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Argon
Argon

Reputation: 231

cant get local htm file to open with VB-script

Hi Im tryijng to open a local htm file ussing vb script. I have the following code which will work for standard online webpages however my target htm is found localy, and in that case senario i cant get it to work

WORKING:

    strURL = "http://www.somesite.com"
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.Run(strURL)

NOT WORKING:

strURL = "file://J:\Project Phoenix\Tekenafspraak Tafelhandboek\COMPELATION WITHOUT IMAGES (MASTER)\Tekenafspraak Tafelhandboek.htm"
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.Run(strURL)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 79

Answers (2)

actorma
actorma

Reputation: 28

You need to put quotes around your full path name if there are spaces in it. In this case, it means adding two extra double-quotes at the beginning and end of your string.

And you shouldn't need the "file://" in the path. The Shell object will just open the htm file in your default browser automatically:

strURL = """J:\Project Phoenix\Tekenafspraak Tafelhandboek\COMPELATION WITHOUT IMAGES (MASTER)\Tekenafspraak Tafelhandboek.htm"""
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.Run(strURL)

Upvotes: 1

GoughW
GoughW

Reputation: 146

Quote your spaces. This is spaces 101. What will happen in your script will depend on the configuration of the computer it is run on.

Upvotes: 0

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