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.