There is a few ways to do this. If you just want to display a web page in a dialog, try this:
Code:
#include <windows.h>
#include <Urlmon.h>
#include <mshtmhst.h>
int main() {
SHOWHTMLDIALOGFN* pfnShowHTMLDialog;
HINSTANCE hinstMSHTML = LoadLibrary(TEXT("MSHTML.DLL"));
if (hinstMSHTML == NULL)
{
// Error loading module -- fail as securely as possible
return 0;
}
pfnShowHTMLDialog = (SHOWHTMLDIALOGFN*)GetProcAddress(hinstMSHTML,
TEXT("ShowHTMLDialog"));
if (pfnShowHTMLDialog)
{
IMoniker *pURLMoniker;
BSTR bstrURL = SysAllocString(L"http://www.cboard.cprogramming.com");
CreateURLMoniker(NULL, bstrURL, &pURLMoniker);
if (pURLMoniker)
{
(*pfnShowHTMLDialog)(NULL, pURLMoniker, NULL, NULL, NULL);
pURLMoniker->lpVtbl->Release(pURLMoniker);
}
SysFreeString(bstrURL);
}
FreeLibrary(hinstMSHTML);
return 0;
}
Alternatively, for simplicity you can use UrlDownloadToFile or OleLoadPicturePath.