Alex, i got the external code done, what i am working now is how do i parse the tag information out of DCS using a script.... to an external vb script that will pick it up from there to open up relevant page.............any ideas or docs Thanks Venu On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Johnson, Alex P (IOM) < Alex.Johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The FoxDraw manual - B0700BE - describes how to use "shortcut menus." These > menus can run scripts. Scripts can run any command line program that you > might have. > > I've never tried it, but it is reasonable to think that web browsers might > accept a URL as a command line option. If so, you could do it that way. > > Otherwise, I suspect you could write a VB program that accepts the argument > and tells IE what to do. > > > Regards, > > Alex Johnson > Invensys Operations Management > 10900 Equity Drive > Houston, TX 77041 > +1 713 329 8472 (desk) > +1 713 329 1600 (operator) > +1 713 329 1944 (SSC Fax) > +1 713 329 1700 (Central Fax) > alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx (current) > alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (good until September 2010) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Venu Navuluri > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:38 AM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [foxboro] making web calls in foxboro > > Hello All ...... > is it possible to make web calls from Foxview > display with a customized shortcut menu . I am trying to build a > customized short cut menu for the displays that when a user right clicks > on a particular tag will find a link to a detailed overview that is on a > web URl. Can anyone share ideas and docs that I have to refer to make > web calls from graphics. > > > > Best Regards > > Venu > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > > > > *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or > attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it > is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally > privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its > status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete > this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any > purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes > from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a > company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd > Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For > a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to > http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77 > . > > You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail > reception@xxxxxxxxxxxxx This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be > subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its > subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and > affiliates). > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > > _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave