WinXP, FMP7 dev

I get strange effect when using the Open URL script step. One textfield 
containing:

file:a.doc and the scriptstep DOES open Word and then the file a.doc
file:a.txt and noting seems to happen
image:a.jpg and nothing seems to happen.

I surely must have overlooked something, but what?

-- 
Keep Well,
Ursus

It's hard to tell by your example, but if you have any spaces in your 
path or file names, then the URL will be broken by that space.  You can 
perform a calc that replaces any spaces in your path with hex for the 
space (%20) and that should work.  Or if you were using the Send Message 
step (Windows only) to open the file, you would just put quotes around 
the entire string.

ursus.kirk wrote:
> WinXP, FMP7 dev
> 
> I get strange effect when using the Open URL script step. One textfield 
> containing:
> 
> file:a.doc and the scriptstep DOES open Word and then the file a.doc
> file:a.txt and noting seems to happen
> image:a.jpg and nothing seems to happen.
> 
> I surely must have overlooked something, but what?
> 

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard Schlossberg              (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions       Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Actually there are no spaces in the name. For this I tried the following:

URL<text>

file:01.txt
file:01.doc
file:01.htm
image:01.jpg

None of those seem to open using:
Open url <URL>

All files DO display the correct icon when i connect them to a calcuclation.
cURL <container> [URL]

All files are in the same folder as the FMP database file. And it needs to 
work cross-platform with XP and osX, so I can't use the Send Message step.


Ursus

"Howard Schlossberg" <howard@antispahm.fmprosolutions.com> schreef in 
bericht news:11a3p37qubjqbc7@corp.supernews.com...
> It's hard to tell by your example, but if you have any spaces in your path 
> or file names, then the URL will be broken by that space.  You can perform 
> a calc that replaces any spaces in your path with hex for the space (%20) 
> and that should work.  Or if you were using the Send Message step (Windows 
> only) to open the file, you would just put quotes around the entire 
> string.
>
> ursus.kirk wrote:
>> WinXP, FMP7 dev
>>
>> I get strange effect when using the Open URL script step. One textfield 
>> containing:
>>
>> file:a.doc and the scriptstep DOES open Word and then the file a.doc
>> file:a.txt and noting seems to happen
>> image:a.jpg and nothing seems to happen.
>>
>> I surely must have overlooked something, but what?
>>
>
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Howard Schlossberg              (818) 883-2846
> FM Pro Solutions       Los Angeles, California
>
> FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance 

Using the Open URL step works the same way as it does in a browser.  In 
a browser, I need to start with "file:///c:/" followed by the file 
and/or path.

So the URL to a file in my FileMaker program folder would be:
"file:///c:/Program Files/FileMaker/FileMaker Pro 7/01.txt"

Of course, this is for Windows, so you would need to use a case() 
statement as your URL calc, using something like:

case(
abs(get(systemplatform)) = 2;
// platform 2 is Windows
"file:///c:/Program Files/FileMaker/FileMaker Pro 7/01.txt";
"file:whatever the correct syntax and path would be on Mac")

Sorry, I don't have any other ideas on this.  I haven't done enough 
testing with this, particularly not cross-platform.  Maybe someone else 
will have some ideas.

