Link Handling: Open links in a specific browser

Overview

OpenFin uses web standard behavior when processing Anchor tags.  The OpenFin API provides a launchExternalProcess method which can be used to target a specific browser executable and pass in the URL in the arguments parameter.

Prerequisites

• The desired browser must be installed on the local system
• The Path of the desired browsers executable but be configured in the local system path
• The desired browser must accept a url as a command line argument

Example

Call the OpenFin API method 'launchExternalProcess' with the browsers exe file name in the `path` parameter and the url in the `arguments` parameter:  

fin.System.launchExternalProcess({
    path: "iexplore",
    arguments: "http://openfin.co",
     listener: function (result) {
         console.log('the exit code', result.exitCode);
     }
}).then(
    processIdentity => console.log(processIdentity
)).catch(
    err => console.log(err)
); 

 Reference: 

System.launchExternalProcess(): http://cdn.openfin.co/docs/javascript/stable/tutorial-System.launchExternalProcess.ht