RUN A HTML APPLICATION FROM A PB MENU

[thebull1]

Hi All?
I have a HTML Help application that I want to run from PowerBuilder 6.5 (a bit archaic I admit).
The run command works well for other applications like winword, excel, notepad, etc, but will not open my HHT.HTML file using Explorer.
Any ideas please?

 

[mbalent]

I don't remember if this was available in 6.5 (it was in 7.0) but the following should work:

integer li_rc
inet lcx_key
string ls_filename
li_rc = getcontextservice('Internet',lcx_key)
If (li_rc <> 1) THEN
	messagebox('Clicked','getcontextservice failed')
ELSE
        ls_filename = "c:\whatever.html"
	lcx_key.hyperlinktourl(ls_filename)
END IF

Matt

"Nature forges everything on the anvil of time

 

[thebull1]

That works Matt.. Thanks a lot.
The only problem is that absolute path "c:\whatever.html".
Is there a way Ican pick my current working Directory. I would like to put the help files inside the application directory and reference from there. This could be in any directory depending on where the user instals his application.
The command GetCurrentDirectory( ) is not supported by PB6.5.
How do I go round that?

 

[mbalent]

Try this API function:

 GetCurrentDirectoryA( )
This function returns the current working directory into a string by reference.  Be sure to allocate enough space for the string or you'll get a GPF when you exit PowerBuilder.  There is no PowerBuilder equivalent.

Global External Function:
FUNCTION ulong GetCurrentDirectoryA(ulong BufferLen, ref string currentdir) LIBRARY "Kernel32.dll"

Script:
string ls_curdir
ulong l_buf
l_buf = 100
ls_curdir = space(l_buf)
GetCurrentDirectoryA(l_buf, ls_curdir)
MessageBox("Current Directory:", ls_curdir)

Matt

"Nature forges everything on the anvil of time

 

[thebull1]

WORKS LIKE MAGIC...

THANKS A LOT MATT!!