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deazo
Starting Member
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 Posted - 26 Jul 2008 : 15:07:48
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Hi Alessio,
I have read an earlier message in this forum about the default browser being wrong in XMM.
I have exactly the same problem.
I have installed XMM on two PC's on my home network, one is Vista, the other is XP. My default browser on both of these PC is Firefox.
However, any Web link I use in XMM would open Internet Explorer.
How can this be fixed??
Thanks
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Alessio Viti
Forum Admin
Italy
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deazo
Starting Member
31 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 14:25:10
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OK fair enough, tnaks for your answer and efforts Alessio.
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WizardFusion
Starting Member
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Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 19:12:55
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This code, taken from one of my Visual Basic 6 projects, checks for and returns the path of the current default browser...
It can't be used as-is, as it relies on other functions (readREGstring for one) which is quite big. It will however give you the registry keys you need in order for you to get this working quite quickly via .NET (I think that has registry functions built in)
Hope it helps....
Private Function getBrowserPath() As String
Dim sName As String
Dim sFullPath As String
' Set default first...
sFullPath = "%programfiles%/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe"
sName = readRegString(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet")
If sName <> vbNullString Then
sFullPath = readRegString(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\" & sName & "\shell\open\command")
End If
getBrowserPath = sFullPath
End Function
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deazo
Starting Member
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Posted - 29 Jul 2008 : 17:56:11
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Thanks for your help wizard,
Would you mind giving me a step by step instruction on how to use that code please?
I have edited the registry before so I'm not That noobish but still, I know it's a sensitive area and I am usually extra careful, so a little explanation would help me a lot...
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WizardFusion
Starting Member
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Posted - 30 Jul 2008 : 13:09:49
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deazo, this code is not for general users, its for Alessio to find the current default browser for XMM.
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Sciolto
New Member
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Posted - 06 Apr 2013 : 13:11:04
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quote:
Originally posted by WizardFusion
deazo, this code is not for general users, its for Alessio to find the current default browser for XMM.
Well, it has been a couple of years yet this is still not implemented. Not in version 7, not in version 8. |
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Sciolto
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Posted - 12 May 2013 : 12:17:23
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With Release 8.0.5.7 of version 8 this seems to have been fixed.
[Edit]: only partially fixed (when previewing suggested links in the ScriptEngine). IE is still used when clicking a link from the cardview for example) |
Edited by - Sciolto on 12 May 2013 15:32:52 |
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yan00s
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Posted - 14 May 2013 : 03:15:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Sciolto
... IE is still used when clicking a link from the cardview for example)
The card view is actually just an IE instance and the cards are html pages enhanced with _FIELDKEYWORDS_ so every embedded html link in those cards will be treated within the browser. You can force the browser to open a new window but you can't change the renderer from inside. It would require a hack / non-html like it's used for person links in movie cards to open URLs with another browser. You'd need to know which links shall be kept as standard htlm links and which links should get "hacked" ... probably everything external. Then all cards had to get updated. As things are I would prefer to wait for this some more months.  Personally, I like the possibilities IE offers within XMM - like using ADO for simulating utf support.  |
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