Adding html link to AddMesage

[PhilWilkes]

Hello,

I would like to add an html link to a message that appears in the dialog box.

import arcpy
p2s = '-- For more info click <!!HTML_LINK!!> --'
arcpy.AddMessage(p2s)

Is this possible? When a geoprocessing error occurs there is a link to error description so it seems possible!

Thanks

Phil

[JasonScheirer]

This is not possible.

[StacyRendall1]

You could just write the link out explicitly, and then the user could copy and paste it to their browser...

[PhilWilkes]

Hi, thanks for your post Stacey. This would work but could look untidy, I was hoping for a way of adding a <a href="url">link</a> type html link! I think Jasons reply is the right answer...

[ChrisSnyder]

How about an automatic "pop up" upon failure?

import subprocess
subprocess.Popen('"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe" http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/000001_Angle_should_be_greater_than_0_and_less_than_180/00vp00000002000001/')

There's some other ways too: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1532884/open-ie-browser-window