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Thanks to Ryan Farley (http://ryanfarley.com/blog/archive/2004/05/16/649.aspx ) for an idea.
Thanks to Ryan Farley (http://ryanfarley.com/blog/archive/2004/05/16/649.aspx ) for an idea.
[[{{ns:14}}:Internet Functions]]

Revision as of 22:24, 30 April 2005

Author: techtonik (talk, contrib)


Description

Link opened via ExecShell "open" "http://nsis.sf.net/" may happen to be loaded in existing browser window thus erasing previous content. Here is NSIS function to open link in new window. Place a link into $0 and enjoy. =)

The Function

# Uses $0
Function openLinkNewWindow
  Push $3 
  Push $2
  Push $1
  Push $0
  ReadRegStr $0 HKCR "http\shell\open\command" ""
# Get browser path
    DetailPrint $0
  StrCpy $2 '"'
  StrCpy $1 $0 1
  StrCmp $1 $2 +2 # if path is not enclosed in " look for space as final char
    StrCpy $2 ' '
  StrCpy $3 1
  loop:
    StrCpy $1 $0 1 $3
    DetailPrint $1
    StrCmp $1 $2 found
    StrCmp $1 "" found
    IntOp $3 $3 + 1
    Goto loop
 
  found:
    StrCpy $1 $0 $3
    StrCmp $2 " " +2
      StrCpy $1 '$1"'
 
  Pop $0
  Exec '$1 $0'
  Pop $1
  Pop $2
  Pop $3
FunctionEnd

Thanks to Ryan Farley (http://ryanfarley.com/blog/archive/2004/05/16/649.aspx ) for an idea.

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