct? Good to know anyhow. I went through the registry for the extensions and there appears to be a pattern - i'm guessing only the registry is involved in this windows-wise, so i'll experiment with that unless anyone knows better..i'm more than prepared for a bit of help for generating this effect by code though =p |
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| You're right about Windows, it's the registry. You'll have to find other ways on Linux and Mac though obviously. If I remember correctly, you need two keys in the registry. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pls @default = WinAmp.Playlist HKCR\WinAmp.Playlist\shell\open\command @default = "WinAmp.exe "%1"" Something like that? |
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