You can ask your contact's client to launch a URL or external command by sending it a TX_LAUNCH message.
The format for a TX_LAUNCH message is:
TX_LAUNCH
tag
address
(url|command)
where
| tag | is a unique label for this message; |
| address | is the address of the user you want to run the program; |
| url | is an envelop whose data field contains the URL you want to launch; and |
| command | is an envelop whose data field contans the command you want to launch, including optional parameters. |
If a URL is given, the envelop contains only the URL to launch.
If a command is given, the envelop contains a command alias, optionally followed by a parameter list. Commands and parameters are separated by spaces.
Note that sending a TX_LAUNCH message does not guarantee that the receiving client will actually launch the URL or run the command, since for security reasons, the receiver has the right to approve or reject your launch request.
Sending this message will cause the other client to receive an RX_LAUNCH message.