>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> When you open an html file or click on a link outside of a browser, >>> it opens it >>> in your default browser. What I'd like to do is to catpure this message and >>> grab the URL text string to see where the browser is going. >>> >>> I was looking at PyHook, but I don't think it intercepts all windows >>> messages, >>> and I'm not sure this is a windows message per se. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> thanks >> >> For opening local files, there's a registered handler for the file type. >> Take a look at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command >> which specifies the program that will open the file. You might be able >> to substitute your own handler, which just logs the request and then >> passes it off to the original program. The handler for internet protocol is >> under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP\shell\open\command, >> although you'd probably also need to change all handlers that point >> to your web browser (https, ftp, etc) >> >> hth >> Roger > > Good idea. > > I tried this, however, modifying that key makes browsers unhappy as they think > they're no longer the default browser. If this were a one-off solution, this > would be good enough, but it needs to be transparent enough to keep the user > happy. > > Perhaps I could catch the actual HTTP network request... that sounds scary > though
In IE, you can disable checking that it's the default browser. (don't know about other browsers, though) In the case of opening a local html file, there will be no network request. hth Roger . _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32