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How do open up a browser...

I am writing a Delphi app and would like to know how to include a link to my web site and also to my e-mail.
I would like to know how to make it so that the user just clicks and the default browser opens up and goes to my site.
I know I have to use ShellExecute but how would I go about this?

erajoj

Hi,

Simplest way:
uses ...ShellAPI; // don't forget

ShellExecute( 0, 'open', 'http://www.mydomain.com/~MyName/StartPage.html', nil, nil, SW_SHOW );

/// John

Greedy

You can also do this

function MyCreateProcess(sExecutableFilePath : string): string;
var
pi: TProcessInformation;
si: TStartupInfo;
begin
FillMemory(@si, sizeof( si), 0 );
si.cb := sizeof( si );
CreateProcess(Nil, PChar(sExecutableFilePath), Nil, Nil, False,
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, Nil, Nil, ci, pi);
//wait until done
CloseHandle (pi.hProcess);
CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
end;

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viktornet

Here is how to use it.....

ShellExecute(0, 'open', 'http:\www.yahoo.com',nil,nil, SW_NORMAL);//for website...
ShellExecute(0, 'open', 'mailto:viktor@megsinet.net',nil,nil, SW_NORMAL);//for e-mail

Hope this helps =)

Regards,
Viktor Ivanov

manolis_afentakis

uses fmxutils

(see online Help)

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executeFile('www.inprise.com','','',1);