URL files

I am coming along well on a switch from the evils of M$ I do have one question though that I am not finding an answer to. Then again it's 4:33am so I could just be missing the obvious
When I was in Windows (XP) I stopped using bookmark files, etc. It just got annoying. So, I'd just drag the URL to a folder of bookmarks (this way made it easier to manage between multiple browsers and just check for duplicates, etc.).
So, now I have all the URL files that XP made. My question is how do I convert them into something Leopard can deal with.
I guess I could. Load them on to an XP box. make firefox import them. Then move the bookmark.htm file over to Leopard and go from there. I'm just thinking there has got to be an easier way.
or was that it?
Thank you

Your post made me curious, so I just dug up some old URL files with Spotlight. If I click on one, it simply opens in Safari as I would hope.
I guess then you could click on the one by one, then bookmark them.

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Hello
I've adopted Safari for Windows at work due to the good experience I had with Safai on my Mac at home, but I almost immediately I found a serious bug:
Safari for Windows creates ".URL" files perfectly like IE7, by dragging the icon on the left of the address into a folder (or the desktop). Everything' fine here. I use this functionality a lot!
I just opened the .URL file and looks nice. Here's an example:
\[InternetShortcut\]
URL=http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1188
The PROBLEM is that when I double click the ".URL" file Safari for Windows just created, Safari NEVER opens, instead opening IE7 !
There must be a registry fix for this, because if I drag the icon into an opened Safari, it opens the link perfectly.
Please tell me what I must change on the Windows Registry to fix this.
Thank you in advance for your support, and keep up the good work!

Replying to my own problem, I think I finally fixed it... by accident!
After a lot of juggling with Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs->Set predefined browser, I finally managed to get IE7 out of the way, but only after deactivating access to Internet Explorer, and a lot of random checks and reboots along the way.
I have no idea why Safari for Windows can't make himself the default browser on URL opening, but I believe you are missing some settings somewhere in the Windows Registry.
Happy bug hunting!

I am trying to import my favorites from a Favorites folder that are .url files! Please help!

Hi,
So my old laptop died, and I saved my favorites from internet explorer as a Favorites folder (I took the harddrive out of my old laptop and dragged everything onto an external harddrive). I now have a new laptop and am trying to pull in all my favorites into Mozilla. I have already looked at all the help files on here, but it looks like they are only for importing .html files? I was looking at my saved favorites and it seems they are all saved as .url files. Any advice on how to get these into Firefox? I really really don't want to have to re-bookmark EVERYTHING.
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Firefox can handle its' own json and sqlite format for bookmarks/places, and it can handle the universal bookmarks.html interchange format, but it can't deal with the Favorites .url format - that's unique to IE and its' clones. Get that folder of .url files back into Internet Explorer and then export that data as an HTML file.
In IE: 
File > Import/Export - Export to HTML file
''then in Firefox:'' 
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Opening a URL/File in new window instead of new tab

I think I know the answer to this, but I'd like to check anyway. When setting an action to Open URL or File for a button/click box/hyperlink/etc, is there a setting in Captivate to open the URL/File in a new WINDOW instead of a new TAB? I know to use the "New" setting along with the Open URL or File action. I assume opening in a new window instead of a new tab by default is going to depend on the settings of whatever browser you use, but like I said, just wanted to check. Thanks!

If you open it in javascript and specify a height/width or location it should open in a new window.
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My hosting company has made a server config change and my xslt pages have stopped working with the following error.
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What else might be the problem?
Warning: require_once() [
function.require-once]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in
/homepages/0/xxx/htdocs/xxxx/inc/horoscope_xml.php on line
3
Warning: require_once(
http://www.xxxx.co.uk/includes/MM_XSLTransform/MM_XSLTransform.class.php) [
function.require-once]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in
/homepages/0/xxxx/htdocs/xxxxx/inc/horoscope_xml.php on line
3
Fatal error: require_once() [
function.require]: Failed opening required 'http://www.xxxxx.co.uk/includes/MM_XSLTransform/MM_XSLTransform.class.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in
/homepages/0/xxxx/htdocs/xxxxx/inc/horoscope_xml.php on line
3

bikeman01 wrote:
I don't understand your use of the word 'class' in your reply - I am using php not asp.net.
The name of the file that you are trying to access is MM_XSLTransform.class.php. It is a PHP class created by Dreamweaver for the XSL Transformation server behavior.
The servers php is 5.2.11, as it has been for sometime, so I know that it previously worked with allow_url_fopen = on and allow_url_include = off
Judging from the error message, you are trying to include the file using a URL, rather than a file path:
Fatal error: require_once() [
function.require]: Failed opening required 'http://www.xxxxx.co.uk/includes/MM_XSLTransform/MM_XSLTransform.class.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in
/homepages/0/xxxx/htdocs/xxxxx/inc/horoscope_xml.php on line
3
Change the URL to a file path:
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No.
[Edited to correct name of server behavior]

Problem with URL File download

Hi every one i am facing a problem with URL File read Technique
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import java.io.FileOutputStream;
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I think the real problem is that you don't check the return value from read (it's probably less than data.length indicating an incomplete read). Isn't there a readFully somewhere?

