Open an html file with google chrome under NI Linux

[CIPLEO]

Hello, 

I'm trying to open an HTML file in google chrome via the VI System Exec.vi under NI Linux, for this I had to install the "xdg-utils" package. With the Linux terminal the command "xdg-open [file path] works fine. However, when I execute the code with LabVIEW the VI returns the following error (standard error indicator): 

 

/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 779: www-browser: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 779: links2: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 779: elinks: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 779: links: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 779: lynx: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 779: w3m: command not found
xdg-open: no method available for opening '/home/lvuser/Desktop/Reports/20221128/FileHTML.html'

 

After some research I understood that this was due to the fact that the default opening of the file is not goole chrome. So I executed the following commands in the terminal:

- xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handle/http 

- xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handle/https

- xdg-mime query default text/html

 

But nothing does with LabVIEW it does not work but works with the Linux terminal.

I join you the code (using LabVIEW 2020). Thanks for your feedback.

code.vi

[Phillip Brooks]

Just a guess, but it could be the shell that LabVIEW starts does not have the BROWSER environment variable set.

https://superuser.com/questions/1524059/how-to-set-default-variable-for-a-single-command-with-env-variables

Add BROWSER='chromium' to your system exec command line string:

     BROWSER='chromium' xdg-open 'https://startpage.com'

Edited December 8, 2022 by Phillip Brooks

[CIPLEO]

Thank you for your answer I will try and get back to you. 

[CIPLEO]

Hello, 

So I tried the command line: 

BROWSER='chromium' xdg-open 'https://startpage.com'

It still doesn't work but the error is different I get:

/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 779: chromium: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 779: chromium: command not found
xdg-open: no method available for opening 'https://www.google.fr'

PS : here I try to open only a google page 

 

I had seen on some forums that modifying the "xdg-open" file would be a solution but I didn't dare to touch it. I did add "chromium" to the second line of a part of the file. 

if [x"$BROWSER" = x""]; then
     BROWSER=www-browser:links2:elinks:links:lynx:w3m:chromium