Question Open new default browser window from button

[brekke]

Hi guys..

Just a quick qquestion.
My application opens a web browser window with the click of a button.
Today it looks like this:

Process.Start("http://www.google.com" + researchnr1.text)
(It's not this website, but this is just an example.) This will open the requested website with a specified number at the end of the adress.

What i would like it to do was to run like the simple html command would run it:
javascript:void(window.open ('http://www.google.com','Mainframe','menubar=no,toolbar=no,location=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,resizable=yes'))
And ofcourse the specified tag from the text field at the end.
Is there anyway to convert this into working with VB?

Thanks in advance..

 

[FluidOne]

'Just Found this online, was looking for it myself. it works great and should serve your purpose with a few modifications.
'By Zebula8


Public Class Form1

Friend Function GetDefaultBrowser() As String
Dim browser As String = [String].Empty
Dim key As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = Nothing
Dim Quote As String = Chr(34)
Try

key = My.Computer.Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("HTTP\shell\open\command", False)

' trim off quotes
browser = key.GetValue(Nothing).ToString().ToLower().Replace(Quote, "")
If Not browser.EndsWith("exe") Then
' get rid of everything after the 'exe'
browser = browser.Substring(0, browser.LastIndexOf(".exe") + 4)

End If

Finally
If key IsNot Nothing Then
key.Close()
End If
End Try

Return browser

End Function

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim p As New Process()
p.StartInfo.FileName = GetDefaultBrowser()
p.StartInfo.Arguments = "www.yahoo.com"
p.Start()
End Sub
End Class

 

[JohnH]

FluidOne, that is all redundant since that is what Process.Start(url) does, it also doesn't answer the question actually asked.

To execute a javascript you could use a hidden WebBrowser control and set DocumentText, for example add a script and call .Document.InvokeScript method, or add a dummy element with onload directive.
For window.open specifically you could just navigate to an empty document and use .Document.Window.Open function as exposed by HtmlWindow class.
A second thought, why not show the document directly in WebBrowser control in form? If you need a separate window simply add another form for it.

 

[brekke]

FluidOne, that is all redundant since that is what Process.Start(url) does, it also doesn't answer the question actually asked.

To execute a javascript you could use a hidden WebBrowser control and set DocumentText, for example add a script and call .Document.InvokeScript method, or add a dummy element with onload directive.
For window.open specifically you could just navigate to an empty document and use .Document.Window.Open function as exposed by HtmlWindow class.
A second thought, why not show the document directly in WebBrowser control in form? If you need a separate window simply add another form for it.

Thanks..
Should this work if i try to execute the java script command on an external webrowser, say for instance firefox or IE?

 

[JohnH]

Should this work if i try to execute the java script command on an external webrowser, say for instance firefox or IE?

That would be redundant as well, since you would be opening a new browser window for the only reason of opening another browser window.