Currently I use multiple browsers to complete my assigned task. To accomodate multiple browsers a block of code was created.
The main method is listed below.
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void DlgTstFrame::fireBrowser(string bn)
{
// bn is the variable that holds the browser name
string url = checkForURL(); // check the clipboard for a URL
if (url > "")
{
Xqt(bn + " " + url); // If the URL is present on the clipboard use that URL
}
else
{
Xqt(bn); // Start the browser without a URL designation
}
}
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The check for URLfunction is listed below.
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string DlgTstFrame::checkForURL()
{
string url = "";
wxTextDataObject data;
// Read some text
if (wxTheClipboard->Open())
{
if (wxTheClipboard->IsSupported(wxDF_TEXT)) // Does text exists on the clopboard?
{
wxTextDataObject data;
wxTheClipboard->GetData(data);
url = data.GetText().ToStdString(); // Place the clipboard contents in the variable URL
if (url.find("http") == 0) // Is the string "http" in the first four characters of the string?
{
wxTheClipboard->Close(); // Close the clipboard
// The clipboard contains a URL
return url;
}
else
{
wxTheClipboard->Close(); // Close the clipboard
// No URL was detected so return a null string
return "";
}
}
}
wxTheClipboard->Close(); // Close the clipboard
}
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This utility will work for any number of browsers.
Mr. Arch Brooks, Software Engineer, Brooks Computing Systems, LLC authored this article.