Robert,
Thanks for the response. Yes, your example works and this is what I am already doing, but I want a new browser to display each time. This example will use an existing open browser session if there is one.
Thanks,
Jerry
>Hi Jerry!
>
>If you want to use ShellExecute you could try this code:
>
>
>PROCEDURE openUrl(cUrl as String) as VOID
> DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN shell32 integer hWnd,string lpOperation,string lpFile,string lpParameter,;
> string lpDirectory,integer nShowCmd
> ShellExecute(0,"open",ALLTRIM(cUrl),"","",1)
>ENDPROC
>
>
>This works quite fine opening the default browser.
>
>HTH
>
>>I am using the ShellExecute api in a VFP Windows application. When a user press a button in my WinForm, I call ShellExecute and pass a URL to open a browser and display the website/page.
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>>This works fine except that ShellExecute will use either any open browser to display the page or open the default browser to display the page if a browser isn't open already.
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>>Is there a way to force ShellExecute to always open a new browser to display the page and ignore any open browser? Or is there a better way to call IE and pass it a URL to display?
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jerry