Opening HTML

I need to open a .html file from my VB program but the HTML file is on my hard drive, i.e doesn't have a URL like http://.... The shell command: Call Shell("start http://....", vbHide) doesn't seem to work in this case. How else can I open the HTML file?

Try having a look at this: http://www.vbworld.com/demos/shellexecute/
Just replace the URL address with the path on you harddrive. IE: "C:\Windows\Temp\My Test.html"

Open it like a normal text file, essentially, a HTML file is just text, its translated by your browser.

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
 
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 Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    'Open a web page
    Dim l As Long
    l = ShellExecute(Me.hwnd, "Open", "c:\test.htm", "", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
End Sub