Calling IExplore.exe from Progress Program

[rick.souza]

Hi, all!

I need to call Internet Explorer from within a Progress Program in order to open an HTML file. For this I use PROCEDURE WinExec EXTERNAL "kernel32.dll". It works fine meanwhile, I have to inform the directory with the application name via parameter for the procedure.
Exemple:
assign c-aplic-iexplore = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
c-html-file = "AnyFile.HTML").

run winexec (input c-aplic-iexplore + chr(32) + c-arquivo-html, input 1, output i-return-exec).

The problem is that this way I assume that in all stations the application is in the same directory, what cannot be true.

Is there a way to search for the application IEXPLORE.EXE and to get its directory?

I tried to use the GET-KEY-VALUE meawhile it reads the .INI file and not the REGISTRY.

Please, any help would be appreciated.

Cordially,

Ricardo Souza (ricardo.souza@mail.com).

 

[FrancoisL]

You can always let the OS decide wich application to use to open the html file.

example

OS-COMMAND VALUE("start mypage.html").


It will use the default web browser to open your html file.

 

[rick.souza]

François,

Thanks for the help.

Unfortunally, the clients environment does not accept the OS-COMMAND call, because it is prohibited.

I continue waiting for another solution. If you have, please, send me.

Cordially,

Ricardo Souza.

 

[FrancoisL]

Then run the same command with WinExec.

 

[Jupiter]

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