Rich Cooper wrote: > I can successfully get the following ShellExecute to start up IE: > > ShellExecute( 2,'open', > 'iexplore.exe', > pChar(WebURL+'News.htm'), > nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL); > > But what if the user is running a different web browser? Is there > a better (more generic) way to do this?
The way to do it is to remove mention of a specific program. Tell ShellExecute to open the URL itself, as Kraven demonstrated. It works the same as when you type a URL into the shell's Run dialog. And do not use 2 for the window-handle parameter. Use the handle to the window that you want to be the parent of any error dialog that ShellExecute may need to display. If your program doesn't have any windows, then use 0 -- zero -- for the handle value. -- Rob __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
