location of IE[resolved]

[Pino]

ok i'm trying to open IE with a chosen webpage now does the locatrion of internet ecplorer differ with OS

shell IExplorer(Webpage)

would that work? whats the best way to achieve this?


i know its possible with notepad because i've done it before,

Shell "notepad.exe " & sPath, vbMaximizedFocus

also is there a way to open a webpage up in the persons own webbrowser? ie there chosen one, IE firefox etc

[crptcblade]

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim ie As Object
 
    Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
    
    ie.Navigate "http://www.vbforums.com"
    ie.Visible = True
    
    Set ie = Nothing
    
End Sub

To use the default browser, open the URL through the ShellExecute API.

[Pino]

but how do i know what there default browser is? thanks for the code by the way

[crptcblade]

Originally posted by Pino
but how do i know what there default browser is?

That's the idea behind ShellExecute. You don't need to know or care. The system will open the correct program for you.

[manavo11]

Originally posted by Pino
but how do i know what there default browser is? thanks for the code by the way

You don't need to know :

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
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Private Sub Form_Load()
    ShellExecute Me.hwnd, "open", "www.vbforums.com", vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
End Sub

[Pino]

thank you

[manavo11]

Originally posted by Pino
thank you

Just keep in mind that the ShellExecute API doesn't open the website in a new window. If there is one open, it will navigate in that one. If you want to open in a new window each time, search. There have been posts about it