Shell "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IExplore.exe " & txurl.Text,

Originally Posted by nagatron

there is an error on this part:


is says: object required.

Originally Posted by cguan_77

sorry missing "t", i put txurl.. should be txturl

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Dim txturl as string

txturl ="http://www.daniweb.com"

Shell "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IExplore.exe " & txturl.Text, vbMaximizedFocus

Dim txturl as string txturl ="http://www.daniweb.com" Shell "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IExplore.exe " & txturl.Text, vbMaximizedFocus

Originally Posted by javmedia

Yes because it's a API call missing.

Try this...


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Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 1998
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    'Send an E-Mail to the KPD-Team
    ShellExecute Me.hwnd, vbNullString, "mailto:KPDTeam@Allapi.net", vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
End Sub

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1 Private Sub Form_Load() 'KPD-Team 1998 'URL: http://www.allapi.net/ 'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net 'Send an E-Mail to the KPD-Team ShellExecute Me.hwnd, vbNullString, "mailto:KPDTeam@Allapi.net", vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL End Sub

you can replace the mailto: part with any valid URL excluding http://
Kudos to the API-guide guys who are unfortunately closing down now.

This seems pretty cool too...

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Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, ByVal szURL As String, ByVal szFileName As String, ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long
Public Function DownloadFile(URL As String, LocalFilename As String) As Boolean
    Dim lngRetVal As Long
    lngRetVal = URLDownloadToFile(0, URL, LocalFilename, 0, 0)
    If lngRetVal = 0 Then DownloadFile = True
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'example by Matthew Gates (Puff0rz@hotmail.com)
    DownloadFile "http://www.allapi.net", "c:\allapi.htm"
End Sub

Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, ByVal szURL As String, ByVal szFileName As String, ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long Public Function DownloadFile(URL As String, LocalFilename As String) As Boolean Dim lngRetVal As Long lngRetVal = URLDownloadToFile(0, URL, LocalFilename, 0, 0) If lngRetVal = 0 Then DownloadFile = True End Function Private Sub Form_Load() 'example by Matthew Gates (Puff0rz@hotmail.com) DownloadFile "http://www.allapi.net", "c:\allapi.htm" End Sub