Re: Default Web Browser

FROM : Steve Dekorte
DATE : Sun Jan 26 23:39:06 2003

On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 10:59 PM, Steve Dekorte wrote:
> Vince DeMarco wrote:

>> Steve Dekorte wrote:

>>> How can I programmatically find which web browser is set to be the 
>>> default in the System/Internet preferences?

>> look up the function LSGetApplicationForURL()

> Thanks for the response. Should this code work?:


Found the problem - the file has to be present. This works:

  {
    char *URL = 
"file:///System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/
Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference/ObjC_classic/
AppKitTOC.html";
    FSRef appRef;
    CFURLRef appURL;

    CFStringRef urlStr = CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, URL, 
kCFStringEncodingASCII);
    CFURLRef inURL = CFURLCreateWithString(NULL, urlStr, NULL);

    OSStatus oss = LSGetApplicationForURL(inURL, kLSRolesEditor, 
&appRef, &appURL);
    CFStringRef s = CFURLGetString(appURL);
    printf("default web browser = %s\n", [[(NSString *)s 
lastPathComponent] cString]);
  }

Cheers,
Steve
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