Opening IE to a specific file....

[onrdbandit]

Howdy,

I have a minor problem I can't seem to figure out. I need to open IE from my application and have it open a specific page. I know how to open IE with the CreateProcess function, but I don't know which if any arguments this function has to send the program to a specific file. I check the FAQ's and tried to figure out the SDK info like it said, but most of that was just over my head.

Thanks for any assistance,
onrdbandit

 

[BuilderSpec]

Why not use the standard ShellExecuteEx call.

Suppose Form1 exists

ShellExecuteEx ( Form1->Handle,
"explore" // or open
"

http://www.somewebsite.com",

NULL,
NULL,
SW_SHOW );

This code should open up the site in it's own window

Regards

 

[onrdbandit]

Howdy,

I got it to compile as:

ShellExecute ( Form1->Handle,
"explore" // or open
"

http://www.somewebsite.com",

NULL,
NULL,
SW_SHOW );

But nothing happened when called...
I tried "iexplore" and "explorer" both as possiblilities, but to no avail.

BUT you did set me in the correct direction. I researched the SDK documentation on this function and got it to work as:
(MainForm is the form and HelpPath is and AnsiString path absolute path to the file)

ShellExecute ( MainForm->Handle,
NULL, // or open
HelpPath.c_str(),
NULL,
NULL,
SW_SHOW );

Thanks a bunch!
onrdbandit