revBrowserOpenCef

Type

function

Summary

Opens and initialises a new Chrome-based browser.

Syntax

revBrowserOpenCef( <windowId> [, <url> ] )

Description

The revBrowserOpenCef function creates a new Chrome-baseed browser in the window with the given windowId. If a url is given, the browser immediately navigates to this url.

The revBrowserOpenCef function creates a new Chrome-baseed browser in the window with the given windowId. If a url is given, the browser immediately navigates to this url.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
windowID		the operating system ID for a stack window as given by the stack windowID property.
url		the initial url to navigate to when opening the browser. The URL can be a page from a web server, beginning "http://", or a local file, beginning "file://"

Examples

local tBrowserId
put revBrowserOpenCef(the windowId \
      of this stack, "http://www.livecode.com" ) into tBrowserId
if tBrowserId is not an integer then
  answer "Failed to open browser"
end if

local tBrowserId, tFile   
answer file "Please choose a file to display"
if the result is not "cancel" then
  put it into tFile
  put revBrowserOpenCef(the windowId \
        of this stack, "file://" & tFile) into tBrowserId
end if

Related

command: revBrowserStop, revBrowserPrint, revBrowserSet, revBrowserMakeTextBigger, revBrowserNavigate, revBrowserAddJavaScriptHandler, revBrowserRemoveJavaScriptHandler, revBrowserClose

message: browserOver, browserNewInstance, browserNewUrlWindow, browserDownloadRequest, browserNavigateCompleteFrame

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 6.7

OS

windows

Platforms

desktop