arexx commands for browsers OWB, Netsurf, IBrowse

Hi,

Opening an URL is done using one of these
1.Amiga OS 4:> RX "a='http://www.amigans.net/';ADDRESS OWB.1; OPENURL a"
//OK
2.Amiga OS 4:> RX "ADDRESS OWB.1; OPENURL 'http://www.amigans.net/'"
//OK
3.Amiga OS 4:> RX "ADDRESS OWB.1; 'OPENURL http://www.amigans.net/'"
//OK

for URL's that are the result of queries, these commands do not work.


1.Amiga OS 4:> RX "a='http://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2799&forum=3';ADDRESS OWB.1; OPENURL a"
1 *-* OPENURL a;
+++ Command returned 10
2.Amiga OS 4:> RX "ADDRESS OWB.1; OPENURL 'http://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2799&forum=3'"
1 *-* OPENURL 'http://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopi...
+++ Command returned 10
3.Amiga OS 4:> RX "ADDRESS OWB.1; 'OPENURL http://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/ ... php?topic_id=2799&forum=3'"
1 *-* 'OPENURL http://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopi...
+++ Command returned 10

Is there a way around this? (some escape characters?)

@JosDuchIt

Quote:

try that one:
RX "ADDRESS OWB.1; 'OPENURL ""http://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/ ... =2799&forum=3""'"

the address has to be surrounded by quotes as there are some special characters in it.

regards...

@MichaelMerkel

Grand, that works OK.
Thank you very much

What I don't understand is that URLopen, which is supposed to replace OpenURL, does not support using ARexx commands at all! Oh, and don't get me started on the "Sys:Prefs/URL" program for configuring it, what a terribly thought-out GUI that is.

@ChrisH

Yeah, it needs to check whether you have a browser running and be able to send ARexx commands to it, just like OpenURL does. At the moment I can be running a web browser, and if I click on a link which uses launch-handler it will still ask me which browser I want to use, and then run it again.