>Hi Sergey, Borislav and Naomi,
>
>Here is my test code with an example long URL;
>
>

>lcURL = "http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080406/NEWS01/80406034/1003/news&cid=1148779392&ei=3Ez6R4TdNqiSwwHsmvCmDg&usg=AFrqEzeDJ_6u2AjFqilgY9BzF0luu4qVyw"
>
>  DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN SHELL32.DLL ;
>    INTEGER nWinHandle , ;
>    STRING cOperation  , ;
>    STRING cFileName   , ;
>    STRING cParameters , ;
>    STRING cDirectory  , ;
>    INTEGER nShowWindow
>
>? SHELLEXECUTE( 0, "Open", m.lcURL , "", "", 0 )
>

>
>Error code is 42.
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>>I'm pretty sure that there's a limit but I doubt that it's that small. What error do you get? Can you give an example of URL that doesn't work?
>>
>>>
>>>I am using shellexecute() to load a URL with the users default browser. However, the parameter which contains the URL will not accept a string longer than 125 chars. What is a better way to load a URL with the users default browser?


But you didn't get an error. Here MSDN description of ShellExecute:

Returns a value greater than 32 if successful
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762153.aspx