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Linking to a web page from VB6
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If you just want to open the files in a browser the easiest and quickest is with this code here. This also includes sending an email to your default if you like and no internet controls in site!
Public 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
then call this with one of the two following commands.
Dim lng as Long
'email the internet site
lng = ShellExecute (frmMain.hwnd, "Open", "mailto:xxx@yyy.net", "", App.Path, 1)
'open the internet site
lng = ShellExecute(frmMain.hwnd, "Open", " "", App.Path, 1)
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Michael
Public 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
then call this with one of the two following commands.
Dim lng as Long
'email the internet site
lng = ShellExecute (frmMain.hwnd, "Open", "mailto:xxx@yyy.net", "", App.Path, 1)
'open the internet site
lng = ShellExecute(frmMain.hwnd, "Open", " "", App.Path, 1)
chat soon
Michael
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