Bug in 'Open URL In Browser.vi' when is default internet browser Mozilla 1.x

[JCC_(SK)]

LabVIEW BUG:

My default browser is Mozilla 1.7.1 [1.6].
When I want open web page by: 'help\_browser.llb\Open URL In Browser.vi' all is OK and VI open first browser window with correct addres.
But, when I don't close this browser window and I run this VI again, next window is open but in page addres missing last alphabetic character.
I try debug this problem. Ther is in 'DDE Request.vi' but this VI I can't debug. [I debug in LabVIEW6.1, 7.1 is locked :-((( ]

This bug, is in LabVIEW 6.1 to 7.1.
Problem is with Mozilla 1.6 and 1.7.1
I am sorry that I writing to Forum, but I do not found Bug report on www.ni.com 🙂

[rolfk]

JCC (SK) wrote:

> LabVIEW BUG:
>
> My default browser is Mozilla 1.7.1 [1.6].
> When I want open web page by: 'help\_browser.llb\Open URL In
> Browser.vi' all is OK and VI open first browser window with correct
> addres.
> But, when I don't close this browser window and I run this VI again,
> next window is open but in page addres missing last alphabetic
> character.
> I try debug this problem. Ther is in 'DDE Request.vi' but this VI I
> can't debug. [I debug in LabVIEW6.1, 7.1 is locked :-((( ]
>
> This bug, is in LabVIEW 6.1 to 7.1.
> Problem is with Mozilla 1.6 and 1.7.1
> I am sorry that I writing to Forum, but I do not found Bug report on
> www.ni.com 🙂

Noticed the same problem. This is most probably NOT a LabVIEW bug as the
same works fine with IE.
It must be something on the Mozilla side
receiving the DDE comands dropping the last character. My workaround is
to add an extra space to the end of the document path. IE doesn't
complain about this, when invoked over the command line because the
application is not yet open it seems to not cause problems either so I
let it be with that.

Proper operandi modus would be to file a bug in the Mozilla bug error
database or try to fix it and send a patch to the Mozilla project.

Rolf Kalbermatter

[JCC_(SK)]

Yes you have right. I try small VisualBasic Script in Excel, and it work similarly. I go try repair Mozilla 🙂

VisualBasic Script in Excel:
Sub DDEcallMozilla()
Dim tmp
Dim channelNumber

channelNumber = Application.DDEInitiate("Mozilla", "WWW_OpenURL")
tmp = Application.DDERequest(channelNumber, "www.google.com")
Application.DDETerminate channelNumber

End Sub


Have a nice day.
Peter

[KileenC]

Just thought you'd like to know that I've documented this behavior on the NI side as well just for documentation's sake since the bug is in Mozilla rather than LabVIEW.

Thanks!
Kileen C.
NI