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How to trigger a phone call when clicking a link in a web page on mobile phone

I need to build a web page for mobile devices. There's only one thing I still haven't figured out: how can I trigger a phone call through the click of text? Is there a special URL I could enter like the mailto: tag for emails? Device specific…
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How to start two or more custom URL Protocol from Javascript

I have an old html page that creates a script file and executes it using: fsoObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") wshObject = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell") I am trying to modify it and make it usable also from other…
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How add value on hkey_classes_root key where the application installed

Solved!! I am trying to create a Custom URL Protocol of my application that will launch my application when they visit or clicked link to myapp:start My problem is how to know where the user installed my application. Can the msi installer put the…
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How do browsers determine whether an URL in an href is relative or not when using a scheme?

Suppose I have the following link tag: Phone number. How exactly does the browser know not to load the relative location ./tel:+15555555 from the current server and instead know that tel is supposed to be interpreted as a…
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Trailing slash(/) is added in arguments

I'm registering a custom protocol handler on my computer, which calls this application: string prefix = "runapp://"; // The name of this app for user messages string title = "RunApp URL Protocol Handler"; // Verify…
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Custom URL Protocol avoiding security warnings

I'm researching whether it would be possible to use Custom URL Application Protocols (such as custom://) to launch my application but it looks like all implementations modify the HKCR. This causes some nasty security warnings (I believe because of…
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Problem setting up custom URL Protocol on Windows CE

I am trying to setup a custom URL Protocol (testProtocol) on a Windows CE device. When the user clicks a link with testProtocol it will launch an application (ParamTest.exe). I have done the following: Created a Windows Smart Device Project ->…
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Windows 8.1 / IE11 Custom URL Protocol opening to --> about:blank

Windows 8.1 / IE 11 custom url protocols are messed up. Upon launch, the application is executed and then the url in the browser redirects to about:blank Even Skype's protocol does it: Chat via…
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Running a Mac Application from a custom URL protocol

I am trying to create an idiot-proof method of activating an application I built in Automator. The application essentially takes images, crops them to 4x6 and sends them to a printer. I am trying to create an html page (hosted locally) with a link…
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Detecting custom url protocol handler using javascript in windows 10 Edge Browser

In our web application we need to find out if a Custom URL Protocol Handler is registered or not in windows 10 machine using javascript with Windows 10 EDGE Browser. If the Custom URL Protocol Handler is not registered in the windows 10 machine we…
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How do I kick off an executable from a web page?

We have rewritten a WinForms app A as a web app. The old WinForms app had integration with WinForms app B, in that you could fire it up from app A with a set of variables. Users are now demanding the same functionality from a rewritten web app. My…
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Swift 3: UrlProtocol didCompleteWithError delegate never be called

As title, I'm trying to build a custom url protocol. I found this and I followed the code provided completely. However, this delegate func urlSession(_ session: URLSession, task: URLSessionTask, didCompleteWithError error: Error?) is never be…
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Split one argument into multiple args

I am launching a c program from a Custom uRL Protocol. Custom URL Protocols urlencode all args and combine them into one string. No way around this. This is my Windows only attempt but it crashes. getopt_long doesn't like my newly created argv. …
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Multi-Select fields on a Sharepoint list using OWSSVR.dll

I am in the process of creating a massive SSIS project to move the data from a series of Sharepoint Lists to a new Dynamics CRM Implementation (On-line). The SSIS package uses an OData Source to pull the data from the lists. There are two columns…
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How to disable Skype and Lync telephony providers for Dynamics CRM completely

How can we disable the Skype and Lync providers completely from Dynamics CRM 2015 Online in either supported or unsupported way? What I have tried so far: - Created my own link on phone number fields - Tried to locate any jQuery event handlers…
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