Re: [WiX-users] Create a button and use it to launch a URL?

[Eric St.J. <eri...@ho...>]

Try the following, it uses the shell exec custom action to open the browser:

<CustomAction Id="LaunchUrl" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixShellExec" Execute="immediate" Return="check" Impersonate="yes" />

 

<Control Id="PrivacyButton" Type="PushButton" X="55" Y="199" Width="145" Height="28" Text="!Privacy Statement" ToolTip="www.privacy.com">

<Publish Property="WixShellExecTarget" Value="www.privacy.com" Order="1">1</Publish>
<Publish Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchUrl" Order="2">1</Publish>

</Control>

 
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:04:49 +0800
> From: hes...@gm...
> To: wix...@li...
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Create a button and use it to launch a URL?
> 
> > You need a custom action to set the WixShellExecTarget property. That
> > means you also need one to set the target of your app launcher.
> >
> > What's DoURL? Check out how the WixUI dialogs use that custom action:
> > src/ext/UIExtension/wixlib.
> >
> 
> Thanks. I checked some tutorials and come up with this:
> 
> Under <Control>, I have <Publish Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchURL" >1</Publish>
> In the project, I have: <Property Id="BROWSER">
> <RegistrySearch Id='DefaultBrowser' Type='raw'
> Root='HKCR' Key='http\shell\open\command' />
> </Property>
> <CustomAction Id="LaunchURL" Property='BROWSER'
> ExeCommand='www.something.com' Return='asyncNoWait'/>
> 
> No error is displayed but the browser doesn't appear either. The log says:
> MSI (c) (38:04) [22:01:36:922]: Doing action: LaunchURL
> Action 22:01:36: LaunchURL.
> Action start 22:01:36: LaunchURL.
> 
> And no further information. Any ideas? Thanks for the help!
> 
> Best regards,
> He Shiming
> 
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