Display a http data link In a Labview Application

[Dhubbell]

I need to create a "http://" link in my Labview application.

My Labview application searches for a keyword on my intranet, and returns the htm file name. I can concatenate the file name with the web address and display the link in my application....

However, the link is just a text string, and is NOT an active "http://" link.

Linking to web sites is common in many applications, I just need to know how to make my Labview application see my "http://" as an active link.

Suggestions, or Comments welcomed.

Thank you,

Doug Hubbell
dhubbell@tecategroup.com

[Dennis_Knutson]

There's a VI in LV 7 called Open URL in Default Browser core in vi.lib>platform>browser.llb (I think its just called Open URL in Browser in older versions). You could use the event structure to detect a mouse down? on the string indicator and pass the url to the function. Before the event structure, I placed a transparent Boolean over the text to accomplish the same thing.

[Dhubbell]

Thank you!

That works great!

Doug