>>>>I have the following in a procedure for one of my menu choices:
>>>>
>>>>LOCAL oIE
>>>>oIE = CREATEOBJECT( "INTERNETEXPLORER.APPLICATION" )
>>>>oIE.Navigate( "http://ammo-eng" )
>>>>oIE.visible = .T.
>>>>
>>>>This runs internet explorer OK but will not work in the real world because I make the assumption that they have IE. Does anyone have any VFP code out there that figures out from the system (the persons computer) if they have a browser and how to call it with the parameter of http://ammo-eng, so the persons own default browser will come up and show the web page.
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Seems this has been my favorite rsponse lately... :-)
>>>
>>>oShell = CREATEOBJECT('Shell.Application')
>>>oShell.Open('http://ammo-eng')
>>>
>>>will get the job done.
>>
>>How would you do any error checking, just in case the user does not have a browser?
>
>IN this case, if the user does not have a browser, the user gets the file association dialog. To find if a machine has the .htm files extension registered as a file type, check the registry under hkey_classes_root.

Do you know of a good class that is available to enter a key and it tell me if the registry has that key registered?