• Ed Schroder (7/7) Jan 07 2007 How can one launch Internet Explorer (or the default browser) from
• Bertel Brander (20/25) Jan 07 2007 Normally you could do:
• Bertel Brander (29/52) Jan 07 2007 One that works with Digital Mars:
• Ed Schroder (3/27) Jan 07 2007 You are the greatest...................!
• Matthew Wilson (34/82) Feb 13 2007 &Size);

Ed Schroder <matador home.nl> writes:

How can one launch Internet Explorer (or the default browser) from
a console application?

I have it currently running via a hard call from: C:\Progra~1
\Intern~1\iexplore.exe

Fishy code.....

TIA

Ed

Bertel Brander <bertel post4.tele.dk> writes:

Ed Schroder skrev:
 How can one launch Internet Explorer (or the default browser) from
 a console application?
 
 I have it currently running via a hard call from: C:\Progra~1
 \Intern~1\iexplore.exe

Normally you could do:

#include <windows.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
    DWORD Size;
    char Buffer[1024];
    AssocQueryString(0, ASSOCSTR_EXECUTABLE, ".htm", "Open", Buffer, &Size);
    std::cout << "Assoc: " << Buffer << std::endl;
}

But the default version of windows libraries and headerfiles
shipped with Digital Mars does not have shlwapi.h, so you
will need to do some tricks.

In some cases ShellExecute is the answer.

-- 
Just another homepage:
http://damb.dk
But it's mine - Bertel

Bertel Brander <bertel post4.tele.dk> writes:

Bertel Brander skrev:
 Ed Schroder skrev:
 How can one launch Internet Explorer (or the default browser) from
 a console application?

 I have it currently running via a hard call from: C:\Progra~1
 \Intern~1\iexplore.exe

 
 Normally you could do:
 
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <shlwapi.h>
 #include <iostream>
 int main()
 {
    DWORD Size;
    char Buffer[1024];
    AssocQueryString(0, ASSOCSTR_EXECUTABLE, ".htm", "Open", Buffer, &Size);
    std::cout << "Assoc: " << Buffer << std::endl;
 }
 
 But the default version of windows libraries and headerfiles
 shipped with Digital Mars does not have shlwapi.h, so you
 will need to do some tricks.

One that works with Digital Mars:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

typedef DECLSPEC_IMPORT HRESULT WINAPI (*AssocQueryStringType 
)(DWORD,DWORD,LPCSTR,LPCSTR,LPSTR,DWORD*);

int main()
{
    HMODULE Module = LoadLibrary("shlwapi.dll");
    AssocQueryStringType AssocQueryString = 
(AssocQueryStringType)GetProcAddress(Module, "AssocQueryStringA");
    if(AssocQueryString)
    {
       char Buffer[1024] = "";
       DWORD Size = sizeof(Buffer);
       AssocQueryString(0, 2, ".htm", "open", Buffer, &Size);
       std::cout << "Assoc: " << Buffer << std::endl;
    }
    else
    {
       std::cout << "No Such proc" << std::endl;
    }
}

-- 
Just another homepage:
http://damb.dk
But it's mine - Bertel

Ed Schroder <matador home.nl> writes:

You are the greatest...................!

Thx again.

Ed

 One that works with Digital Mars:
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <string>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <iostream>
 typedef DECLSPEC_IMPORT HRESULT WINAPI (*AssocQueryStringType
 )(DWORD,DWORD,LPCSTR,LPCSTR,LPSTR,DWORD*);
 int main()
 {
     HMODULE Module = LoadLibrary("shlwapi.dll");
     AssocQueryStringType AssocQueryString =
 (AssocQueryStringType)GetProcAddress(Module, "AssocQueryStringA");
     if(AssocQueryString)
     {
        char Buffer[1024] = "";
        DWORD Size = sizeof(Buffer);
        AssocQueryString(0, 2, ".htm", "open", Buffer, &Size);
        std::cout << "Assoc: " << Buffer << std::endl;
     }
     else
     {
        std::cout << "No Such proc" << std::endl;
     }
 }

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew hat.stlsoft.dot.org> writes:

"Bertel Brander" <bertel post4.tele.dk> wrote in message
news:enrvf3$f5u$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Bertel Brander skrev:
 Ed Schroder skrev:
 How can one launch Internet Explorer (or the default browser) from
 a console application?

 I have it currently running via a hard call from: C:\Progra~1
 \Intern~1\iexplore.exe

 Normally you could do:

 #include <windows.h>
 #include <shlwapi.h>
 #include <iostream>
 int main()
 {
    DWORD Size;
    char Buffer[1024];
    AssocQueryString(0, ASSOCSTR_EXECUTABLE, ".htm", "Open", Buffer,


&Size);
    std::cout << "Assoc: " << Buffer << std::endl;
 }

 But the default version of windows libraries and headerfiles
 shipped with Digital Mars does not have shlwapi.h, so you
 will need to do some tricks.

 One that works with Digital Mars:

 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <string>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <iostream>

 typedef DECLSPEC_IMPORT HRESULT WINAPI (*AssocQueryStringType
 )(DWORD,DWORD,LPCSTR,LPCSTR,LPSTR,DWORD*);

 int main()
 {
     HMODULE Module = LoadLibrary("shlwapi.dll");
     AssocQueryStringType AssocQueryString =
 (AssocQueryStringType)GetProcAddress(Module, "AssocQueryStringA");
     if(AssocQueryString)
     {
        char Buffer[1024] = "";
        DWORD Size = sizeof(Buffer);
        AssocQueryString(0, 2, ".htm", "open", Buffer, &Size);
        std::cout << "Assoc: " << Buffer << std::endl;
     }
     else
     {
        std::cout << "No Such proc" << std::endl;
     }
 }

You could use dl_call (from the STLSoft sub-project, WinSTL;
http://stlsoft.org/), for simpler syntax:

#include <winstl/dl/dl_call.hpp>
#include <winstl/error/error_desc.hpp>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    try
    {
        char    Buffer[1024]    =   "";
        DWORD   Size            =   sizeof(Buffer);
        HRESULT hr;

        hr = winstl::dl_call<HRESULT>("SHLWAPI.dll",
"stdcall:AssocQueryStringA", 0, 2, ".htm", "open", &Buffer[0], &Size);

        if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
        {
            std::cout << "Assoc: " << Buffer << std::endl;
        }
        else
        {
            std::cerr << "Failed: " << winstl::error_desc(hr) << std::endl;
        }
    }
    catch(winstl::windows_exception& x)
    {
        std::cerr << "Error: " << x.what() << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}


HTH

Matthew