open a file in a browser from a newLISP script

[cormullion]

I've written this for running on MacOS X:

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(if (= ostype "OSX")
    (exec (string "open " file ".html")))

which displays the file.html file in the default web browser. Is there an equivalent form for Windows?

[DrDave]

I've written this for running on MacOS X:

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(if (= ostype "OSX")
    (exec (string "open " file ".html")))

which displays the file.html file in the default web browser. Is there an equivalent form for Windows?

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(set 'filename-with-path "c:/myhtmlfile.html")
(exec filename-with-path)
or more like your example

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(set 'path "c:/" 'filename "myhtmlfile")
(exec (string path filename ".html"))

Beware of spaces in the filename; you'll need to wrap the string like this

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(set 'path "c:/" 'filename {"my html file"})
(exec (string path filename ".html"))

[cormullion]

Thanks.