WinExec, ShellExecute, CreateProcess will not open iexplore

[minifiredragon]

I am trying to open up an Internet Explorer Window from within a program I am writing.
I have tried using WinExec:

WinExec("iexplore", SW_NORMAL);
WinExec("iexplore.exe", SW_NORMAL);
WinExec("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore", SW_NORMAL);

ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "iexplore" , NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "iexplore.exe" , NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore" , NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

And finally:

STARTUPINFO si;
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;

GetStartupInfo(&si);


CreateProcess(NULL, "iexplore", // Name of app to launch
NULL, // Default process security attributes
NULL, // Default thread security attributes
FALSE, // Don't inherit handles from the parent
0, // Normal priority
NULL, // Use the same environment as the parent
NULL, // Launch in the current directory
&si, // Startup Information
&pi); // Process information stored upon return

The thing is it works fine with notepad so I do not know what is wrong with the whole thing. I should mention that I also used SW_SHOW instead of SW_NORMAL thinking it might work.

I finally settled with:
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "

http://www.dol.net"

, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

to open an IE brower window. Is IE not suppose to be called from within an AP?

 

[XerxesTheMighty]

oh, this is what I do and it works fine:
ShellExecute(hwnd, "open", "explorer.exe", "[address here]", "", SW_SHOW);//Open the URL in IE

so where it says [address here] type the URL (i.e

http://www.com/

(-- yes there is a

http://www.com))

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"Getting to the top is an extra reward.Its the climb that makes the man."
Xerxes Dynatos

 

[XerxesTheMighty]

if you want it do just a blank URL (I saw NULL in there, most probably indicating that you just want a blank window), do "about:blank" for the URL.

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"Getting to the top is an extra reward.Its the climb that makes the man."
Xerxes Dynatos

 

[minifiredragon]

XerxesTheMighty: This works to


--->Snip
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "

http://www.dol.net";

, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
<---snip (exert from 1st post)

Thanks for the pointers though, will try the about:blank.

 

[Cagliostro]

use
CreateProcess(&quot;fullPath\\iexplore.exe&quot;, NULL, ...

or

CreateProcess(NULL, &quot;iexplore

http://....&quot;,

...

or

CreateProcess(NULL, &quot;

http://....&quot;,

...


Ion Filipski

ICQ: 95034075
AIM: IonFilipski
filipski@excite.com

 

[minifiredragon]

Interesting. I was looking at a few examples of the use of CreateProcess and no one pointed it out the way you have. I will try when I get a chance too. I guess I don't understand why it won't open using the command line.

 

[Cagliostro]

There are two variants:

	SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES processAttributes;
	SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES threadAttributes;
	STARTUPINFO startupInfo;
	PROCESS_INFORMATION processInformation;
    ZeroMemory( &startupInfo, sizeof(startupInfo) );
	char xx[256];
	::GetWindowsDirectory(xx, 255);
	MessageBox(0, xx, "", 0);
//first variant, 
//opens a program with some command line
//parameters:
	BOOL x = CreateProcess
		(
			(LPCTSTR) 0, 			(LPTSTR) "notepad hello.txt",
			0, //&processAttributses,
			0, //&threadAttributes,
			FALSE,
			NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
			(LPVOID)0,
			(LPCTSTR)"G:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\Desktop", //current directory
			&startupInfo,
			&processInformation
		);
//second variant, opens exactly the needed program
//by path:
	x = CreateProcess
		(
			"g:\\winnt\\notepad.exe",
 			LPCTSTR) 0,
			0, //&processAttributses,
			0, //&threadAttributes,
			FALSE,
			NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
			(LPVOID)0,
			(LPCTSTR)"G:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\Desktop", //current directory
			&startupInfo,
			&processInformation
		);

Ion Filipski

ICQ: 95034075
AIM: IonFilipski
filipski@excite.com

 

[minifiredragon]

That is the thing, I know what u are saying. In your 1st variant where u used
CreateProcess(NULL, &quot;notepa....

If u just used &quot;notepad&quot; it opens a blank notepad up. Which is why I thought it would just launch &quot;iexplore&quot;, but it doesn't. I am just trying to find out why it worked for &quot;notepad&quot; and not &quot;iexplore&quot;.