Starting default browser...again

[r0ach]

Uhm, I know this is somewhere on the net, but I can't seem to find it now. How can I determine (and start) the default browser on a user's PC?

There are two ways of doing this:

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

(1):
Function ShellToBrowser%(frm As Form, ByVal url$, ByVal WindowStyle%)
'ShellToBrowser(Me,"http://www.site.com",0)
Dim api%
api% = ShellExecute(frm.hwnd, "open", url$, "", App.Path, WindowStyle%)
'Check return value
If api% < 31 Then
'error code - see api help for more info
MsgBox App.Title & " had a problem running your web browser. You should check that your browser is correctly installed. (Error #" & Format$(api%) & ")", 48, "Browser Unavailable"
ShellToBrowser% = False
ElseIf api% = 32 Then
'no file association
MsgBox App.Title & " could not find a file association for " & url$ & " on your system. You should check that your browser is correctly installed and associated with this type of file.", 48, "Browser Unavailable"
ShellToBrowser% = False
Else
'It worked!
ShellToBrowser% = True
End If
End Function

Sub OpenDefaultBrowser(frm As Form, url As String, Style As Integer)
'OpenDefaultBrowser(Me,"http://www.site.com",0)
opn% = ShellToBrowser(frm, url, Style)
End Sub

OR

(2):
Public Sub wwwaddress(Address As String)
'// open up the default web browser and send it to a web page address
On Error Resume Next
Dim ReturnVal As Long
ReturnVal& = Shell("Start.exe " & Address$, 1)
End Sub


Hope that helps.