Thread: opening an html file to IE, c++

The following sample opens the indicater file by strDir in the default browser....this works with the current directory but you can place any value you want to replace strDir....

Code:

void CAboutDlg::OnButton1() 
{
	CString strDir;
	char buffer[255];

	GetCurrentDirectory(255, buffer);

	strDir = buffer;
	
	strDir.TrimRight("\\");
	strDir += "\\";
	strDir += _T("helpindex.html");

	if( 32 >= (int)ShellExecute( NULL, "open", strDir, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL))
	{
		AfxMessageBox("::ShellExecuteFailed"
			 " to open this link!");
	}	
}