Opening URL's from your code

Can this be done? we'll say for example I wanted to go to www.cprogramming.com, can the program bring me to it from inside?

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
 
int main()
{
    ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://www.cprogramming.com",
                NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
    return 0;
}

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I'm sure there is similar for *nix.

cool!! that works for a hardwared website, but can you do it for a user defined one too?

To modify sly's code...very easy.

Code:

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        string go;
        cin >> go;

    ShellExecute(NULL, "open", go.c_str(),NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
    return 0;

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Hmmm, thanks, em, when I do that I get this error:

U:\countdown.cpp(11) : error C2679: binary '>>' : no operator defined which takes a right-hand operand of type 'class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

here's the code:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
       
        string go;
        cin >> go;

    ShellExecute(NULL, "open", go.c_str(),NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

    return 0;
}

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Works fine for me.

By the way don't mix includes like that.

Code:

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

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To use the string type you must also [code[#include <string>[/code]