Open IE and follow a link

[popweasel]

thats it can any one help.

i want internet explorer to open up and follow a link.

or if its possible with a batch file or any other simple/simpler method would be great.

cheers.

[albertw]

thats it can any one help.

i want internet explorer to open up and follow a link.

or if its possible with a batch file or any other simple/simpler method would be great.

cheers.

hi

in VB6

ShellExecute hWnd, "open", URL-LINK, NILL, NILL, Empty

[albertw]

hi

in VB6

ShellExecute hWnd, "open", URL-LINK, NILL, NILL, Empty

actually this is not complete

 
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
 
ShellExecute hWnd, "open", URL-LINK, vbNullString, vbNullString, Empty
 
 

[popweasel]

how do i use this to follow a link.?
i can open a page like this but im not sure how i am supposed to follow a link.

[albertw]

how do i use this to follow a link.?
i can open a page like this but im not sure how i am supposed to follow a link.

hi

you need to copy and paste previous code into your program
and use a trigger (e.g: a buttonclick ) to start
write a proper URL where URL-LINK is written.