Kbase P102664: 4GL: How to open a web page or an html file in Microsoft Intenet Explorer?
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
11/26/2008 |
|
Status: Verified
GOAL:
4GL/ABL: How to open a Web Page in the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser?
GOAL:
How to open a specific World Wide Web (www) page from 4GL in the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser?
GOAL:
How to invoke the WinExec WINDOWS API function from 4GL?
FACT(s) (Environment):
Operating System
Windows
Progress 8.x
Progress 9.x
OpenEdge 10.x
FIX:
The following code invoke the WinExec WINDOWS API function from 4GL to open the Progress main Web Page in the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser:
DEFINE VARIABLE cProgramName AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE cPageAddress AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE iReturnResult AS INTEGER NO-UNDO.
ASSIGN
cProgramName = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
cPageAddress = "http://www.progress.com".
RUN WinExec (INPUT cProgramName + CHR(32) + cPageAddress , INPUT 1, OUTPUT iReturnResult).
PROCEDURE WinExec EXTERNAL "KERNEL32.DLL":
DEFINE INPUT PARAMETER ProgramName AS CHARACTER.
DEFINE INPUT PARAMETER VisualStyle AS LONG.
DEFINE RETURN PARAMETER StatusCode AS LONG.
END PROCEDURE.