Re: Default Web Browser

FROM : Steve Dekorte
DATE : Sun Jan 26 23:03:02 2003

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?:

  {
    char *URL = "file://somefile.htm";
    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("appURL = %s\n", [(NSString *)s cString]);
  }

I'm getting an access exception on CFURLGetString(). appURL is not NULL.

Cheers,
Steve
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