Really simple question!!

Ok this is much more simple than my last question about iterating through all pictureboxes on a form!! How do you launch a web page in the user's default browser from a piece of VB.NET code In GML (the programming language I'm actually decent in) you use the shell function, but in VB.NET, this doesn't appear to work!!

Thanks in advance!

-Javawag

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Really simple question!!

dib56115

Dustins will work as long as:

1:) You're conected to the net

2.) The url is there and there are no errors

When there are errors....

Your program is going to have exceptions and break. My method wouldn't. You make your choices and live with them.
pankaj sharma103086
hey ReneeC , can you help, am dying to know how to make my personal browser run as defult am stuck on this, :(
Jan Ferneman
Is there any way of launching the browser and setting the http referrer so that the website can pick up the fact that it was linked to via the application
njf
Yay! it worked fine!! Thanks Dustin

As for the really long code from ReneeC, it probably would work too but I'm too lazy seeing as Dustin's worked perfectly

Thanks again people,

-Javawag
John Carroll

Protected Sub CreateProcess(Byval Filespec as string, Byval Switches as string, optional Byval RunDir as string = "")

        Dim startinfo As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
        Dim Proc As New System.Diagnostics.Process

        startinfo.FileName = FileSpec

        If Switches <> "" Then
            startinfo.UseShellExecute = True
            startinfo.Arguments = Switches
        Else
            startinfo.UseShellExecute = False
        End If


        startinfo.WorkingDirectory = RunDir
        Proc.StartInfo = startinfo

        Try
            Proc.Start()
        Catch e As Exception
            MsgBox("You have requested to run file:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & packet.sFileSpec & vbCrLf & _
            vbCrLf & "However that file is not in that directory.", MsgBoxStyle.Critical, e.Message)
        End Try

    End Sub
ElisabetdW

Phewwwwww ... had I been 60 seconds later... I'd have been embarassed... again! ;)
Anas Bahsas
i think you talking about the thing i done before,

make new project in vb express or C+

add browser

go to pro section and set the right url to http://yoursite.com

maybe this you after
Micael Baerens
You can also do it the lazy way. One line of code...

Process.Start("http://forums.microsoft.com")

Dustin.
Really simple question!!

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