Opening URL in a new htmlviewer

General
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I have this code which is suppose to fetch a url in an htmlviewer on a window to another htmlviewer on another window which works as a popup browser, but it doesnt seem to work. it rather opens the popup browser as a blank page and it then opens the xojo file location on my computer. Can any one help me?

dim url As String
dim pop As new popupwindow
pop.Title = “Secured Guest Logging”
pop.Width = 500
pop.Height = 700
ShowURL(url)
Return pop.popupviewer

2

your URL variable doesn’t have a value
ShowURL forces the default web browser to load the URL
HTMLViewer.LoadURL is the command you want

3

Okay great, atleast that is a start, now how do i fetch the link of the clicked URL into the HTMLViewer.LoadURL()…?please help a newbie

4

You get the clicked URL in the CancelLoad event. In the URL property. If you return True, the HTMLViewer won’t go to that URL and you can open it elsewhere.

5

[code]Function CancelLoad(URL as String) As Boolean
dim pop As new popupwindow(URL)
pop.Title = “Secured Guest Logging”
pop.Width = 500
pop.Height = 700

Return TRUE
End Function[/code]

6

Thanks shao sean, but i get the error saying “This method requires fewer parameters than were passed”… The error is on
dim pop As new popupwindow(URL)

7

You would need to add a constructor method to popupwindow to accept the url and pass that on to it’s htmlviewer.

8

@Scott Siegrist how do i do that? could give me an example code?

9

@Michel Bujardet okay, i get it. But the problem i am facing now is that the CancelLoad event fires immediately my application opens. I want it to fire when an html link with _blank is clicked. so I will get its link and open it in a popup browser.

10

Michael,
when you click on a _blank link, the newWindow event should fire, allowing you to specify a different htmlViewer object to show it

hope this helps,

Giulio
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@Giulio Mastrosanti … Thanks Guilio, I have this code in my NewWindow event which opens the new window as a popup, my problem i am having is how do i get the link clicked to appear in the htmlviewer in that new window. This is the code in the NewWindow event.

dim pop As  new popupwindow
  pop.Title = "Secured Guest Logging"
  pop.Width = 500
  pop.Height = 700
  pop.popupviewer.LoadURL()
  Return pop.popupviewer

i am so confused now, help me guys. pleaaaase. How do i get the clicked link into LoadURL, “popupviewer is the name of the htmlviewer”

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you don’t have to loadUrl in the popviewer,

you must simply return popupviewer to let the app know where to open the new page

dim pop As new popupwindow
pop.Title = “Secured Guest Logging”
pop.Width = 500
pop.Height = 700
Return pop.popupviewer

should work, although if you declare ( dim) the window in the event itself, you will loose the reference to it

13

@Giulio Mastrosanti … Dont know what the problem is, but i just tried your method and it just loads an empty page displaying nothing. It seems it cannot get the url been clicked

14

I made a test and it works,
could you send me a sample project?

15

Okay @Giulio Mastrosanti how do i send you the test project?

16

put a link to download it, or send it to me at giulio@bitbazar.com

17

@Giulio Mastrosanti … I have sent the project to your email as requested. Thanks soo much for helping me out on this.