IE Launching in windows

How do I launch a internet explorer window in windows, that starts out in the URL I specify?

BTW: I am using allegro, so some things I can't include (allegro likes to overdo windows stuff)

I think this works. Ok well it might work, I didn't compile it. But is should work on VC, and maybe it also works on other compilers.
I dunno, try it.

#include <windows.h>
// Internet Explorer's IID
IID const IID_IWebBrowserApp={0x0002DF05,0x0000,0x0000,0xC0, 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x46};

void InternetExplorerNav(CString & str)
{
HRESULT hResult;
IWebBrowserApp* pBrowser;
VARIANT vFlags = {0};
VARIANT vTargetFrameName = {0};
VARIANT vPostData = {0};
VARIANT vHeaders = {0};

BSTR pURL = str.AllocSysString();

if (FAILED(hResult=CoInitialize(NULL)))
{ // failure message
}

if (FAILED(hResult = CoCreateInstance(
CLSID_InternetExplorer, NULL, CLSCTX_SERVER,
IID_IWebBrowserApp, (LPVOID*)&pBrowser)))
{ // some error messag
}

if (FAILED(pBrowser->Navigate(pURL,&vFlags, &vTargetFrameName, &vPostData, &vHeaders)))
{
// failure message
}


if ( pBrowser ) pBrowser->Release();

CoUninitialize();

I can't include windows.h, it conflicts with allegro.h

Use CreateProcess()
But then again, that's defined in windows.h

Try using system("iexplore.exe -o webpage");
and remember to include stdlib.h

Code:

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// ex08bView.cpp : implementation of the CEx08bView class
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "ex08b.h"

#include "ex08bDoc.h"
#include "ex08bView.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CEx08bView

const char CEx08bView::s_engineGoogle[] =
        "http://Google.com/";

IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE(CEx08bView, CView)

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CEx08bView, CView)
        //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CEx08bView)
        ON_WM_CREATE()
        ON_WM_SIZE()
        //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CEx08bView construction/destruction

CEx08bView::CEx08bView()
{
        // TODO: add construction code here

}

CEx08bView::~CEx08bView()
{
}

BOOL CEx08bView::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs)
{
        // TODO: Modify the Window class or styles here by modifying
        //  the CREATESTRUCT cs

        return CView::PreCreateWindow(cs);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CEx08bView drawing

void CEx08bView::OnDraw(CDC* pDC)
{
        CEx08bDoc* pDoc = GetDocument();
        ASSERT_VALID(pDoc);

        // TODO: add draw code for native data here
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CEx08bView diagnostics

#ifdef _DEBUG
void CEx08bView::AssertValid() const
{
        CView::AssertValid();
}

void CEx08bView::Dump(CDumpContext& dc) const
{
        CView::Dump(dc);
}

CEx08bDoc* CEx08bView::GetDocument() // non-debug version is inline
{
        ASSERT(m_pDocument->IsKindOf(RUNTIME_CLASS(CEx08bDoc)));
        return (CEx08bDoc*)m_pDocument;
}
#endif //_DEBUG

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CEx08bView message handlers

int CEx08bView::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
        if (CView::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
                return -1;
       
        DWORD dwStyle = WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD;       
        if (m_search.Create(NULL, dwStyle, CRect(0, 0, 100, 100),
                            this, ID_BROWSER_SEARCH) == 0) {
                AfxMessageBox("Unable to create search control!\n");
                return -1;
        }
        m_search.Navigate(s_engineGoogle, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

        if (m_target.Create(NULL, dwStyle, CRect(0, 0, 100, 100),
                            this, ID_BROWSER_TARGET) == 0) {
                AfxMessageBox("Unable to create target control!\n");
                return -1;
        }
        m_target.GoHome(); // as defined in IE3 options

        return 0;
}

void CEx08bView::OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy)
{
        CView::OnSize(nType, cx, cy);

        CRect rectClient;
        GetClientRect(rectClient);
        CRect rectBrowse(rectClient);
        rectBrowse.right = rectClient.right / 2;
        CRect rectSearch(rectClient);
        rectSearch.left = rectClient.right / 2;

        m_target.SetWidth(rectBrowse.right - rectBrowse.left);
        m_target.SetHeight(rectBrowse.bottom - rectBrowse.top);
        m_target.UpdateWindow();

        m_search.SetLeft(rectSearch.left);
        m_search.SetWidth(rectSearch.right - rectSearch.left);
        m_search.SetHeight(rectSearch.bottom - rectSearch.top);
        m_search.UpdateWindow();
}

