HBGames
HTML Link
Version: 1.05
Introduction
This script will allow you to include links to webpages within your game and will open these webpages in the player's default web browser. To do this, simply call the following command:
and replace 'name.of.webage' with the address of the webpage. Make sure it is entered as a string.
Examples:
Screenshots
You open a webpage from within a game using the player's default web browser. You can see it, can't you?
Demo
Hosted by Geocities
Hosted in the Download Manager
Script
This also requires SDK 2.2 part I and Aleworks Library
Instructions
Installation:
Insert the scripts in this order:
Usage:
Simple: just call
A.href('name.of.webpage')
Just remember to change 'name.of.webpage' with, you guessed it, the http address of the webpage.
FAQ
Q: My game crashes when I use the command!
A: Make sure you enter the webpage address as a string.
Q: Why can't I open webpages with long names?
A: If you are calling this script from an event, split the string in the following format:
Compatibility
There shouldn't be any compatablitity issues, though it does require Part 1 of the SDK 2.2 or greater, and Aleworks Library version 1.00
Credits and Thanks
Thanks to the SDK team, and to Aleworks (aka vgvgf).
Terms and Conditions
Free to use, just credit Draycos Goldaryn.
Also credit Aleworks for his library.
Yes, you can use it in a commercial game. Only credit is required.
Notes
Wow, this script has gone international! I randomly google my name at times and i found a link to a planetarpg.com.ar but the thread where my script was posted must have been deleted
I also found a link to a polish site where they also posted my script and even provided a link to the demo located in the download manager!
If anyone else knows of other sites where this script has been posted, can you let me know? If anyone else wants to post this script on another site, feel free, just, please, let me know too. And don't forget to provide the proper credit!
Version: 1.05
Introduction
This script will allow you to include links to webpages within your game and will open these webpages in the player's default web browser. To do this, simply call the following command:
Code:
A.href('name.of.webpage')Examples:
Code:
A.href('www.google.com') #Opens Google's homepage in the default browser
A.href('http://www.google.com') # does the same
A.href('http://google.com') # and again
A.href('google.com') # yep, still Google's homepageScreenshots
You open a webpage from within a game using the player's default web browser. You can see it, can't you?
Demo
Hosted by Geocities
Hosted in the Download Manager
Script
Code:
#=============================================================================
# ** HTML Link
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Draycos Goldaryn
# 1.05
# 07/02/07
# SDK Version : 2.2 - Part 1
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script will allow you to include links to webpages within your game
# and will open these webpages in the player's default web browser.
# To do this, simply call the following command:
# A.href('name.of.webpage')
# and replace 'name.of.webage' with the address of the webpage. Make sure it
# is entered as a string.
# Examples:
# A.href('www.google.com') #Opens Google's homepage in the default browser
# A.href('http://www.google.com') # does the same
# A.href('http://google.com') # and again
# A.href('google.com') # yep, still Google's homepage
#=============================================================================
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * SDK Log Script
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
SDK.log('HTML Link', 'Draycos Goldaryn', 1.05, '07/02/07')
SDK.check_requirements(2.20, [1], {'Aleworks Library' => 1.00})
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Begin SDK Enable Test
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
if SDK.enabled?('HTML Link')
module A
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ? instance variables
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
attr_reader :browser
attr_reader :browser_path
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ? initialize
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def initialize
@HLM = 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet'
@browser = Aleworks::Registry.read_entry(@HLM, '')
@HLM = 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' + '\\' + @HLM + '\\'
@HLM += @browser + '\shell\open\command'
@browser_path = Aleworks::Registry.read_entry(@HLM, '')
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ? a.href('name.of.webpage')
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def href(link)
if link.is_a?(String)
Thread.start{system(@browser_path, link)}
else
print 'Invalid command. Webpage must be entered as a string.'
end
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ? module functions
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
module_function :initialize
module_function :href
end
A.initialize
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * End SDK Enable Test
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
endInstructions
Installation:
Insert the scripts in this order:
Default Scripts
SDK
Aleworks Library
HTML Link
Main
SDK
Aleworks Library
HTML Link
Main
Usage:
Simple: just call
A.href('name.of.webpage')
Just remember to change 'name.of.webpage' with, you guessed it, the http address of the webpage.
FAQ
Q: My game crashes when I use the command!
A: Make sure you enter the webpage address as a string.
Q: Why can't I open webpages with long names?
A: If you are calling this script from an event, split the string in the following format:
Code:
A.href('http://www.google.com/' +
'search?q=RPG+Maker+XP')Compatibility
There shouldn't be any compatablitity issues, though it does require Part 1 of the SDK 2.2 or greater, and Aleworks Library version 1.00
Credits and Thanks
Thanks to the SDK team, and to Aleworks (aka vgvgf).
Terms and Conditions
Free to use, just credit Draycos Goldaryn.
Also credit Aleworks for his library.
Yes, you can use it in a commercial game. Only credit is required.
Notes
Wow, this script has gone international! I randomly google my name at times and i found a link to a planetarpg.com.ar but the thread where my script was posted must have been deleted
I also found a link to a polish site where they also posted my script and even provided a link to the demo located in the download manager!If anyone else knows of other sites where this script has been posted, can you let me know? If anyone else wants to post this script on another site, feel free, just, please, let me know too. And don't forget to provide the proper credit!