by FluffyDave (2 Submissions)
Category: VB function enhancement
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(3 Votes)
A simple API call to open up the default browser to the url of your choice. VERY simple and useful code.
Inputs
URL string, hwnd
API Declarations'API for OpenBrowser
Public Const SW_SHOWDEFAULT = 10
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
VBcodersPublic Function OpenBrowser(strURL As String, lngHwnd As Long)
OpenBrowser = ShellExecute(lngHwnd, vbNullString, strURL, vbNullString, _
"c:\", SW_SHOWDEFAULT)
End Function
