IBrowse² Documentation

Last Updated: 20th June 2003

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In order to get the most out of your software, you might like to make use of four particular features of IBrowse²: ARexx, FAB Menus, MIME Types & URL Prefs. This section has been put together to give you examples of using each of these features to give you some idea of how they work, and you can even use the examples in your IBrowse² environment if you find them useful!

This ARexx script was kindly submitted by Bill Eaves to demonstrate the use of the GOTOURL ARexx command, with the SAVE switch. It will download the image when executed from the FAB Menus » Image or FAB Menus » Imagelink menus, and using Directory Opus Magellan, set it as a new desktop image. You can enter the following into a text editor in order to re-create the script, or download the archive (the ARexx script and readme) via the link below. If you create the script yourself, save it as desktop.ibrx and save it in the Rexx directory in the IBrowse directory, i.e. PROGDIR:Rexx/desktop.ibrx.


/* desktop.ibrx - by W. Eaves May 2002 */

/* Sets image displayed in IB as DOpus Desktop */



OPTIONS RESULTS



IMPATH="Data:Images/" /* Path where IB stores saved images */



PARSE ARG URL



/* GET filename from URL */

N=LASTPOS("/",URL)



IF N ~= 0 THEN DO



  GOTOURL SAVE URL



  Filename = SUBSTR(URL, N+1)



  ImageName = '"'||IMPATH||Filename||'"'



  ADDRESS COMMAND WAIT 10 /* Make sure image is downloaded fully */





  IF SHOW('P',DOPUS.1) THEN DO

    ADDRESS "DOPUS.1"

    DOPUS SET BACKGROUND ImageName DESKTOP TILE

    DOPUS REFRESH BACKGROUND

  END



END

http://www.ibrowse-dev.net/resources/IBdesktop.lzx

Using the example ARexx script above, we will add two new custom FAB Menu items so that you can use the ARexx script when you have the mouse pointer over an image or imagelink.
The procedure for accessing FAB Menus preferences is as follows: Launch IBrowse² as normal. Open the Settings via Menus » Preferences » Settings.... When the Preferences opens, double click on GUI in the list on the left of the window, and a new set of options will appear. Click on FAB Menus in the new options, and a new set of options will open in the right hand side.
To add the custom FAB Menu, proceed as follows: Double click on the menu title that you would like to add the new custom entry to, e.g. Image. Click on Custom in the list of available commands to highlight it and hold down the left mouse button. Drag the Custom entry to the menu list. As you move over the list, the drop zone(s) will be highlighted. Move the mouse down the list until you find the position you would like to add the new entry. Release the left mouse button to drop the Custom entry into the selected position.
To configure the custom FAB Menu, proceed as follows: Enter a suitable Name for the entry, e.g. Set as wallpaper Set Action to ARexx. Enter the path and name to the ARexx script into the string gadget next to the Action gadget, or use the file requester gadget to the right to locate the script. e.g. Rexx/desktop.ibrx Click on the gadget next to the last string gadget to open the popup menu. Select %i - Current image URL from the menu to enter %i into the string gadget. Click on the OK gadget to accept the changes.
If you would like to also use this new FAB Menu entry over imagelinks, then repeat the process but add the Custom entry to the ImageLink menu. If you would like to keep the changes made to the FAB Menus, save the settings via the Menus » Preferences » Save settings option.

IBrowse² comes with a default set of MIME Types already pre-configured, but there are many more types that can be optionally configured based on your own requirements. The following are examples of some MIME Types that you may like to configure.

Shockwave Flash • Macromedia • http://www.macromedia.com

	Requires: swfplayer http://www.aminet.net/gfx/show/swfplayer.lha
	MIME Type: application/futuresplash Extension: spl Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/swfplayer Arguments: >NIL: "%f" PUBSCREEN %p
	MIME Type: application/x-shockwave-flash Extension: swf Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/swfplayer Arguments: >NIL: "%f" PUBSCREEN %p

Portable Document Format • Adobe Inc. • http://www.adobe.dom

	Requires: APDF http://www.aminet.net/gfx/show/apdf_fonts.lha http://www.aminet.net/gfx/show/apdf_nofpu.lha http://www.aminet.net/gfx/show/apdf_68030fpu.lha http://www.aminet.net/gfx/show/apdf_68040fpu.lha http://www.aminet.net/gfx/show/apdf_68060fpu.lha http://www.aminet.net/gfx/show/apdf_ppc.lha
	MIME Type: application/pdf Extension: pdf Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/Apdf Arguments: >NIL: "%f"

MPEG Layer I, II & III Audio • Moving Picture Expert Group • http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/

	Requires: mpega http://www.aminet.net/mus/play/mpega.lha http://www.aminet.net/util/libs/mpega_library.lha
	MIME Type: audio/mpeg Extension: mp2 mp3 mpa Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/mpega Arguments: >NIL: "%f"

MPEG Layer I, II & III Audio (Streamed) • Moving Picture Expert Group • http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/

	Requires: mpega & StreamMP3 http://www.aminet.net/mus/play/mpega.lha http://www.aminet.net/util/libs/mpega_library.lha http://www.aminet.net/comm/www/streammp3.lha
	MIME Type: audio/x-mpegurl Extension: m3u Action: External viewer Viewer: SYS:RexxC/RX Arguments: <path>/StreamMP3.rexx "%f"
	MIME Type: audio/x-scpls Extension: pls Action: External viewer Viewer: SYS:RexxC/RX Arguments: <path>/StreamMP3.rexx "%f"

