Re: [wxperl-users] Launching browser on Windows

[DH <cra...@ya...>]

> Hi Folks,
> 
> I just discovered that the trick to launching a browser on
> Windows (at least on my NT version), is to use the DOS
> shortname.
> 

It's no trick, but it does block

  system qw[ cmd.exe /c start iexplore.exe], $url; # to start a new window, no need for shortname
  system qw[ cmd.exe /c start ], $url;             # to reuse an open window, need shortname

see  http://perlmonks.com/index.pl?node=Perl%2FTk%20Chatterbox%20Client
for an example using Win32::Process;



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