Difference between revisions of "OpenURL"

Revision as of 22:45, 25 January 2016

OpenURL(url)

Opens a browser window to the specified «url».

This can be used in the OnClick attribute of button to open supplementary documentation for your model.

Failures

There is no return value -- it always returns Null.

The function does not report failures. If the URL does not exist, this error will appear in your browser window, but no error message will occur within Analytica.

If your computer is unable to open a browser, nothing will happen, and no error is reported.

Examples

OpenURL("http://lumina.com")

OpenURL("lumina.com")

History

OpenURL was introduced in Analytica 4.6.

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 [[category:User-interface functions]]
-''new to [[Analytica 4.6]]''
+== OpenURL(url) ==
-= OpenURL(url) =
 Opens a browser window to the specified «url».
 This can be used in the [[OnClick]] attribute of button to open supplementary documentation for your model.
-= Failures =
+== Failures ==
+There is no return value -- it always returns [[Null]].
-There is no return value -- it always returns Null.
 The function does not report failures. If the URL does not exist, this error will appear in your browser window, but no error message will occur within Analytica.
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 If your computer is unable to open a browser, nothing will happen, and no error is reported.
-= Examples =
+== Examples ==
+:<code>OpenURL("http://lumina.com")</code>
-:<code>[[OpenURL]]("http://lumina.com")</code>
+:<code>OpenURL("lumina.com")</code>
-:<code>[[OpenURL]]("lumina.com")</code>
-= See Also =
+==History==
+[[OpenURL]] was introduced in [[Analytica 4.6]].
-* ''Hyperlinks in model documentation'' in Chapter 9 of the Analytica User Guide. (An alternative).
+== See Also ==
+* [[Links or URL in model attributes]]
 * [[ShowPdfFile]] function
+* [[OpenModelFile]]