Go to website in c++

[lumpybanana247]

how could you make the program go to a website like google.com?
i dont care if it opens it in the default browser or if you have to type it in, just somehow open a webpage.
i tried to make the program create a .URL and the run that w/ System(); but that didnt work.
is there a way to do it (if so, how)

thanks
-nate

[gpraghuram]

Hi,
Do u want to open the internet explorer window with a specified address from ur c++ program?
If yes the the use system command and pass this argument to it

system("iexplore www.thescripts.com");
 

This will work for you.
Raghuram

[lumpybanana247]

Hi,
Do u want to open the internet explorer window with a specified address from ur c++ program?
If yes the the use system command and pass this argument to it

system("iexplore www.thescripts.com");
 

This will work for you.
Raghuram

i tried that and what i got was a blank cmd window for a split second- then nothing happend. im using windows xp if that makes a difference

thanks

ps "iexplore" is not in my WINDOWS folder.

[lumpybanana247]

now i did put iexplore in my system directory manually and it works perfect (Thank you very much!) but do most ppl have iexplore in their 'windows' folder? none of my computers do.

[weaknessforcats]

i tried that and what i got was a blank cmd window for a split second- then nothing happend. im using windows xp if that makes a difference

thanks

ps "iexplore" is not in my WINDOWS folder.

That split-second blank screen was your program executing. Then it shout down and took the ie session with it.

Put a cin.get() in the code to keep wh command window up. Then you shoueol see the ie session take off.

As for your ie not being in a specific place, create a string with the path and use that for the system call.

[lumpybanana247]

That split-second blank screen was your program executing. Then it shout down and took the ie session with it.

Put a cin.get() in the code to keep wh command window up. Then you shoueol see the ie session take off.

As for your ie not being in a specific place, create a string with the path and use that for the system call.

Thank you very much gpraghuram and weaknessforcats- you helped me a lot.
I got it all worked out. :-)

[niskin]

If you want to use the default browser without having to use IE then do this:

system("start /max /wait http://www.google.com");