Re: Finding default browser with AS
Re: Finding default browser with AS
- Subject: Re: Finding default browser with AS
- From: Jan Pieter Kunst <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:55:46 +0200
Andy Wylie (email@hidden) schreef op 30-04-2001 12:35 :
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> Another beginner's question. Is it somehow possible to find the user's
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> default web browser (as identified in the Internet control panel) with
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> Applescript?
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> I know 'open location <URL>' uses the default browser to open the supplied
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> URL, but I would like to find the default browser without opening an URL.
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you could ask File Exchange for the browser sig Jan:
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tell application "File Exchange"
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run
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set browser to creator type of (extension mapping "html")
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quit
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end tell
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browser
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_____________________________ Andy
That works, thanks! I was hoping to be able to do this without launching a
separate application (because that is relatively time-consuming), but if
this is the only way it will have to do.
But (wild idea) maybe I could do this only once, and save the browser
signature in some kind of 'preference' for the script? By saving a text file
with the signature somewhere, maybe, or is it somehow possible for a script
to modify itself permanently? I.e., something like, on first run, find
browser signature, save self with information about default browser, use
that browser for subsequent runs?
Jan Pieter Kunst.-