>I can call a www page from MapInfo. I have added a button to our
application
>HELP with a button that calls the following.
>
>Run Program "C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\netscape.exe
>www.mapinfo.com"
>will work, however its poor code.
>
>I don't want to ask the user the location of the browser.
>
>If I knew how NT/Win9x used the START -> RUN (try it, just type in the URL
>and it works) then I may be able to call that method.
>
>I even had a go at calling shortcuts to the browser / page .....
>
>I don't want to write code to find the default browser.
This is how I did it:
Sub LaunchURL(URLFileName As String)
OnError Goto ErrHandler
Dim rc As Integer
Dim ihwnd As Integer
Dim sOp As String
Dim sFile As String
Dim sParams As Integer
Dim sDir As String
Dim iShowCmd As Integer
Dim Null As Integer
ihwnd = WindowInfo(WIN_MAPINFO, WIN_INFO_WND)
sOp = "open"
sFile = URLFileName
sParams = "" + Chr$(0)
sDir = ApplicationDirectory$()
iShowCmd = 0
Null = 0
rc = ShellExecute(ihwnd, sOp, sFile, Null, sDir, iShowCmd)
If rc <= 32 Then
Note "Unable to launch" + rc
End If
Exit Sub
ErrHandler:
Resume Next
End Sub
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