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  1. Short:    Go to URL or view HTML in YAM 2.x 
  2. Author:   dwhiting@europa.com  (Dick Whiting)
  3. Uploader: dwhiting@europa.com  (Dick Whiting)
  4. Version:  Support for IBrowse, Voyager, AWeb
  5. Type:     comm/mail
  6.  
  7.                                                                            
  8.                                   YAM2URL                                  
  9.                                                                            
  10.                     for use with YAM 2.0 by Marcel Beck                    
  11.                                                                            
  12.                       Copyright ⌐1997 by Dick Whiting                      
  13.                                                                            
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  15.   This will display a URL using your browser, start the browser if needed, 
  16.   uniconify it if already running. It can also be used to view HTML mime   
  17.   attachments.                                                             
  18.                                                                            
  19.   To use this for double-clicking and going to a URL:                      
  20.      edit the three variables in this script for your configuration        
  21.      YAM Config->ARexx->When double-clicking an URL (last entry in list)   
  22.      set the type to ARexx (cycle gadget)                                  
  23.      set the script string to 'Yam:Rexx/YAM2URL.rexx' (assuming it's here) 
  24.      set open console OFF                                                  
  25.      set wait for termination OFF                                          
  26.      SAVE settings                                                         
  27.      you can now double-click on a URL and go to it.                       
  28.                                                                            
  29.   To use this for displaying included HTML attachments:                    
  30.      YAM Config->Read->MimeViewers                                         
  31.      if there is NOT a type for 'text/html' create a NEW one               
  32.      set viewer to: 'sys:rexxc/rx Yam:Rexx/YAM2URL.rexx %s'                
  33.      SAVE settings                                                         
  34.      you can now display HTML attachments by selecting 'Display' from the  
  35.         YAM read window and choosing the HTML attachment from the list.    
  36.                                                                            
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  38. !!! You need to edit the four values hideyam,browser,runbr, and newwindow.    
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  40. NOTES:
  41.  
  42.  IF YOU HAVE REASSIGNED THE YAM TEMPORARY DIRECTORY USE THIS FORM:  
  43.  (This value is specified on the Config->Mixed page.)               
  44.                                                                    
  45.  set viewer to: 'sys:rexxc/rx Yam:Rexx/YAM2URL.rexx file:///%s'     
  46.  
  47.  Also, the '%s' you specify for *MUST* be lowercase. This applies to ALL mime
  48.  prefs, not just the one for Yam2URL. Uppercase '%S' will NOT pass the
  49.  correct information to your mime viewers.
  50.  
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  52.  If you have the rexxtricks.library installed then the browser screen will 
  53.  pop to the front correctly.                                               
  54.                                                                            
  55.  You can find this on Aminet/util/rexx/RexxTricks_386.lha                  
  56.                                                                            
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  58.  Standard Disclaimer: I wrote it, it works for me, I don't guarantee       
  59.  that it will do anything productive for anyone else, etc. etc. ;-)        
  60.                                                                            
  61.                                                                            
  62. HOWEVER, if you do find a use for it: I homeschool my kids and they would  
  63. love a postcard from where EVER you live. Instant Geography Lesson;)       
  64.                                                                            
  65. POSTCARDS:    Dick Whiting                                                 
  66.               28590 S. Beavercreek Rd.                                     
  67.               Mulino, Oregon 97042                                         
  68.               USA                                                          
  69.                                                                            
  70.                                                                            
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  72.                                                                            
  73.                      Dick Whiting <dwhiting@europa.com>                    
  74.                              31 March 1998                                 
  75.                                                                            
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