Engaging the Default Browser 1

[solo7]

I have code to open IExplorer, but what if IE is not the prefered browser of the user. How do I open the DEFAULT browser ??

Steady ...

 

[chiph]

Use the ShellExecute API call and pass it the name of the .html file you want opened (or a full URL). It will use the file associations set up in the registry to open the default browser.

Chip H.

 

[JohnYingling]

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


Public Function Navigate(strUrl As String) As Long
    Dim hWnd As Long
    Navigate = ShellExecute(hWnd, vbNullString, strUrl, vbNullString, _
                    vbNullString, vbNormalFocus)
End Function

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