Launching applications from C++ code 2

[StukA]

How would I go about launching Internet Explorer (or perhaps the appropriate default browser) from within a C++ app? I've found the ShellExecute() method, but how do I get the correct path to IE (or the default browser)? I know where it usually hides, of course, but this needs to be fairly sturdy....Anyone ever done this?

 

[tchouch]

Yes, it works. The Funktion take the path to default browser from registry.

 

[KeithBrautigam]

One way to do this is to just launch a document, which will automatically launch the default browser:

// Launch IE with a web page open
CString sPage = "http:\\\\msdn.microsoft.com\\visualc";
ShellExecute( 0, "open", sPage, NULL, sPage, 0 );

// Launch IE with a local page open
CString sFile = "c:\\sample page.htm";
ShellExecute( 0, "open", sFile, NULL, sFile, 0 );