Workaround for "Open default browser window"??

[ProfessorAI]

There was an object ODBW in MMF 1.5 which didnt make the transition to MMF2. It lets you give a URL string which opens in a browser (e.g. firefox) window.

Any ideas of a workaround? Currently I am placing the constructed URL from a rich-text object into an HTML file with an redirect metatag, and executing the file as an external application (so window's file-type association process kicks in).

UGLY! And I can't then say "go to this new URL" later in my program. I'd have to create another HTML file and execute that one.

help or advice appreciated.

Jordan

[Joshtek]

Use the Vitalize! object. The open URL function works in non-vitalize apps.

[Olivier]

The Vitalize! object (in standalone apps) also uses window's file-type association to open URLs. This may result in some strange behaviour as the default program (associated to .htm/.php files) and the default browser are both opened simultaneously. It happens in some specific cases:
http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=2&Number=35874
http://www.clickteam.com/epicentre/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=2&Number=3110