+#if wxUSE_IPC
+ if ( flags & wxBROWSER_NEW_WINDOW )
+ {
+ // ShellExecuteEx() opens the URL in an existing window by default so
+ // we can't use it if we need a new window
+ wxRegKey key(wxRegKey::HKCR, url.BeforeFirst(':') + _T("\\shell\\open"));
+ if ( key.Exists() )
+ {
+ wxRegKey keyDDE(key, wxT("DDEExec"));
+ if ( keyDDE.Exists() )
+ {
+ const wxString ddeTopic = wxRegKey(keyDDE, wxT("topic"));
+
+ // we only know the syntax of WWW_OpenURL DDE request for IE,
+ // optimistically assume that all other browsers are compatible
+ // with it
+ wxString ddeCmd;
+ bool ok = ddeTopic == wxT("WWW_OpenURL");
+ if ( ok )
+ {
+ ddeCmd = keyDDE.QueryDefaultValue();
+ ok = !ddeCmd.empty();
+ }
+
+ if ( ok )
+ {
+ // for WWW_OpenURL, the index of the window to open the URL
+ // in is -1 (meaning "current") by default, replace it with
+ // 0 which means "new" (see KB article 160957)
+ ok = ddeCmd.Replace(wxT("-1"), wxT("0"),
+ false /* only first occurence */) == 1;
+ }
+
+ if ( ok )
+ {
+ // and also replace the parameters: the topic should
+ // contain a placeholder for the URL
+ ok = ddeCmd.Replace(wxT("%1"), url, false) == 1;
+ }
+
+ if ( ok )
+ {
+ // try to send it the DDE request now but ignore the errors
+ wxLogNull noLog;
+
+ const wxString ddeServer = wxRegKey(keyDDE, wxT("application"));
+ if ( wxExecuteDDE(ddeServer, ddeTopic, ddeCmd) )
+ return true;
+
+ // this is not necessarily an error: maybe browser is
+ // simply not running, but no matter, in any case we're
+ // going to launch it using ShellExecuteEx() below now and
+ // we shouldn't try to open a new window if we open a new
+ // browser anyhow
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+#endif // wxUSE_IPC
+
+ WinStruct<SHELLEXECUTEINFO> sei;
+ sei.lpFile = url.c_str();
+ sei.lpVerb = _T("open");
+ sei.nShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL;
+
+ ::ShellExecuteEx(&sei);
+
+ const int nResult = (int) sei.hInstApp;
+
+ // Firefox returns file not found for some reason, so make an exception
+ // for it
+ if ( nResult > 32 || nResult == SE_ERR_FNF )
+ {
+#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
+ // Log something if SE_ERR_FNF happens
+ if ( nResult == SE_ERR_FNF )
+ wxLogDebug(wxT("SE_ERR_FNF from ShellExecute -- maybe FireFox?"));
+#endif // __WXDEBUG__
+ return true;
+ }
+#elif defined(__WXMAC__)
+ OSStatus err;
+ ICInstance inst;
+ SInt32 startSel;
+ SInt32 endSel;
+
+ err = ICStart(&inst, 'STKA'); // put your app creator code here
+ if (err == noErr)
+ {
+#if !TARGET_CARBON
+ err = ICFindConfigFile(inst, 0, NULL);
+#endif
+ if (err == noErr)
+ {
+ ConstStr255Param hint = 0;
+ startSel = 0;
+ endSel = url.length();
+ err = ICLaunchURL(inst, hint, url.fn_str(), endSel, &startSel, &endSel);
+ if (err != noErr)
+ wxLogDebug(wxT("ICLaunchURL error %d"), (int) err);
+ }
+ ICStop(inst);
+ return true;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ wxLogDebug(wxT("ICStart error %d"), (int) err);
+ return false;
+ }
+#elif wxUSE_MIMETYPE
+ // Non-windows way
+ bool ok = false;
+ wxString cmd;
+
+ wxFileType *ft = wxTheMimeTypesManager->GetFileTypeFromExtension(_T("html"));
+ if ( ft )
+ {
+ wxString mt;
+ ft->GetMimeType(&mt);
+
+ ok = ft->GetOpenCommand(&cmd, wxFileType::MessageParameters(url));
+ delete ft;
+ }
+
+ if ( !ok || cmd.empty() )
+ {
+ // fallback to checking for the BROWSER environment variable
+ cmd = wxGetenv(wxT("BROWSER"));
+ if ( !cmd.empty() )
+ cmd << _T(' ') << url;
+ }
+
+ ok = ( !cmd.empty() && wxExecute(cmd) );
+ if (ok)
+ return ok;
+
+ // no file type for HTML extension
+ wxLogError(_T("No default application configured for HTML files."));
+
+#endif // !wxUSE_MIMETYPE && !__WXMSW__
+
+ wxLogSysError(_T("Failed to open URL \"%s\" in default browser."),
+ url.c_str());
+
+ return false;