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App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:37 am
by stefan.erni
Hi Ben
In C# it's easy to start the IE explorer and open a page just with pressing a button
Is there a way to to this in the App Developer?
regards
Stefan
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private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string target = "https://www.flowcodexchange.com/";
try
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(target);
}
catch (System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception noBrowser)
{
if (noBrowser.ErrorCode == -2147467259)
MessageBox.Show(noBrowser.Message);
}
catch (System.Exception other)
{
MessageBox.Show(other.Message);
}
}
Re: App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:00 am
by Steve-Matrix
Hi Stefan,
I don't know any simple way of doing this in Flowcode, but I might be able to add a new Build-in Function.
That said, Ben might know a way...
Re: App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:44 pm
by stefan.erni
Hi Steve
like a little hint
The Datarecorder has a button " ? "
If I press it, in the running app,
it's open the IE explorer with the wiki from flowcode.
A button that I can choose the page...
regards
Stefan
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Re: App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:14 pm
by BenR
Hi Stefan,
Just a thought but can your C# code be put into a DLL. If it can then Flowcode can call DLL functions.
https://www.matrixtsl.com/blog/expandin ... sing-dlls/
Re: App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:03 pm
by stefan.erni
Hi Ben
Ok I saw how it's works.
I think I can do something like the test function.
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//Test Function
DECLDIR unsigned char Add( unsigned char a, unsigned char b )
{
return (a+b);
}
/Open Explorer Function from Stefan
DECLDIR OpenWebsite (char * cpURL)
{
ShellExecute (NULL, "open", cpURL, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
}
//OpenIEE Function
DECLDIR unsigned OpenIEE( String a)
{
return ;
}
But your sample for the DLL is already old. It's for Visualstudio 2008.
If I open it with VS2019 I get some errors.
I will have look about it
There is second wish
How to start a batch file from App Developper?
If I put this text in a batchfile it's starts the page in the IE
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start msedge https://www.flowcodexchange.com/
regards
Stefan
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Re: App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:17 pm
by BenR
This one was done a lot more recently, hopefully shoud give you more joy.
Re: App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:48 pm
by stefan.erni
Hi Ben
Yes. Thanks a lot.
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
I saw the the sample ReadDate.fcm is also old and FC8 has the dll on a different place.
Is it possible to have the keyboard.fcm from FC9 ?
regards
Stefan
Re: App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 2:56 pm
by BenR
Hi Stefan,
Here you go.
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GetKeyPress:DLLs[$(appdir)API.DLL\Keyboard.dll]
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If you look at te Build -> Compiler Options window then you can see all the useful directories available and their variable name.
e.g.
$(appdir) or $(srcdir)
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Re: App Developer How to open a Browser Page
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:30 pm
by stefan.erni
Hi Ben
I changed the keyboard dll. When I press the a key, it becomes retval 10 and starts the explorer with the desired page. It's working!
well I have to see how I can make more meaningful
regards
Stefan
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#include <shellapi.h>
DECLDIR unsigned char GetKeyPress(unsigned char key)
{
unsigned int ret;
unsigned char retval = 0;
ret = GetAsyncKeyState(key);
if (ret & 0x0001)
retval = 10;
if (ret & 0x8000)
retval = 10;
if (retval==10)
ShellExecute(0, 0, L"https://www.flowcodexchange.com/", 0, 0, SW_SHOW);
return retval;
}