Real Audio • RealNetworks, Inc • http://www.real.com/

	Requires: RAPlay http://www.aminet.net/mus/play/raplay.lha
	MIME Type: audio/x-realaudio Extension: ra Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/RAPlay Arguments: >NIL: "%f"

Real Audio (Streamed) • RealNetworks, Inc • http://www.real.com/

	Requires: RAPlay & StreamRA http://www.aminet.net/mus/play/raplay.lha http://www.aminet.net/comm/www/streamra.lha
	MIME Type: audio/x-pn-realaudio Extension: ram Action: External viewer Viewer: SYS:RexxC/RX Arguments: <path>/StreamRA.rexx "%f"

Microsoft IE5+ Web Archive Format • Microsoft • http://www.microsoft.com/

	Requires: mht.rexx http://www.aminet.net/comm/www/ibmht.lha
	MIME Type: text/x-mht Extension: !mht Action: External viewer Viewer: SYS:RexxC/RX Arguments: <path>/mht.rexx "%f"

AVI • Microsoft • http://www.microsoft.com/

	Requires: MooVId (Shareware) or PIV-MooVId (Freeware) or Action (AmigaOS®3.5+)* http://www.aminet.net/gfx/board/piv-moovid.lha http://www.reg.net/authors.asp?AuthorID=3759 * Replace "app_name" in the Viewer: entries below, with whichever version of MooVId you use: PIV-MooVId for PicassoIV users, or MooVId or Action for other users.
	MIME Type: video/avi Extension: avi Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/app_name Arguments: >NIL: "%f" PUBSCREEN=%p
	MIME Type: video/x-msvideo Extension: avi Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/app_name Arguments: >NIL: "%f" PUBSCREEN=%p

QuickTime • Apple Computer, Inc • http://www.apple.com/

	Requires: MooVId (Shareware) or PIV-MooVId (Freeware) or Action (AmigaOS®3.5+)* http://www.aminet.net/gfx/board/piv-moovid.lha http://www.reg.net/authors.asp?AuthorID=3759 * Replace "app_name" in the Viewer: entries below, with whichever version of MooVId you use: PIV-MooVId for PicassoIV users, or MooVId or Action for other users.
	MIME Type: video/quicktime Extension: mov qt Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/app_name Arguments: >NIL: "%f" PUBSCREEN=%p

MPEG Video • Moving Picture Expert Group • http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/

	Requires: RiVA http://www.aminet.net/gfx/show/riva.lha
	MIME Type: video/mpeg Extension: mpe mpeg mpg Action: External viewer Viewer: <path>/RiVA Arguments: >NIL: "%f" PUBSCEEN=%p

The URL Prefs are an interesting feature of IBrowse², allowing you to control individual settings for individual, or groups of URLs. The URL can be anything from an entire web site, to just a particular page. The examples shown below are to provide you with a rough idea of how the URL Prefs should be used, and the use of wildcards to pattern match entries. The Strictness rating below each entry will give you an approximate idea of how strict the pattern matching is for the entry provided.
URL Pattern: http://www.somesite.com/index.html This entry will only match the specified web page. e.g. there could be an annoying animation on this page that you would like to disable, but allow animations on all other areas of this web site to operate as normal. By setting the URL pattern to the specific URL of the web page, you will restrict the options you set to just that web page. Strictness: Very High
URL Pattern: http://www.somesite.com/#? This pattern will match any web pages within the specified domain. e.g. this web site may make use of some JavaScript that is not yet supported by IBrowse² so you wish to disable it. Using this pattern the option will not be applied to any sub-domains used by the web site. e.g. http://forums.somesite.com/ Strictness: High
URL Pattern: http://#?.somesite.com/#? This pattern will match any pages on any sub-domains of the web site. e.g. this web site may make use of some JavaScript that is not yet supported by IBrowse² so you wish to disable it. Using this pattern the option will be applied to all sub-domains used by the web site. e.g. http://forums.somesite.com/ Strictness: Medium
URL Pattern: https://#?.somesite.com/#? This pattern will match any pages on any sub-domains of the web site, using the HTTPS protocol. e.g. this secure web site may make use of some JavaScript that is not yet supported by IBrowse so you wish to disable it. Using this pattern the option will be applied to all sub-domains using the secure protocol used by the web site. e.g. https://shop.somesite.com/ Strictness: Medium
URL Pattern: #?.somesite.com/#? This pattern will match any pages on any sub-domains of the web site, using any protocol. e.g. this web site may make use of some JavaScript that is not yet supported by IBrowse so you wish to disable it. It may also have a secure link that is accessed via the HTTPS protocol, which also needs to have the JavaScript disabled. Using this pattern the option will be applied to all sub-domains and all protocols used by the web site. e.g. https://shop.somesite.com/ Strictness: Low
URL Pattern: #?.com/#? This pattern will match any pages on the .com domain, using any protocol. e.g. you may wish to stop all pages from .com web sites from being cached. Strictness: Low
URL Pattern: #? This is a very interesting wildcard pattern, as it allows you to match any URLs you visit. This can be useful if you would like to set an option globally that is only available in the URL Prefs, such as Cache URLs or Spoof as Mozilla. Strictness: Very Low

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