Question

I need to open an html file from the program root directory and have it jump to a specified anchor. I can open the file perfectly fine with a simple

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(“site.html”)

but as soon as I try to add the anchor to the end it ceases to be able to find the file.

I was able to put the anchor in there and still have it launch with

string Anchor

Anchor = “file:///” + Environment.CurrentDirectory.ToString().Replace(“\”, “/”) +
“/site.html#Anchor”;
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Anchor);

However as soon as the browser launches it drops the anchor. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You may need to enclose the entire URL in quotation marks to preserve any special characters (such as the #) or spaces.

Try:

string Anchor = String.Format("\"file:///{0}/site.html#Anchor\"", Environment.CurrentDirectory.ToString().Replace("\\", "/"));
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Anchor);