Open and HTML from autocad

[lisaj98052]

Hi, I have been tring to open a html file from an toolbar button and darn! if I just cant get it to work. Thought I could use the following; (command "_.browser" "l:/CAD Web/Display/cadweb.html") but all I get is an empty page. Any clues as to how I can get this to work, thank any help is appreciated greatly.

[hmsilva]

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@lisaj98052 wrote:
Hi, I have been tring to open a html file from an toolbar button and darn! if I just cant get it to work. Thought I could use the following; (command "_.browser" "l:/CAD Web/Display/cadweb.html") but all I get is an empty page. Any clues as to how I can get this to work, thank any help is appreciated greatly.

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Try

(startapp
"C:\\Program files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe"
"l:\\CAD Web\\Display\\cadweb.html")

HTH

Henrique

[lisaj98052]

OMG! That worked great, I'm so happy.........Thank you very much my fustration cloud has been lifted

[Lee_Mac]

Alternatively:

(startapp "explorer" "l:\\CAD Web\\Display\\cadweb.html")

Will open the file using the default program assigned to the .html extension.

[hmsilva]

You're welcome, lisaj98052
glad i could help

Henrique

[lisaj98052]

Oh spock to soon, when I put that into my tool bar is does not work, I just get (startapp "c: It works if I place this in the keyin but not if its in a toolbar

[Lee_Mac]

One more, to open the file using the default browser:

(defun defaultbrowser ( url / exe )
    (if (setq exe (vl-registry-read "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\http\\shell\\open\\command"))
        (startapp (vl-string-subst url "%1" exe))
    )
)

Call with

(defaultbrowser "l:\\CAD Web\\Display\\cadweb.html")

[Lee_Mac]

lisaj98052 wrote:

Oh spock to soon, when I put that into my tool bar is does not work, I just get (startapp "c: It works if I place this in the keyin but not if its in a toolbar

If you want to use the code directly as the macro for a toolbar button, you will need to substitute (chr 92) for the use of a backslash, as the backslash is a macro operator representing a pause for user input:

(defaultbrowser (strcat "l:" (chr 92) "CAD Web" (chr 92) "Display" (chr 92) "cadweb.html"))