Re: how to open google maps from Green Screen

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1

You should not need to program anything like STRPCO or whatever - just 
put the link on the screen, set up the emulator to make it a hotspot, 
then people can just click on it - it just works.

Like Ron said!

Vern

On 1/13/2021 5:35 AM, Hudson, Ron wrote:
> We display the URL on the green screen and allow the user to click on it which opens the browser.
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> Hi,
>
> can someone help me out?
>
> My customer wants to open from a Green Screen Program Google maps for a specific address.
> Building the URL for opening google maps is not the problem, ... but how to open it from a green screen.
>
> I know there are the CL commands STRPCO and STRPCCMD, but how must the command look like, so I can open a website?
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
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> Birgitta Hauser
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