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[frozerlaxegon]

Erm, its been a longgg time since I've been here, so, what I wanted to do is to access my application from a url / webbrowser and accessing a function of it instead of just starting it.
Don't understand? Well, what I wanted to do is like when you type in Mbdn://<fileurlhere> it will open up my application with the <fileurlhere> then mbdn://about will open up the about page, is there any tutorials of doing so here?
Here's an exampleof what I'm talking about

[Agust1337]

what you could do is...
WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted

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if textbox1.text.contains("mbdn://about") then
webbrowser1Document = My.Resources.about
end if

Maybe you could do that.

[Codex]

what you could do is...
WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted

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if textbox1.text.contains("mbdn://about") then
webbrowser1Document = My.Resources.about
end if

Maybe you could do that.

1) its webbrowser1.document, not webbrowser1Document
2) that wouldn't work, or it would but then it would display a "404" error, website not found and then redirected, so instead, have that code in your navigate/go button.
3) I don't think this is what he wants, he wants if you type in mbdn:// in any browser like FireFox, Google Chrome, etc. it would launch a application

[Axel]

what you could do is...
WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted

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if textbox1.text.contains("mbdn://about") then
webbrowser1Document = My.Resources.about
end if

Maybe you could do that.

1) its webbrowser1.document, not webbrowser1Document
2) that wouldn't work, or it would but then it would display a "404" error, website not found and then redirected, so instead, have that code in your navigate/go button.
3) I don't think this is what he wants, he wants if you type in mbdn:// in any browser like FireFox, Google Chrome, etc. it would launch a application

http://www.youtube.com
will launch a website with parameters "www.youtube.com" :P
so i think it would be something like this
mbdn://D:\Users\file.txt
will for example delete the file that way or something idk what he will do with it
or
search://lol+lol = lol
(thats what i think he wants
heres a quick sample i made

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   Dim str As String
        If TextBox1.Text.StartsWith("mbdn://") Then
            str = TextBox1.Text.Remove(0, 7)
            TextBox2.Text = str
            WebBrowser1.Navigate("http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=" + str + "&aq=f&aqi=g1g-sv2&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=64e74bf06843dcb7")
        End If

when you type in "mbdn://lollo , the webbrowser will google "lollo" :P

idk if your problem is solved now

[mandai]

If you want to add a new protocol extension you can use this:

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        Dim rk As RegistryKey = Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey("mbdn")
        rk.SetValue("URL Protocol", "")
        rk = rk.CreateSubKey("shell").CreateSubKey("open").CreateSubKey("command")
        rk.SetValue("", "C:\myApp.exe %1")

Then in your application you should process the arguments array to get the information.

[frozerlaxegon]

*FACE PALM* Apply directly to forehead.
NO, U GUYS NO UNDERSTAND(RAWR) - LOLOLOLOL
Mandai gets it but I not quite understand it, mind explaining?
As for the other replies, I'm NOT developing a web browser goddamnit, I'm developing a music player application, and the url MUST be universal(meaning that if I type mbdn://slay@all in Firefox, it will slay all the slaves! -LOLOLOL and If I type in mbdn://slay@all in Internet Explorer it will also slay all the slaves!)

Mandai, I think u get my idea but mind explaining?

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[mandai]

Lol we get a lot of webbrowsers around here so its easy to get mixed up with that.

First you need to change the last line from C:\myApp.exe to the path/filename of your program that you want to be launched. Basically you add this code to an event so it will install the protocol handler in the registry.

Then in your program's Load event you can use this code to see what address was used e.g. mdbn://example:

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        Dim args As String() = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
        Dim address As String = ""
        For i As Integer = 1 To args.Length - 1
            address += args(i) & " "
        Next
        MsgBox(address)

I'm not sure what you want your app do when it gets the address but you could seperate the paramaters by splitting the string.

[Codex]

*FACE PALM* Apply directly to forehead.
NO, U GUYS NO UNDERSTAND(RAWR) - LOLOLOLOL
Mandai gets it but I not quite understand it, mind explaining?
As for the other replies, I'm NOT developing a web browser goddamnit, I'm developing a music player application, and the url MUST be universal(meaning that if I type mbdn://slay@all in Firefox, it will slay all the slaves! -LOLOLOL and If I type in mbdn://slay@all in Internet Explorer it will also slay all the slaves!)

Mandai, I think u get my idea but mind explaining?

TOPIC NOT LOCKED - *GOES FOR A NICE FACEPALMING*

I understood,

3) I don't think this is what he wants, he wants if you type in mbdn:// in any browser like FireFox, Google Chrome, etc. it would launch a application

Well, i think mandai's code works.