[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Re: Faux Launch URL in Text Demo

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From: tedd <tedd@...>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:24:23 -0400
>
>I understood what you were talking about, but the obvious way to do 
>it cheap was negated by you already. :) What if Bernie did was 
>considered too complex, and that is what is needed really at a 
>minimum? .. then I'd have had to hit you with a wet url. :)
>
>Here's how simple this all is,  though the B man's way is likely a 
>better way. But this ain't rocketary science. That's for Mr Rutan, 
>the Common Space Man (nice flight)  :)
>You could use RP's custom control thing to do the same, easier to 
>boot. Not sure if that is out yet.
>
>Mostly this in principle is just tracking a click and then calling 
>Fn LaunchUrl. Whatever one does before or after is optional 
>obfuscation, and such can be grand. The below is super cheap, with 
>base model options. But the only cheaper way is to just notice a 
>click in the rect, and launch away, without doing any coloring.
>
>In fact, the cheapest way in OSX is this being anywhere in space:
>
>if fn button then fn launchUrl("url") :)
>
>Most code problems are often at this level of simplicity, obfuscated 
>on up to luxury level and then with more discriminating conditions. 
>But I just say that because I'm a speechwriter in need of a job. :)
>

rc:

Thanks for the contribution.

Now if you only fix what's at the end of the url noted. :-)

tedd

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