I/O Managers

URL

Supported By

Examples

open URL "http://www.openxion.org"
open URL "http://www.openxion.org" as "text"

Description

If no I/O method is given, the URL I/O manager will open the specified URL with the user's default web browser.

If an I/O method is given, the URL I/O manager allows reading and writing to URLs using the I/O commands open, read, write, truncate, and close. See the documentation for each I/O command for more information.

Security

To launch URLs, OpenXION's security settings must allow the BROWSER_LAUNCH security key. To read from or write to URLs, OpenXION's security settings must allow the INTERNET_ACCESS security key. If the required security key is denied, a script error will be triggered.

Compatibility

HyperTalk does not support the as keyword. HyperTalk can only launch URLs, and cannot read from or write to them.

See Also

open, read, write, close