ShellExecute: Opening URLs (not easy)

[Shawn N]

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
 
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
 
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 
Dim lngFile As Long
lngFile = FreeFile
 
'delete the file if it's alive
If Len(Dir("C:\temp.url")) Then Kill "C:\temp.url"
 
Open "C:\temp.url" For Append As lngFile
    Print #lngFile, "[Default]"
    Print #lngFile, "BASEURL=http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=221262"
    Print #lngFile, ""
    Print #lngFile, "[InternetShortcut]"
    Print #lngFile, "URL=http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=221262"
Close lngFile
 
    
ShellExecute Me.hwnd, vbNullString, "C:\temp.url", vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
 
Kill "C:\temp.url"
    
End Sub