opening webpages

i want to know the specific code used to open a webpage. i was bored and decided to make a lil dos program that takes input for url and stuff and opens the page.
any help would be great. thanks

Google ShellExecute, or search these forums for that

Mmm, you mean 'dos' as in a win32 console, like what you get with modern 32-bit compilers?

Or do you mean 'dos', as in some ancient 16-bit fossil with Turbo-C ?

Check out the networking forum (where this thread now lives).

i got it using that shellexecute function (i googled it ^^)
thanks

how do you make the page open in a specific browser

say i have firefox set as my default browser but i want this specific page to open in internet explorer
how do i make it do this

I'd download the "IE Tab" extension for firefox if I wanted to load specific pages in an "IE browser".

Most browsers accept some kind of command line parameters, say
iexplore "http://www.google.com"

so what your saying is in:

Code:

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ShellExecute( NULL, "open", URL, NULL, "C:\\", SW_SHOW );

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it should look like:

Code:

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ShellExecute( NULL, "open", URL, NULL, "C:\\", SW_SHOW, iexplorer.exe );

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???

heres the program:

Code:

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//Dan Kemper ([email protected])
//webpage opening program

#include <conio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char *URL="www.google.com";
    char input[100];

    cout << "Enter the url for the website you want opened." << endl << endl;
    cout << "URL: ";
    cin.get(input,100);
    cin.ignore(80,'\n');
   
    URL=input;
   
    ShellExecute( NULL, "open", URL, NULL, "C:\\", SW_SHOW );
   
    return 0;
}

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wait, should the c:// be the file path to the specific browser?


the program runs perfect as is, i just want it to open in internet explorer

i cant find anywhere that tells me what these parameters do or control

i finally figured it out.

this is what it needs to look like:

Code:

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ShellExecute( NULL, "open", "iexplore.exe", URL, "C:\\", SW_SHOW );

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ellexecute.asp