Howard


ursus.kirk wrote:
> Actually there are no spaces in the name. For this I tried the following:
> 
> URL<text>
> 
> file:01.txt
> file:01.doc
> file:01.htm
> image:01.jpg
> 
> None of those seem to open using:
> Open url <URL>
> 
> All files DO display the correct icon when i connect them to a calcuclation.
> cURL <container> [URL]
> 
> All files are in the same folder as the FMP database file. And it needs to 
> work cross-platform with XP and osX, so I can't use the Send Message step.
> 
> 
> Ursus
> 
> "Howard Schlossberg" <howard@antispahm.fmprosolutions.com> schreef in 
> bericht news:11a3p37qubjqbc7@corp.supernews.com...
> 
>>It's hard to tell by your example, but if you have any spaces in your path 
>>or file names, then the URL will be broken by that space.  You can perform 
>>a calc that replaces any spaces in your path with hex for the space (%20) 
>>and that should work.  Or if you were using the Send Message step (Windows 
>>only) to open the file, you would just put quotes around the entire 
>>string.
>>
>>ursus.kirk wrote:
>>
>>>WinXP, FMP7 dev
>>>
>>>I get strange effect when using the Open URL script step. One textfield 
>>>containing:
>>>
>>>file:a.doc and the scriptstep DOES open Word and then the file a.doc
>>>file:a.txt and noting seems to happen
>>>image:a.jpg and nothing seems to happen.
>>>
>>>I surely must have overlooked something, but what?
>>>
>>
>>-- 
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Howard Schlossberg              (818) 883-2846
>>FM Pro Solutions       Los Angeles, California
>>
>>FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>>Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Howard Schlossberg              (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions       Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Thanks Howard,

You were quite right. I do have to state full path. Which is quite 
counter-intuitive and I too have to figure out how the osX side works.

Ursus

"Howard Schlossberg" <howard@antispahm.fmprosolutions.com> schreef in 
bericht news:11a6h8bnqd01k5e@corp.supernews.com...
> Using the Open URL step works the same way as it does in a browser.  In a 
> browser, I need to start with "file:///c:/" followed by the file and/or 
> path.
>
> So the URL to a file in my FileMaker program folder would be:
> "file:///c:/Program Files/FileMaker/FileMaker Pro 7/01.txt"
>
> Of course, this is for Windows, so you would need to use a case() 
> statement as your URL calc, using something like:
>
> case(
> abs(get(systemplatform)) = 2;
> // platform 2 is Windows
> "file:///c:/Program Files/FileMaker/FileMaker Pro 7/01.txt";
> "file:whatever the correct syntax and path would be on Mac")
>
> Sorry, I don't have any other ideas on this.  I haven't done enough 
> testing with this, particularly not cross-platform.  Maybe someone else 
> will have some ideas.
>
> Howard
>
>
> ursus.kirk wrote:
>> Actually there are no spaces in the name. For this I tried the following:
>>
>> URL<text>
>>
>> file:01.txt
>> file:01.doc
>> file:01.htm
>> image:01.jpg
>>
>> None of those seem to open using:
>> Open url <URL>
>>
>> All files DO display the correct icon when i connect them to a 
>> calcuclation.
>> cURL <container> [URL]
>>
>> All files are in the same folder as the FMP database file. And it needs 
>> to work cross-platform with XP and osX, so I can't use the Send Message 
>> step.
>>
>>
>> Ursus
>>
>> "Howard Schlossberg" <howard@antispahm.fmprosolutions.com> schreef in 
>> bericht news:11a3p37qubjqbc7@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>>It's hard to tell by your example, but if you have any spaces in your 
>>>path or file names, then the URL will be broken by that space.  You can 
>>>perform a calc that replaces any spaces in your path with hex for the 
>>>space (%20) and that should work.  Or if you were using the Send Message 
>>>step (Windows only) to open the file, you would just put quotes around 
>>>the entire string.
>>>
>>>ursus.kirk wrote:
>>>
>>>>WinXP, FMP7 dev
>>>>
>>>>I get strange effect when using the Open URL script step. One textfield 
>>>>containing:
>>>>
>>>>file:a.doc and the scriptstep DOES open Word and then the file a.doc
>>>>file:a.txt and noting seems to happen
>>>>image:a.jpg and nothing seems to happen.
>>>>
>>>>I surely must have overlooked something, but what?
>>>>
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>Howard Schlossberg              (818) 883-2846
>>>FM Pro Solutions       Los Angeles, California
>>>
>>>FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>>>Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>>
>>
>>
>
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Howard Schlossberg              (818) 883-2846
> FM Pro Solutions       Los Angeles, California
>
> FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance