QA: How can I open the default mail or browser program when the user clicks on an URL?
By Daniel Strigl, March 02, 2004.
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Question
I want to open the default mail or browser program when the user clicks on an URL
like "mailto:email@pocketpcdn.com" or "http://www.hh-system.com/danielstrigl".
How can it be done?
Answer
That's simple... just call the ShellExecuteEx API function with the
correct parameters. Here is sample code:
<![CDATA[
BOOL CAboutDlg::GotoURL(LPCTSTR lpszUrl) const
{
// Try to open hyperlink
SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei;
memset(&sei, 0, sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO));
sei.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
sei.fMask = SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI;
sei.lpVerb = _T("open");
sei.lpFile = lpszUrl;
sei.nShow = SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED;
return ShellExecuteEx(&sei);
}
void CAboutDlg::OnAboutEmail()
{
// TODO: Add your command handler code here
GotoURL(_T("mailto:email@pocketpcdn.com"));
}
void CAboutDlg::OnAboutHomepage()
{
// TODO: Add your command handler code here
GotoURL(_T("http://www.hh-system.com/danielstrigl"));
}
]]>
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