Re: using STRPCO, STRPCCMD to launch a browser app.

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200908/msg01197.html

Scott says,
"I've tried doing it the way Booth shows (with the "start" command), and
I've also tried doing it the way Brian May/Nick Radich shows (with
FileProtocolHandler).

I'll tell you this: Brian/Nick's solution (FilePrototcolHandler) is MUCH
MUCH nicer. It doesn't create the ugly MS-DOS window, it has much fewer
problems with special characters in filenames and URIs. It's just a much
better solution.

My 2 cents.
​"

Charles​

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Gerald Magnuson <
gmagqcy.midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> for many years, we have some CL programs that will run the STRPCO and
> STRPCCMD's  to start a browser app.
>
> we had prefixed our url's with the windows commands:
> rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler
>
> (rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler
> https://xyz.domainname.com/appname/landingpage)
>
>
> I now see some examples using the windows start command:
>
> START  " " "https://xyz.domainname.com/appname/landingpage";
>
> this appears to work fine, but can anybody who does this comment on any
> problems or benefits of using START vs. rundll32 url.dll  ?
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