how to open an html file to a section in the file?

[Julio_Soto]

so i feel I almost have this. it's a simple line like this

(startapp "explorer" "file:///C:CAD/300-drawings.html#layouts-criteria")

this opens the HTML page just fine, but it doesn't go to the section "#layouts-critria"

It does go to the section if I explicitly use chrome

(startapp "C:/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"...etc)

but I don't want to force Chrome, I want to use the default browser.

how can I use the default browser for this?

[paullimapa]

works for me when I enter the following code:

(startapp "explorer" "https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/change-the-same-tag-value-extension-for-batch-attribute/m-p/13342330/highlight/true#M479320")

My default Opera browser opens to that section of the thread:

[cadffm]

Hi,

if registry path not changed in newer Win versions:

(defun GetBrowser (/ str)
  (substr (setq str (vl-registry-read
      "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\htmlfile\\shell\\open\\command"
    )
  )
  2
  (1- (vl-string-search "\" " str))
  )
)

[Julio_Soto]

@paullimapa 

if I copy/paste what you showed, it works. but if it's on a shared drive or my local drive , it doesn't 

[paullimapa · Accepted solution]

For local file which I have this thread saved under:

"C:\Autodesk\how-to-open-an-html-file-to-a-section-in-the-file.html"

I can use this lisp code to successfully open the default web browser to access section #M479451:

(command "._browser" "file:///C:/Autodesk/how-to-open-an-html-file-to-a-section-in-the-file.html#M479451")

[Julio_Soto]

ahh using "browser" was the key. I thought I tried that and it didn't work, but it's working now. maybe I typed it wrong. 

thank you!

[paullimapa]

you are welcome...cheers!!!