using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace IM
{
    public static class OpenLink
    {
        public static void Open(string sUrl)
        {
            try
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(sUrl);
            }
            catch (Exception exc1)
            {

                // System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception is a known exception that occurs when Firefox is default browser.  
                // It actually opens the browser but STILL throws this exception so we can just ignore it.  If not this exception,
                // then attempt to open the URL in IE instead.
                if (exc1.GetType().ToString() != "System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception")
                {
                    // sometimes throws exception so we have to just ignore
                    // this is a common .NET bug that no one online really has a great reason for so now we just need to try to open
                    // the URL using IE if we can.
                    try
                    {
                        System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("IExplore.exe", sUrl);
                        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo);
                        startInfo = null;
                    }
                    catch (Exception exc2)
                    {
                        // still nothing we can do so just show the error to the user here.
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}