Hi,

i have the following (i suppose simple) problem. I made a vb app that
consists of a menu system. Now i want to have that when a menu item is
selected, the browser is started (if it isn't already open) and it browses
to a specific page on a website. Does anyone have a few lines of code that
can do that?

Thx in advance

Regards,

Thomas

Public Function OpenDoc(DocName As String) As Long

    Dim lHwnd As Long

    lHwnd = GetDesktopWindow()
    StartDoc = ShellExecute(lHwnd, "Open", DocName, "", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)

End Function

Now call OpenDoc("http://www.whatever.com") in the Click event.

Max Bolingbroke

You'll need these declares too:

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpszOp As String, ByVal lpszFile As String, ByVal lpszParams As String, ByVal LpszDir As String, ByVal FsShowCmd As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long

Max Bolingbroke

Hello,

If you want to open IE to open that page, you may use ShellExecute to do
so. If you want to embed a browser into your application, Microsoft
Internet controls are needed.

To call ShellExecute API,

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"ShellExecuteA" _(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal
lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As
String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Call ShellExecute(Form1.hwnd, "open", "http://www.microsoft.com",
vbNullString, vbNullString, &H0) ????

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Max
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|Newsgroups: microsoft.public.vb.controls.internet
|Subject: open a web page from vb app
|
|Hi,
|
|i have the following (i suppose simple) problem. I made a vb app that
|consists of a menu system. Now i want to have that when a menu item is
|selected, the browser is started (if it isn't already open) and it browses
|to a specific page on a website. Does anyone have a few lines of code that
|can do that?
|
|Thx in advance
|
|Regards,
|
|Thomas
|
|
|

Hello,

If you want to open IE to open that page, you may use ShellExecute to do
so. If you want to embed a browser into your application, Microsoft
Internet controls are needed.

To call ShellExecute API,

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"ShellExecuteA" _(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal
lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As
String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Call ShellExecute(Form1.hwnd, "open", "http://www.microsoft.com",
vbNullString, vbNullString, &H0) ????

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Max
==========================
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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|Newsgroups: microsoft.public.vb.controls.internet
|Subject: open a web page from vb app
|
|Hi,
|
|i have the following (i suppose simple) problem. I made a vb app that
|consists of a menu system. Now i want to have that when a menu item is
|selected, the browser is started (if it isn't already open) and it browses
|to a specific page on a website. Does anyone have a few lines of code that
|can do that?
|
|Thx in advance
|
|Regards,
|
|Thomas
|
|
|