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Launch IE from python?

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Hey guys, I'm just about done with a program and I need to know how to launch an IE window (or any browser I suppose) from the command prompt. Can anybody help me? thanks!:cheesy:
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Re: Launch IE from python?

Will this work?

Click to Expand / Collapse  Quote originally posted by vegaseat ...
The following little Python code will bring up your default webbrowser and connect it to the given URL ...
[php]import webbrowser

# you have to be connected to the internet
# supply a URL of your choice
webbrowser.open('http://www.python.org/')
[/php]
Last edited by Zonr_0; Oct 27th, 2006 at 1:37 am. Reason: ops, no need to quote the only other post in the topic >_>
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Re: Launch IE from python?

You can also look at os.system() and the subprocess module.
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Worked great, thanks for the info!
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