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Re: Finding default browser with AS
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Re: Finding default browser with AS


  • Subject: Re: Finding default browser with AS
  • From: Andy Wylie <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:35:57 +1200

on 30 Apr 2001 09:32:26 Jan Pieter Kunst wrote:

> Another beginner's question. Is it somehow possible to find the user's
> default web browser (as identified in the Internet control panel) with
> Applescript?
>
> I know 'open location <URL>' uses the default browser to open the supplied
> URL, but I would like to find the default browser without opening an URL.

you could ask File Exchange for the browser sig Jan:
_____________________________

tell application "File Exchange"
run
set browser to creator type of (extension mapping "html")
quit
end tell
browser
_____________________________ Andy


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