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Adding tab to current Internet Explorer

  • June 17, 2012
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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 May 2012]

I would like to know if anyone knows how to add a new tab to a active internet explorer. The current logic that we have in the system that does a system call to open a web page will open a new internet explorer each time. I would like to just add a tab to the current internet explorer instead.

Thanks for any help.

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David Darnell
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  • June 29, 2012

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 May 2012]

I would like to know if anyone knows how to add a new tab to a active internet explorer. The current logic that we have in the system that does a system call to open a web page will open a new internet explorer each time. I would like to just add a tab to the current internet explorer instead.

Thanks for any help.

This works for me from the command line and may work from a system call as well.

start /d iexplore.exe www.google.com


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  • July 5, 2012

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 May 2012]

I would like to know if anyone knows how to add a new tab to a active internet explorer. The current logic that we have in the system that does a system call to open a web page will open a new internet explorer each time. I would like to just add a tab to the current internet explorer instead.

Thanks for any help.

The command above works fine when not used with Thin-Client....but will not work when called using Thin-Client.  Below is my attempt to use this in Thin-Client with C$SYSTEM.

          INITIALIZE WS-HELP-ME.

          MOVE "start /d iexplore.exe www.google.com" TO WS-HELP-ME.

          CALL "C$SYSTEM" USING WS-HELP-ME, 129.

Any words of wisdom from anyone???


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  • Rocketeer
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  • July 5, 2012

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 May 2012]

I would like to know if anyone knows how to add a new tab to a active internet explorer. The current logic that we have in the system that does a system call to open a web page will open a new internet explorer each time. I would like to just add a tab to the current internet explorer instead.

Thanks for any help.

you can test:

c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe /c "start /d iexplore.exe www.google.com"


Stephen Hjerpe
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  • July 5, 2012

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 May 2012]

I would like to know if anyone knows how to add a new tab to a active internet explorer. The current logic that we have in the system that does a system call to open a web page will open a new internet explorer each time. I would like to just add a tab to the current internet explorer instead.

Thanks for any help.

For Thin client you need to ad @DISPLAY ... C$SYSTEM can be used to execute a program in Thin Client environments. To execute a program on the display host in a thin client environment, add the prefix "@[DISPLAY]:" to the name of any program that resides on the client machine. For Example:

C$SYSTEM "@[DISPLAY]:C:\\notepad myfile.txt"


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  • August 2, 2012

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 May 2012]

I would like to know if anyone knows how to add a new tab to a active internet explorer. The current logic that we have in the system that does a system call to open a web page will open a new internet explorer each time. I would like to just add a tab to the current internet explorer instead.

Thanks for any help.

Using your answer combined with the answer from neidingd we have made this function as we have wanted.  Thank you both for the help!!!!