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Linking to a web site...

I want to make it possible for the user of my app to be able to click a button/image to be taken to my home page (via IE of course). Is this easily achievable with VB 6?

mark2150

Easy enough to spawn a copy of IE and pass it a URL.

M

MAVERICK

You could always execute a windows shortcut to the URL...... simply add the URL: to favourites... go to windows/favourites and copy the shortcut out to where u want it....

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edunc

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edunc

oops. it's:

retVal = shell("start http://www.yourpage.com/")

I forgot the " at the end of shell

mark2150

Easy enough, no?

M

MAVERICK

Add a 0 to the code...
retVal = shell("start http://www.yourpage.com/",0)

this will supress the MSDOS window

regards
Jon

edunc

you don't need to add a 0 at the end. By default, the window will already be minimized, and w/ focus i think. it doesn't matter if it has the focus anyway becuase the new browser window will take the focus when it opens.

MAVERICK

actually that is not strictly correct.... what happens is that a MSDOS icon apears in the task bar... putting the '0' will suppress that....

But '0' is not the default.....

sorry If this seems like being pedantic... I just noticed it while I was trying it out... and thought it may be useful to lbowers, thats all

Regards
Jon

lbowers

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Thanks to all for your help and comments.

edunc

maverick - does the 0 make it not in the taskbar?