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Started by ByteMe95 February 19, 2001 05:45 PM

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ByteMe95

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February 19, 2001 05:45 PM

Hey, I''m writign a game in VC with DX. I really dont know much about windows programming, so I need some help. I want to be able to minimize the game window and launch the user''s default browser with a specified URL, so that they can go to a part of the game website straight from teh game. Anyone know any windows function that could do that? Or if not, just simply how to run a program from my game, I think if i run the browser exe with the URL as an argument, it''ll do it as well. I tried system() cause that''s all I know frm my Borland C DOS days

but, that didnt really work. Thanks for the help ByteMe95::~ByteMe95() Cerebrum Software

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NickB

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February 19, 2001 08:55 PM

Try looking at the ShellExecute function

ShellExecute( hWnd, lpOperation, lpFile, lpParameters, lpDirectory, nShowCmd );

I think (you''ll need to check this) that if you just do:

ShellExecute( hWnd, NULL, "http://www.gamedev.net", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL );

the browser will open up at the specified page (the other function to look at might be WinExec)