Opening swf file in the default browser

[munna]

Hi,

I used ShellExecuteW with the path to the swf file but it is not opening it. This is probably because the swf file is not associated with the browser.

I believe to do this I would first have to know that path to the default browser and then use QProcess to open the swf file with the default browser.

Can anyone plese tell me how to do this ?

Thanks a lot.

[nupul]

Hi,

I used ShellExecuteW with the path to the swf file but it is not opening it. This is probably because the swf file is not associated with the browser.

I believe to do this I would first have to know that path to the default browser and then use QProcess to open the swf file with the default browser.

Can anyone plese tell me how to do this ?

Thanks a lot.

This is easy on Unix/X11:

for KDE:

$> kfmclient exec <filename>

this will open the file with the default binding if at all it exists...i.e. any app that associates itself with .swf MIME type.

for GNOME:

$>gnome-open <filename>

for WINDOWS:

I can't remember at all!!

Nupul

[SkripT]

Hi,

I used ShellExecuteW with the path to the swf file but it is not opening it. This is probably because the swf file is not associated with the browser.

I believe to do this I would first have to know that path to the default browser and then use QProcess to open the swf file with the default browser.

Can anyone plese tell me how to do this ?

Thanks a lot.

If no application is associated with the SWF file then is normal that ShellExecuteW doesn't open nothing... Have you tried it associating the swf file to a browser?

[munna]

Have you tried it associating the swf file to a browser?

No, I did not try this because even if I associate, the user of the application will not have swf files associated with the browser.

Is there a way by which I can know that path to the default browser?

Thanks a lot.

[nupul]

No, I did not try this because even if I associate, the user of the application will not have swf files associated with the browser.

Is there a way by which I can know that path to the default browser?

Thanks a lot.

why do you need to do this? I gave you a method above. It will open the .swf file on the user's comp if at all he has some default application to do so!

as for checking the default browser is considered....an swf file will open in any compatible browser, so you don't need to worry about this!

and if you are really hell bent on wanting to show your application in the default browser then go through the man pages for 'kfmclient' maybe you could tweak around with certain options and get what you are looking for!

On Windows........................... i can't think of a way to do this...maybe some one could help

Nupul

[munna]

Unfortunately I want it for windows.

[nupul]

Unfortunately I want it for windows.

I too will wait for this soln

if you find it out before I do, post it here! else...............................I will

Cheers

Nupul.

[Chicken Blood Machine]

I too will wait for this soln

if you find it out before I do, post it here! else...............................I will

Cheers

Nupul.

The Windows ShellExecuteW() solution does exactly the same as the solutions you have provided for linux. They launch the associated application if there is already an association for that file. If the user has not yet made an association, either by creating it herself ar installing a program that makes that association, there is very little you can do about that.

[nupul]

The Windows ShellExecuteW() solution .....

That's It!!!!!!!!!!

This is what I was trying to remember for all these days!!!!! I overlooked it in the question and didn't put much thought...I thought there was something else (there isn't, right?)

Thanks (the biggest smile.......no smiley for that!)

Nupul

[Chicken Blood Machine]

Well Munna did mention it quite clearly at the beginning of this thread!

[munna]

So should I assume that what I want to achieve is just not possible ?

[Chicken Blood Machine]

So should I assume that what I want to achieve is just not possible ?

That depends. What do you mean by default browser? Default browser of what?