by Kamen (2 Submissions)
Category: Internet/HTML
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Mon 21st August 2000
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
An easy to use class module for launching the browser. You should write the URL, say whether the window should be maximized, etc., and call
API Declarations
'Local variables
Private mstrURL As String
Private mlngMax As Long
Private mlngMin As Long
Private mlngNormal As Long
'Function needed to launch the browser
Private Declare Function ShellExecute _
Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" ( _
ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, _
ByVal lpParameters As String, _
ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
ByVal nShowCmd As Long _
) As Long
'Window constants
Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3
Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
VBcoders
'parameters - URL/mailto, Maximized or Minimized or Normal,
'Example :
'
'Private Sub cmdLaunch_Click()
' Dim Hlink As New Hlink
' Hlink.URL = "http://www.someurl.com" 'write the email address if you want to send an email
' Hlink.Maximized = True
' Hlink.OpenURL
'End Sub
Property Let URL(strURL As String)
mstrURL = strURL
End Property
Property Let Maximized(bMax As Boolean)
If bMax Then
mlngMax = SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED
End If
End Property
Property Let Minimized(bMin As Boolean)
If bMin Then
mlngMin = SW_SHOWMINIMIZED
End If
End Property
Property Let Normal(bNormal As Boolean)
If bNormal Then
mlngNormal = SW_SHOWNORMAL
End If
End Property
Public Sub OpenURL()
Call ShellExecute(0&, vbNullString, mstrURL, _
vbNullString, "C:\", mlngMax Or mlngMin Or mlngNormal)
End Sub
Public Sub Mail()
Call ShellExecute(0&, vbNullString, "mailto:" & mstrURL, _
vbNullString, "C:\", mlngMax Or mlngMin Or mlngNormal)
End Sub
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