+ 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;
+ }