Launching a local file in the default browser

[Ken Ray]

Hugh,

I tried it without the "file:///" in OS X as well as with other
variations with less than three slashes. All did nothing. Perhaps it's
the fact they are "/"-delimited paths that they require "file:///" ? 

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ 

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Ken suggests that this syntax works for Macs...

    <send "file:///" & tPath to program "Finder" with "GURLGURL">

but is the "file:///" actually necessary?

I understood that <send tPath to program "Finder" with "GURLGURL"> works
fine on both flavours.

Not sure whether "/" has to be replaced by ":" as the delimiter,
however.

Anyone care to confirm these points for MacOS and MacOSX? I have a
vested interest in the outcome!

/H