NW PI 7.1 Install FKD-00048 Unable to open URL file:///tmp/sapinst_instdir

HI,
I am installing PI 7.1 on a HP-UX/ Oralce environment. Started the install and when It prompted for Oracle Software, I stopped the install and installed Oracle.
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guiengine: 2011-03-18 07:26:03 Login successful
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FKD-00048 Unable to open URL file:///tmp/sapinst_instdir/NW71/INSTALL/SYSTEM/ORA/STD/AS/control.xml.
Abort execution because of
keydb.unableToOpenURL
Nothing has been moved from the /tmp directory.
Any help would be appreciated
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Christo

Hi,
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I think you have to start the installation again but this time I would suggest you to not use /tmp as installation directory.
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Insert the hyperlink URL file name underneath all images?

Hi, I was wondering if I have an image with hyperlink
attached, if I can use some sort of formatting code or something to
not only show the picture, but also the name of the URL file
associated with the picture. For example, my site is
www.drcelly.com and I have a folder I named “lgtest”
and within that folder I have all my images in, and also the HTML
pages that are linked to the images. The page (screen shot below)
showing all the pictures is titled “lg” so the
directory to the following page is:
http://www.drcelly.com/lgtest/lg.html
screen shot-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/mds33200/11.jpg
As you can see, the selected picture (circled in red) is
named “tp 1010.gif” and it has a hyperlink attached,
named “c297.html”. (so if someone was to click that
image, it would direct you to
http://www.drcelly.com/lgtest/c297.html)
Now the thing I need to do is to get the image to shop up
just as it is now, however underneath the image I need a text
description titled “c297.html” or even
“c297”. I have several pages with several hundred
images on it, and I would prefer to have the computer fill these in
rather then manually entering each one separate. Does anyone know
if its possible?
Here is a sample of how I would like it to look (I manually
typed the red data in by using a photo editor just to show how I
would like it to look, my goal is to make it so I dont have to type
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You would need custom javascript or server scripting to do
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> Hi, I was wondering if I have an image with hyperlink
attached, if I can
> use
> some sort of formatting code or something to not only
show the picture,
> but
> also the name of the URL file associated with the
picture. For example, my
> site
> is www.drcelly.com and I have a folder I named ?lgtest?
and within that
> folder
> I have all my images in, and also the HTML pages that
are linked to the
> images.
> The page (screen shot below) showing all the pictures is
titled ?lg? so
> the
> directory to the following page is:
http://www.drcelly.com/lgtest/lg.html
>
> screen shot-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/mds33200/11.jpg
>
> As you can see, the selected picture (circled in red) is
named ?tp
> 1010.gif?
> and it has a hyperlink attached, named ?c297.html?. (so
if someone was to
> click
> that image, it would direct you to
>
http://www.drcelly.com/lgtest/c297.html)
>
> Now the thing I need to do is to get the image to shop
up just as it is
> now,
> however underneath the image I need a text description
titled ?c297.html?
> or
> even ?c297?. I have several pages with several hundred
images on it, and I
> would prefer to have the computer fill these in rather
then manually
> entering
> each one separate. Does anyone know if its possible?
>
>
> Here is a sample of how I would like it to look (I
manually typed the red
> data
> in by using a photo editor just to show how I would like
it to look, my
> goal is
> to make it so I dont have to type the red data in):
>
> screen shot-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/mds33200/2-3.jpg
>
> Any help / info would be appreciated! thanks.
>
>

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Mac firefox cannot open .url files from PC

I have hundreds of pc .url files that I want to import as bookmarks.
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Mac Safari can open them no problem.

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Dear all,
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I'm trying to achieve the same for a pdf to open in Preview. I've replaced txmt with Preview but that doesn't work.
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Gert

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webpagehelper://com.apple.AppleScript.WebpageHelper?action=1&action=4!-http://www.apple.com/applescript/linktrigger/hummingbird.jpg
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<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
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I have an email with .url attachments. When I click on them I get a messages similar to this:
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from: mailbox://
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If I select "Open with Firefox" I get a local page open up in Firefox with the address:
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URL=http://www.vrbo.com/xxxxxx
IDList=
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[{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
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Use this test to see if the Helvetica font is causing it (Copy & Paste the code in the location bar and press Enter):
<pre><nowiki>data:text/html,
Helvetica abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 
Helvetica Neue abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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How do I create a ".URL" file from a webpage I'm viewing

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There is an add-on for sending a shortcut to Windows without having to use this method. I haven't tried it myself:
* Page on Add-ons site: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/deskcut/
* Review describing an extra setup step if it's not working: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/deskcut/reviews/490684/

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