[RESOLVED] Open Chrome in Kiosk mode / full screen

[GrantM]

Hi All

I'm writing a vb.net app that opens a HTML5 file stored on my local drive, i'm opening the file in chrome which works fine, but i cannot get it to open in kiosk mode or full screen mode. I've tried several different methods as per the code below but i just cannot get it to work.

        Dim Process = New Process()
        Process.StartInfo.FileName = "chrome.exe"
        Process.StartInfo.FileName = "D:\story.html"
        Process.StartInfo.Arguments = "-kiosk"
        Process.Start()

Ive also tried:

Process.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", "-kiosk", "D:\story.html")

Please can someone point me in the right direction.

Many thanks
G

[Goggy]

Seems you need a double dash before your argument.
This works by me...

        Dim Task As New Process
        Task.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
        Task.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk http://www.vbForums.com/"
        Task.Start()

[GrantM]

Hi Goggy

Thank you for your replay, that seems to work great when using a URL, when i try to load the html file it tells me that the file cannot be found. I've tried a few different variations but all yield the same result.

Task.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk" & "D:\story.html"

Task.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk D:\story.html

Thanks again.

[GrantM]

I managed to get it working correctly, i wasn't concatenating the string correctly. Here is working code:

Task.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk """ & "D:\story.html" & ""

I want to keep this thread open for now as the next task is to open Chrome in full screen mode on the second display.

[GrantM]

Making progress here, the below code if anyone needs it. The section with "Display2" opens Chrome on the second screen

        'Display 1
        Dim ChromeDisplay1 As New Process
        ChromeDisplay1.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
        ChromeDisplay1.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk """ & "D:\story.html" & ""
        ChromeDisplay1.Start()

        'Display 2
        Dim ChromeDisplay2 As New Process
        ChromeDisplay2.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
        ChromeDisplay2.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk """ & "D:\story2.html" & """ --window-position=1680,0" & ""
        ChromeDisplay2.Start()

[techgnome]

I managed to get it working correctly, i wasn't concatenating the string correctly. Here is working code:

Task.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk """ & "D:\story.html" & ""

I want to keep this thread open for now as the next task is to open Chrome in full screen mode on the second display.

IMHO you're still not concatenating correctly... can someone tell me why, why, WHY people insist on concatenating two perfectly good constant strings together?

Task.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk """ & "D:\story.html" & ""

should be

Task.StartInfo.Arguments = "--kiosk ""D:\story.html"""

-tg