Opening A Website with C++

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I'm using the following code to open a website from my c++ app. It's slower than molasses n winter. Any other way to do this with some speed?
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ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://www.yahoo.com/",NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Posted 7-Oct-11 16:44pm

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Chuck O'Toole · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-07T17:12:00

Solution 1

Shouldn't be any slower than actually running IE and typing the URL into the address bar. Essentially, all you are doing is what would happen if a user clicked on a link in an application like Word (as opposed to clicking on a link on a web page, in that case you are already running IE).

Posted 7-Oct-11 17:12pm

Chuck O'Toole

Niklas L · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-08T00:31:00

Solution 2

With regards to how Windows performs application caching, you would get a faster response the second time you open a page. Having the default browser already loaded/opened will definitely help if load time is an issue.

Posted 8-Oct-11 0:31am

Niklas L