[Mono-list] Opening user's browser

[Aaron Bockover]

If using Gtk# with Gnome support:

Gnome.Url.Show(...)

--Aaron


On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 12:59 -0200, Felipe Almeida Lessa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to have a function that opens a link in the user's web
> browser. Googling about it I didn't find an arch-independent solution.
> The best I could do until now is:
> 
> public static bool OpenLink(string address) {
> 	try {
> 		int plat = (int) Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
> 		System.Diagnostics.Process proc;
> 		if ((plat != 4) && (plat != 128)) {
> 			// Use Microsoft's way of opening sites
> 			proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(address);
> 		} else {
> 			// We're on Unix, try several browsers
> 			string cmdline = String.Format("firefox {0} || mozilla-firefox {0}" +
> 				" || epiphany {0} || galeon {0} || opera {0} || dillo {0}", address);
> 			proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(cmdline);
> 			// Sometimes we need to wait for bash
> 			System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
> 		}
> 		return (!proc.HasExited || proc.ExitCode == 0);
> 	} catch {
> 		return false;
> 	}
> }
> 
> I'd like to know what you think about it, and if there's a better
> solution. Also, I think that a snippet of code showing how to do this
> should be put on mono-project.com, as this may help other people too.
> 
> Cya,
> Felipe.
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