Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

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15 Aug 2011CPOL

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I use this one in C++ (has the advantage that you can use your preferred browser ;-):ShellExecute (NULL, NULL, _T("http://www.codeproject.com"), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

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15 Aug 2011Caner Korkmaz

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2. Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

15 Aug 2011Kevin Marois

You're incorrect. Explorer is Windows Explorer, not Internet Explorer. Try this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer");then this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("iexplore.exe", "http://www.codeproject.com");and this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("winword.exe",...

3. Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

18 Aug 2011thatraja

Given below is code for opening the Internet browser programmatically in VB 6 and VB.NET.VB 6Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _ "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _ ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As...

4. Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

17 Aug 2011Michael B. Hansen

If I remember correctly, then I had some issues with the above method some years ago. It would not always work on some systems.I personally use the following method to get the EXE path to the system's default browser:public static string GetDefaultBrowser(){ string browser =...