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Re: Check if URL Handler is available for URL
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Re: Check if URL Handler is available for URL


  • Subject: Re: Check if URL Handler is available for URL
  • From: Jay Prince <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:34:36 -0700

Along the same lines, what's the correct way to register to BE a URL handler / helper App?

My application has url types set, and I have even gone into IE to try and manually force it to launch my app, but it launches another app instead.

(Maybe an example of setting a URL Type correctly would help, if that's all you're supposed to do.)

And where will my application receive the URL, btw? In a document handleBlahForType?

Muchas Gracias.

PS- I did look in the archives, all 13 pages of results, but didn't find an explanation-- seems most people want to access URLs, rather than be a handler that is launched when someone clicks on one.

On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 07:46 am, Manfred Lippert wrote:

Hi,

I need a routine that checks for any string if it is
- a valid URL
and
- if there is a service (handler) registered in the system for this URL

I should _not_ check if the resource to which the URL references does exist. All should work local and fast.

How can I do that?

The routine should e.g. return TRUE for the following strings:
"http://blah.com";
"webcal://jdfhgkjg"
"mailto:email@hidden";
and any other available services that may be available in the future.

But it should return FALSE for the following strings:
"doesnotexist://domain.com"
"invalidurl"
(If there is no handler for "doesnotexist:" registered in the system ;-))

I tried the following, but it does not work:

NSString myString = ...
BOOL isURLAndServiceIsAvailable =
([NSURLHandle URLHandleClassForURL:[NSURL URLWithString:myString]] != nil);

It would have been very cool if that had worked, but it doesn't. :-( For simple URLs like "http://domain.com"; is works, but e.g. not for "webcal://domain.com" or "mailto:email@hidden"; etc.

Do I have to use InternetConfig?

BTW: webcal-URLs do work on my computer, but there no "webcal" service listed in the "More Internet" Preference Panel - why?
(More Internet is available at http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/)

Thank you for any help,
Mani
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