Executing a shell command with a twist

[dedo8816]

Hi,

Im trying to make a shell command open the internet explorer (no problem), i want it to go to fedex's website (again no problem)

Shell "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" & "

http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?clien..._code=gb&language=english&mi=n&tracknumbers="

& txttrackingnum.Text

I want it to open the tracking page and go to the tracking number held in a text box of the form (this is the twist), i know im doing this wrong, can anyone tell me how?

Thanks
D

 

[Hypetia]

I don't see any major problem in the code except that you need to separate EXE path and URL with a space.

[tt]...\iexplore.exe[highlight] [/highlight]" & "[ignore]

http://www.fedex.com/

[/ignore]...[/tt]

Also, instead of running IE with a hardcoded path, I would suggest you to use the OpenDocument function (see thread222-1469071) which will launch the specified URL in your default browser.

[tt]OpenDocument "[ignore]

http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?clien...y_code=gb&language=english&mi=n&tracknumbers=

[/ignore]" & txttrackingnum.Text[/tt]

You can also use this function to execute any document file in its associated application.