[JS] ScriptUI - URL Links in Dialogues

Report · Nov 19, 2012

HI.

I have a left field question, is it possible to put a hyperlink to a web URL in a scriptUI window?

I have some video tutorials that I want to be able to link to from the UI and at the moment all I can do is have a button going to a new alert/promt containing a url instructing the user to copy and paste in their browser.

Can this link be directly placed as a hyperlink in the palette?

Just wondering...

Cheers

Roy

Report · Nov 20, 2012

Hi Roy,

Make a button and use a code like this one from Harbs

See http://forums.adobe.com/message/4390237#4390237

GotoLink()
function GotoLink(url){
            url = url || "http://in-tools.com";
            if(app.version>6){
                if(File.fs=="Macintosh"){
                    var body = 'tell application "Finder"\ropen location "'+url+'"\rend tell';
                    app.doScript(body,ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);
                } else {
                    var body =  'dim objShell\rset objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")\rstr = "'+url+'"\robjShell.ShellExecute str, "", "", "open", 1 '
                    app.doScript(body,ScriptLanguage.VISUAL_BASIC);
                }
            }
            else {
                linkJumper = File(Folder.temp.absoluteURI+"/link.html");
                linkJumper.open("w");
                var linkBody = '<html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL='+url+'"></head><body> <p></body></html>'
                linkJumper.write(linkBody);
                linkJumper.close();
                linkJumper.execute();
            }
        }

Regards

Trevor

Report · Nov 20, 2012

Nice. Thanks for that. Works a treat! (and thanks Harbs too)

Roy

Report · Oct 15, 2018

Kals recently marked my answer as helpful so I thought I would post my preferred openURL function.

function openURL(url, useHttps) {

// by Trevor http://creative-scripts.com

if (!/^http/.test('' + url)) {

url = (useHttps ? 'https://' : 'http://') + url;

}

if ($.os[0] === 'M') { // Mac

app.doScript('open location "URL"'.replace(/URL/, url), ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);

} else { // Windows

app.doScript('CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run("URL")'.replace(/URL/, url), ScriptLanguage.VISUAL_BASIC);

}

openURL('creative-scripts.com');

HTH

Trevor

Report · Oct 16, 2018

Well now you're just being EXTRA helpful @Trevor! Many thanks for taking the time to share your updated function.

Cheers

Kal

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[JS] ScriptUI - URL Links in Dialogues

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