Re: accessing ftp sites

Received this message but can't answer ---
Could someone on the development team answer the query
ie what is the Amaya behavior and can it be made to call ShellExecute ??

On 18 Mar 2001, at 19:39, noog@libero.it wrote:

> > Unix philosophy normally says one tool for EACH job (efficiency)
> > so user uses his own ftp / mail  utilities
> > but Windows tend to tie systems together (user friendliness)
> 
> in Windows you have a:
> 
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell\open
> 
> registry key. It says what application the user wants to use to open FTP
> sites. I bet Netscape and other "I'm the 800 pound gorilla and you'll do
> what I say"-style applications ignore it and always use their builtin ftp
> client
> 
> A properly designed Windows application, when it founds an unhandled file or
> protocol, or a user preference that overrides the standard behavior, should
> use the ShellExecute(Ex) function instead, which automatically determines
> what's the registered application, and launchs it. It's really easy to
> implement, since the function does all by itself.
> 
> What's the current behavior of Amaya when it founds a
> ftp/gopher/telnet/mailto URL?
> 
> 



John Russell, VE3LL@RAC.CA
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