macOS Open Safari from a Application

satyam90

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Oct 19, 2007

• #1

Hi,

In my application I am providing a html file.
I am having a button in my dialog. On clicking that buton, i want to show the html file in Safari (or any other browser that is available). How to do this.

Regards,
Satyam.

 

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hhas

macrumors regular

• Oct 19, 2007

• #2

If it's a help file, don't forget that OS X provides a standard framework for dealing with those. Otherwise, you could use something like the following, which will open a resource file using the default application for that file type:

Code:

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: @"yourfile" ofType: @"html"];
BOOL success = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openFile: path];

 

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garethlewis2

macrumors 6502

• Oct 19, 2007

• #3

You could use an Applescript to open Safari and then display the file in question.

Other options include using fork and exec.

Using 'system'

Using NSTask.

 

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kainjow

Moderator emeritus

• Oct 19, 2007

• #4

garethlewis2 said:

You could use an Applescript to open Safari and then display the file in question.

Other options include using fork and exec.

Using 'system'

Using NSTask.

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