>>>>>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?

There is a registry class available here in the files section (I think under Win32 API Classes).