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create a small exe to open htmlfile

I have a CD with an html file (index.html), it is set to autorun but if it doesn't the user is told to click on play.exe to start the file. This was mistakenly put on the cd cover so now we have to come up with an exe to launch the web page. can i use VB? Any other kind of exe that opens a web page would be fantastic. Any suggestions to get us out of this mess?

Thank You

venkateshwarr

A small batch file would do...

start.bat
-----------
start index.html

Winston Smith

ASKER

i need it to have the erxtension .exe

Is this possible with a batch?

Triguna

>>>>>i need it to have the erxtension .exe<<<<<

Then it is better to go for VB. You can use Shell iexplore <html file> for opening HTML files.

Winston Smith

ASKER

would i have to include the VB runtimes on the cd? Or would it work as a syandalone exe?

Triguna

VB runtimes? You have to include.

Otherwise, the Targetting system must be having VB installed.

Anything will get you the result. Provided the versions of VB same. That is if you developed the program in VB 6 then the target must have VB 6.

Hammadian2

if it has to be .exe then convert the batch file described above to an executalbe using bat2exe tool

http://nlsn.free.fr/batch-down/Bat2Exe.ZIP

Julian Hansen

Why not just do it in C - no runtimes - here is the code.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "shellapi.h"

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
LPSTR szPath = "D:\\test.html" ; // Change as required.

ShellExecute ( NULL, "open", szPath, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOW ) ;
return 0;
}

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Winston Smith

ASKER

That worked perfectly julianH!!!! Thank yo for your time and excellent solution to my problem!

Cheers Mate!

Julian Hansen

No problem - glad to have been of help