Bring window into focus when an app is standalone?

Unity Engine
1

All,

I have a button. This button launches a local html page. This local page displays correctly when I view my scene in unity (via pressing the play button inside unity).

However, when I build and run my scene outside of unity, the window will not launch.

Do I need to do anything special to launch an external app (such as a browser) when I am running my scene standalone?

2

What does the button do? Have a snippet of what you are doing?

3

The button notifies it’s parent controller that it has been clicked, upon being clicked, it does this (borrowed from this forum).

var filePath = String.Format("{0}/index.html",Application.dataPath); 
		switch(Application.platform) {        
   		case RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer: 
      		System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(filePath); 
      	         break; 
   		default: 
      		System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(String.Format("open \"{0}\"",filePath)); 
      	break; 
		}

Now, “index.html” contains this code.

<script type="text/javascript">
var WindowObjectReference; 
function openRequestedPopup(strUrl, strWindowName)
{
if(WindowObjectReference == null || WindowObjectReference.closed)
	{
	WindowObjectReference = window.open(strUrl, strWindowName,
	"resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes");
	}
else
	{
	WindowObjectReference.focus();
	};
}
</script>

(...)



[url="http://www.unity3d.com/"]test[/url]</p>

This pops up a web browser window with a simple url. However, when I launch this from a standalone player, the page never launches.

4

Maybe in the standalone case there is no file at the location where you are pointing at?

Data path on the mac links to inside the Player’s contents folder.

http://unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Application-dataPath.html

5

That very well could be it. I’ll try it and get back with you. Thanks!

6

Okay, that was the problem. The file was not included in the bundle when it was run standalone. What do I need to set to make sure this file is included in every build I’m doing now? In order to test this, I have had to manually drag the index.html file in to the package.

Also, opening a browser works fine when the screen is windowed. Is it possible to either minimize a fullscreen window, or to bring focus to this new browser window I want to display when I am running my game in fullscreen?

7

You could extend the build pipeline with an sh or perl script:
http://unity3d.com/Documentation/Manual/Build%20Player%20Pipeline.html

8

Writing a perl/sh script would do the trick I think.

Is there any way to make it so that if I am in displaying in fullscreen, to minimize this view and display my window?

As it works now, it is opening the window, but since I’m in fullscreen, I can’t see that is actually happening (until I exit out).

9

Screen.isFullScreen can be used to both check in what mode you are and also be used set to false to switch to window mode:
Screen.isFullScreen = false;

10

Thank you! That worked great.