RE: Quick Questions - Easy I'm sure

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From: Ryan Smith (RyanSmith_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:39:05 -0700

Thanks a ton for that note. I have one more question, how would you set up
the app to respond to a query such as ols://time*** or ols://calendar? I
know how to set up an alias for a program using the registry but this is a
little different and the solution eludes me. Any ideas?

"Ryan Smith" wrote:

> I need to develop an app and it would be far quicker and easier to utilize a
> web page with XML data. That is fine and dandy - my question comes in the
> event that a user selects a piece of data - say a contact - how then can you
> launch a 32 bit app and show the data. For example, I have a piece of
> software on my computer and it uses HTML to display data - when I click on an
> item the hyperlink in the HTML reads:
>
> <a href="ols://Timeless/Go" target="_self">
>
> How do I set up my app to not only launch when the above hyperlink is
> clicked? If my question doesn't make sense I would like to know how to write
> an app "ols" and have it launched from a hyperlink contained in an HTML page
> within the app itself. Anybody know of any resources that will better
> explain this?

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