Help with BFS.Web.OpenUrl

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RayK

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BFS.Web.OpenUrl isn't working on my computer, I'm not sure why. However, BFS.Web.OpenUrlNewWindow works fine except I don't want the stuff I open in a new window. Am I missing something?

Please help.

Jul 16, 2015 • #1

Are you using the new VoiceBot 2.0.1 release? Thanks!

Jul 17, 2015 • #2

RayK

18 discussion posts

I'm using 2.0.2 and it still doesn't work for me. Any reason?

Aug 6, 2015 • #3

Hi, we're still trying to work out why your script isn't working for you. Is it possible to let us know what browser you are using and its version, and what website you are trying to open? Thanks!

Aug 10, 2015 (modified Aug 10, 2015) • #4

RayK

18 discussion posts

It's very possible that it's because I'm using Google Chrome Canary, but it is set as my default browser. Hope this info helps you help me.

Aug 12, 2015 • #5

Thanks! Two more questions. Which version of Windows are you running? And is Chrome Canary your default browser in Windows?

Aug 14, 2015 • #6

RayK

18 discussion posts

I'm on Windows 10 and Chrome Canary is my set as my default browser on it. I'll also keep working on fixing it. It may be a fluke.

Aug 17, 2015 • #7

Hi, it looks like Canary does have some problems with Windows 10 and our scripting API. In the meantime, can you use a work around in your script? Instead of using BFS.Web.OpenUrl, can you use BFS.Application.Start? The code should look something like this:

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BFS.Application.Start("[path to your Google Chrome Canary executable]", "[ URL of the website]");

That code should open a URL as a new tab in Chrome Canary.

Hope this works for you!

Aug 17, 2015 (modified Aug 17, 2015) • #8

RayK

18 discussion posts

If this is what it is supposed to look like it's not working as in not compiling. Help please. Thanks for all the help so far.

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using System;
using System.Drawing;

   public static class VoiceBotScript
{
  public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle)
    {
                 BFS.Application.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", "www.voicebot.net");
    }
}

Note: chrome.exe is Chrome Canary and that is the path.

Aug 18, 2015 (modified Aug 18, 2015) • #9

It looks like you didn't escape the backslashes in your path. Here's some code that should fix up your issue:

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using System;
using System.Drawing;

public static class VoiceBotScript
{
  public static void Run(IntPtr windowHandle)
    {
                 BFS.Application.Start("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe", "www.voicebot.net");
    }
}

Hope this helps!

Aug 18, 2015 (modified Aug 18, 2015) • #10

RayK

18 discussion posts

Thank you very much!

Aug 21, 2015 • #11

On re-testing this issue, it seems to work correctly for us now with the latest version of Chrome Canary. If you still run into trouble, please let us know

Thanks!

Aug 3, 2016 • #12