BEGIN_EVENTSINK_MAP(CEx08bView, CView)
        ON_EVENT(CEx08bView, ID_BROWSER_SEARCH, 100, OnBeforeNavigateExplorer1, VTS_BSTR VTS_I4 VTS_BSTR VTS_PVARIANT VTS_BSTR VTS_PBOOL)
        ON_EVENT(CEx08bView, ID_BROWSER_TARGET, 113, OnTitleChangeExplorer2, VTS_BSTR)
END_EVENTSINK_MAP()

void CEx08bView::OnBeforeNavigateExplorer1(LPCTSTR URL,
        long Flags, LPCTSTR TargetFrameName,
        VARIANT FAR* PostData, LPCTSTR Headers, BOOL FAR* Cancel)
{
        TRACE("CEx08bView::OnBeforeNavigateExplorer1 -- URL = %s\n", URL);

        if (!strnicmp(URL, s_engineGoogle, strlen(s_engineGoogle))) {
                return;
        }
        m_target.Navigate(URL, NULL, NULL, PostData, NULL);
        *Cancel = TRUE;
}

void CEx08bView::OnTitleChangeExplorer2(LPCTSTR Text)
{
        // Careful!  Event could fire before we're ready.
        CWnd* pWnd = AfxGetApp()->m_pMainWnd;
        if (pWnd != NULL) {
                if (::IsWindow(pWnd->m_hWnd)) {
                        pWnd->SetWindowText(Text);
                }
        }
}

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Code:

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// ex08bView.h : interface of the CEx08bView class
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#if !defined(AFX_EX08BVIEW_H__13D86A41_5BC8_11D0_8FD1_00C04FC2A0C2__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_EX08BVIEW_H__13D86A41_5BC8_11D0_8FD1_00C04FC2A0C2__INCLUDED_

#include "webbrowser.h"        // Added by ClassView
class CEx08bView : public CView
{
private:
        static const char s_engineGoogle[];

protected: // create from serialization only
        CEx08bView();
        DECLARE_DYNCREATE(CEx08bView)

// Attributes
public:
        CEx08bDoc* GetDocument();

// Operations
public:

// Overrides
        // ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
        //{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CEx08bView)
        public:
        virtual void OnDraw(CDC* pDC);  // overridden to draw this view
        virtual BOOL PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs);
        protected:
        //}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
public:
        virtual ~CEx08bView();
#ifdef _DEBUG
        virtual void AssertValid() const;
        virtual void Dump(CDumpContext& dc) const;
#endif

protected:

// Generated message map functions
protected:
        //{{AFX_MSG(CEx08bView)
        afx_msg int OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);
        afx_msg void OnSize(UINT nType, int cx, int cy);
        //}}AFX_MSG
        DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()

protected:
        afx_msg void OnBeforeNavigateExplorer1(LPCTSTR URL,
                long Flags, LPCTSTR TargetFrameName,
                VARIANT FAR* PostData, LPCTSTR Headers, BOOL FAR* Cancel);
        afx_msg void OnTitleChangeExplorer2(LPCTSTR Text);
        DECLARE_EVENTSINK_MAP()

private:
        CWebBrowser m_target;
        CWebBrowser m_search;
};

#ifndef _DEBUG  // debug version in ex08bView.cpp
inline CEx08bDoc* CEx08bView::GetDocument()
  { return (CEx08bDoc*)m_pDocument; }
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
// Microsoft Developer Studio will insert additional declarations immediately before the previous line.

#endif // !defined(AFX_EX08BVIEW_H__13D86A41_5BC8_11D0_8FD1_00C04FC2A0C2__INCLUDED_)

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i didnt know what files to show here, so i put the view.cpp and the view.h code.this opens a window with a slitter bar in the middle,search engine on the right, when you search, it shows it on the left, but you can change the default opening page to whatever you want it to be.im using msvc++ 6, and i have to include webbrowser.h to get this to work

Whoopee!!!! Its one of those competitions for finding the most painfull ways of doing a rather mundane task.......

Not having much time to play....here's my submission

Code:

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#include <Shellapi.h>
//Dont forget Shell32.lib


int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
                  HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                  LPSTR lpszArgument,
                  int nShowState)
{
    ShellExecute(HWND_DESKTOP,
                "OPEN",
                "http://www.cprogramming.com",
                NULL,
                NULL,
                SW_SHOWNORMAL); 
  return 0;
}

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Not as cool as the COM and MFC examples, but hell!!!!....I'm busy

you can use system() in windows? It's defined in dos.h, so I don't think you can.

the system() method did not work, as I thought it wouldn't. It just minimizes my game. I used both dos.h and stdlib.h system()'s and it didn't work.

I need a simple way to do this. I just want to make it to where if you click the logo in the main menu of my game it opens up IE and goes to http://frenchfry164.tripod.com

Er....did you try the ShellExecute() method??

what's that?

Quote:

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Originally posted by frenchfry164
what's that?

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Jeez.... :rolleyes: :p

Read my previous post

well I don't have Shell32.lib because I use Dev-C++, and it doesn't come with ANY .lib files.

:) ...

Try libshell32.a