- updated announcement to use a safer compare and added announcement url to ini files

source/shared_lib/include/platform/common/platform_common.h

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void getFullscreenVideoInfo(int &colorBits,int &screenWidth,int &screenHeight);
 bool changeVideoMode(int resH, int resW, int colorBits, int refreshFrequency);
 void restoreVideoMode(bool exitingApp=false);
 
+bool StartsWith(const std::string &str, const std::string &key);
 bool EndsWith(const string &str, const string& key);
 
 string replaceAll(string& context, const string& from, const string& to);

source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp

@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ bool isdir(const char *path)
   return ret;
 }
 
+bool StartsWith(const std::string &str, const std::string &key) {
+  return str.find(key) == 0;
+}
+
 bool EndsWith(const string &str, const string& key)
 {
     bool result = false;