Code:
procedure TForm1.InitRichEditURLDetection(RE: TRichEdit);
var
mask: Word;
begin
mask := SendMessage(RE.Handle, EM_GETEVENTMASK, 0, 0);
SendMessage(RE.Handle, EM_SETEVENTMASK, 0, mask or ENM_LINK);
SendMessage(RE.Handle, EM_AUTOURLDETECT, Integer(True), 0);
end;
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
s: string;
begin
InitRichEditURLDetection(RichEdit1);
s:='This will parse www.vbforums.com to show as a URL';
RichEdit1.Text:= s;
Code:
procedure TForm1.WndProc(var Msg: TMessage);
var
p: TENLink;
sURL: string;
CE : TRichEdit;
begin
if (Msg.Msg = WM_NOTIFY) then
begin
if (PNMHDR(Msg.lParam).code = EN_LINK) then
begin
p := TENLink(Pointer(TWMNotify(Msg).NMHdr)^);
if (p.Msg = WM_LBUTTONDOWN) then
begin
try
CE := TRichEdit(Form1.ActiveControl);
SendMessage(CE.Handle, EM_EXSETSEL, 0, Longint(@(p.chrg)));
sURL := CE.SelText;
ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar(sURL), 0, 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
except
end;
end;
end;
end;
inherited;
end; (* TForm1.WndProc *)