
Launch Default Browser and return URL
Quote:
>I'm wanting to create a button that opens up the user's default
>internet browser, and returns the web site as a string, or
>hyperlinke or whatever. What's the best way to do this? Or, once
>the defaul browser is open, will I not be able to send the string
>back to Access. Anyone done this before?
Not entirely sure what you are trying to do here. Opening the default
browser is easy, just use ShellExecute API. If you want to read some
text from the browser, you'll have to use Automation/DDE/APIs (to some
extent). Look at the following articles:
http://www.mvps.org/access/modules/mdl0062.htm
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0051.htm
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm
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