Launching programs within a Visual C++ program

[Guest_imported]

Hi,

I'm writing a program that has a html help file. Does anyone know how to launch a web browser from within a C++ program? I tryed system("my.html&quot but it didn't seem to work.

Thanks for any help.

 

[HippoTas]

you should try :

ShellExecute(hwndYourWindow,"open","my.html", NULL,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

or even better :

ShellExecute(hwndYourWindow,"open","C:\\path\\to\\my.html", NULL,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

look the MSDN documents on ShellExecute()
another command is CreateProcess() but I think
ShellExecute() is everything you need.

 

[TheCrappyProgrammer]

Or even better: CreateProcess();

 

[TheCrappyProgrammer]

Wait, I'm not sure if that will work for .htm files.

 

[programsecrets]

MSDN magazine in it's prior incarnations also discussed adding a browser control to your application (rather than just kicking one off). Here's a link (the article contains a couple more):

http://www.microsoft.com/mind/defau...htm&nav=/mind/1199/inthisissuecolumns1199.htm

There was also a book put out by Microsoft Press, called, "Programming Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0" which is no longer in print, but is available at used bookstores online:

http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/OopB...+Internet+Explorer+5.0&rstart=51&WID=17682689