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Doubt it.

You can if you use a GUI. I have done this several times; I like to link to the manual with this method.

Create a label,

$aLabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel()

Use GUICtrlSetFont to change the color to blue and underline it. (So the user will know to click on it.)

Listen for it to be clicked with GetGetMsg, like a button.

Then use Run to run IE. I think there is also a registry value to tell you which browser is default.

I am not sure if you can or how to use ShellExecute for a URL.

I think that is how. I will check later if that does not work for you.

Edit:

GUICtrlSetFont($aLabel,-1,-1,4)

GUICtrlSetColor($aLabel,0x0000cc)

GUICtrlSetCursor($aLabel,0)

Edited by blakel
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Once they click on your link (label), it would be better to open it this way:

$sURL = "http://www.autoitscript.com"
ShellExecute($sURL)
That leaves it up to the user's default browser selection to open the link. You never know, it might be a Firefox, Chrome, or Opera fanatic who would be insulted by forcing IE on them!

:(

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Once they click on your link (label), it would be better to open it this way:

$sURL = "http://www.autoitscript.com"
ShellExecute($sURL)
That leaves it up to the user's default browser selection to open the link. You never know, it might be a Firefox, Chrome, or Opera fanatic who would be insulted by forcing IE on them!

:)

Hi!

I'm facing this problem right now, trying to make my script "default browser" compliant. Strangely, it works very well when using <IE.au3> functions but fails when using functions that call default applications. While opening a link with _IECreate($sLink) works just fine, it doesn't (in part) when using either ShellExecute($sLink, "", "", "open", @SW_HIDE) or Run(@ComSpec & ' /c start "" ' & $sLink, '', @SW_HIDE). I said "partly" because both Run() and ShellExecute() open link into application (Firefox, in my case) but I get an error message, as shown below. Only IECreate() opens link smoothly, but there are those who hate IE so deeply... I'm using WinXP SP3.

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I'm certainly I'm doing something wrong. I only would like to know what. Below a test snippet.

#include <INet.au3>
#include <IE.au3>

$sPayPal = "http://www.yahoo.com/"

_Start($sPayPal)

ShellExecute($sPayPal, "", "", "open", @SW_SHOW)

_IECreate($sPayPal)

Exit

Func _Start($s_StartPath)
    ; from AutoUpdateIt.au3
    Local $s_StartStr
    If @OSType = 'WIN32_NT' Then
        $s_StartStr = @ComSpec & ' /c start "" '
    Else
        $s_StartStr = @ComSpec & ' /c start '
    EndIf
    Run($s_StartStr & $s_StartPath, '', @SW_HIDE)
EndFunc   ;==>_Start

Thanks in advance for any help. :)

Best,
Euler

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Not sure what you are trying to do with the _Start() function.

But according to PSalty's post,

$sPayPal = "http://www.yahoo.com/"

ShellExecute($sPayPal)

Should work just fine.

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Odd because I just used that exact 2 line code here with no errors... is there more you are adding which is causing errors or perhaps something with your default browser?

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Nope, and I'm running out of clues. I have the code above ran in all my boxes. I'll try to run it on a Dell laptop from a friend of mine just to see if it behaves differently. All of my boxes have Firefox v3.6.15 as default Internet browser and I have the same weirdness in all. :)

Maybe I should try installing Opera o Chrome just to see if it changes anything. <sigh>

Best,
Euler

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Odd because I just used that exact 2 line code here with no errors... is there more you are adding which is causing errors or perhaps something with your default browser?

yeah think you have a browser issue, do you get this error also when you open a http shortcut by hand? if so check the value of "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command" in the registry.

Looking at the screenshots, it looks like Explorer is attempting to open the http location instead of iExplorer

[Edit] your code worked fine for me btw, with Firefox 3.6.13 as default browser.

Edited by Djarlo
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If you open Start Menu ->Run and type in http://www.yahoo.com/ what happens?

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I ran the test script and it opened Firefox and IE and then went to Yahoo. I then tried it with Chrome set as the default and it opened Chrome and then IE, so it's not AutoIt or the script.

If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.
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Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays.  -  ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script.  -  Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label.  -  _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file  -  SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor  -  GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI.  -   Latin Square password generator

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Is there a way to make a clickable link in a msgbox?

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $TestHover = False
    GUICreate("Custom Msgbox", 210, 80)
    $Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("http://www.autoitscript.com", 10, 10, 188, 22,$SS_NOTIFY)
    GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 12, 400, 0, "Arial")
    GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0xff0000)
    $YesID = GUICtrlCreateButton("Yes", 10, 50, 50, 20)
    $NoID = GUICtrlCreateButton("No", 80, 50, 50, 20)
    $ExitID = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 150, 50, 50, 20)
    GUISetState()

    Do
    LinkHover($Label1)
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()

        Select
            Case $msg = $YesID
                MsgBox(0, "You clicked on", "Yes")
            Case $msg = $NoID
                MsgBox(0, "You clicked on", "No")
            Case $msg = $ExitID
                MsgBox(0, "You clicked on", "Exit")
            Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                MsgBox(0, "You clicked on", "Close")
            Case $msg = $Label1
            ShellExecute("http://www.autoitscript.com")
        EndSelect
    Until $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $ExitID

Func LinkHover($controlID)
$WPos = WinGetPos(GUICtrlGetHandle($controlID))
$MPos = MouseGetPos()
if IsArray($WPos) And IsArray($MPos) Then
$X = $MPos[0]
$Y = $MPos[1]
$L = $WPos[0]
$T = $WPos[1]
$W = $WPos[2]
$H = $WPos[3]
if ($X >= $L And $X <= ($L + $W) And $Y >= $T And $Y <= ($T + $H)) Then
if $TestHover = False Then
$TestHover = True
GUICtrlSetColor($controlID, 0x008080)
GUICtrlSetCursor($controlID, 0)
EndIf
Else
if $TestHover = True Then
GUICtrlSetColor($controlID, 0xff0000)
$TestHover = False
EndIf
EndIf
EndIf
EndFunc
Edited by wolf9228

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After wolf9228 post above I realized that I should NOT provide parameters where they are not expected. All I had to do is provide the whole link string (it's a bit long, BTW) to shellexecute() function and all did well. At least for me this shellexecute() thing is solved. Tomorrow there's more problems to solve in other area.

Thanks to all! :)

Best,
Euler

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