Entry
TSE: Mouse: Macro: Link: Click: How to possibly create hyperlinks in any text document?
May 31st, 2004 15:40
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden --- 31 May 2004 - 06:03 pm ------------------------
TSE: Mouse: Macro: Link: Click: How to possibly create hyperlinks in
any text document?
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This will allow you to use any of your ASCII text files similar to a
html page in your browser, that is, you can click once with your mouse
on that text links, after which some possible actions follow.
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Steps: Overview:
1. -Download and unpack the zip file at
http://www.knud.info/linkclic.zip
2. -Compile the following macros from it:
1. gotogfmo.s
2. runempde.s
3. runbrpdf.s
4. runmaclu.s
3. -Then run the main macro
(put it e.g. in your autoload list)
gotogfmo.mac
4. -If you then click with your mouse on anything like the following:
http:// -> will start the browser with this URL
news:// -> will start Microsoft Outlook Express as your
newsreader
myemail@myprovider.com -> will start Microsoft Outlook Express
with that e-mail address
\\myserver -> will show that UNC path in your browser
file:/// -> will load that file in your browser
ftp:// -> will start the browser with this ftp directory
.mac -> will start that TSE macro
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For example: address database
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Suppose you have an address database in an ASCII text file, containing
lines like the following:
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mygirlfriend1 - mygirlfriend1@provider1.com -
http://www.mygirlfriend1.com - met her at the Ritz 11 May 2004
mygirlfriend2 - mygirlfriend2@provider2.com -
http://www.mygirlfriend2.com - met her at the beach 21 May 2004
...
mygirlfriendN - mygirlfriendN@providerN.com -
http://www.mygirlfriendN.com - met her at the restaurant 23 May 2004
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then clicking once with your mouse on e.g.
the e-mail address will open Microsoft Outlook Express to create an e-
mail
with this e-mail address,
clicking on the url will start the Internet Explorer browser with that
url.
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For example: support database
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Suppose you have a support database in an ASCII text file, containing
information like the following, you can then (like a wizard) follow
the steps by e.g. clicking with your mouse once on the links
successively, which will execute it.
This will allow you to quickly, with a minimum effort from your side
(just one mouse click) to do such actions.
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Steps: Overview:
(Note: current restriction, no spaces in the filenames)
1. -Download the latest version of program 'myproduct' at:
http://www.mycompany.com/download/myproduct.zip
or otherwise at
ftp://ftp.mycompany.com/myproduct.zip
2. -Install the program by running it from your local computer:
file:///c:\progra~1\myproduct\myproduct.exe
or otherwise at the local server:
\\myserver\mydirectory\myproduct.exe
3. -Check the latest information in the newsgroups
news://news.myproduct.com
4. -If you want to receive more information, send
an e-mail to:
mydivision@mycompany.com
5. -You can otherwise also run the following TSE macro
c:\temp\myproduct.mac
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The idea of the program is that you determine the type of the current
word using regular expressions (e.g. for url, e-mail, UNC, news:,
ftp:...)
in a case statement (using ELSEIF).
and if found that you get that current word at the cursor position.
You use then that word as a parameter for your application
(e.g. Internet Explorer, Outlook Express), which you launch using
StartPgm() or ShellExecute.
That you can click on it using the mouse you do by using a hook,
which reacts on events, and instructs here to go after each command to
my case procedure.
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Tested successfully in TSE v4.2
(as I am using the newly defined procedure 'StartPgm()' which is
present
from TSE v4.2 on, but
I have now also added a dll ShellExecute for earlier TSE windows
versions,
that should possibly do the job also).
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