Open IE browser and go to website

[Rogier]

Hi,

Is it possible to open Internet Explorer and automaticly surf to a website?

[vbasicgirl]

try the api shellexecute. perfect for what you want.

casey.

[Rogier]

The what?
I'm sorry, I'm pretty new with this stuff.
Can you give me a little example code??

Thank you!

[Walter]

Option Explicit
 
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
 
Private Const SW_NORMAL = 1
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    ShellExecute 0, "Open", "http://www.google.com", 0&, App.Path, SW_NORMAL
End Sub

[|2eM!x]

isnt it sw_shownormal?

[Walter]

isnt it sw_shownormal?

Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
 Private Const SW_NORMAL = 1

Yes, you may be right. But both constants have the same value, so it doesn't really matter.