[joseza82]

then u'll need to write a procedure to determine the default web browser available on the pc and determine it's location on your hard disk.
put this location in a string and use the shell function

[joseza82]

or u can find another method ,if u do tell me.

[Sainath]

I just tried it.
To open it in Mozilla, substitute the path of IE with that of Mozilla.
Heres the code i used.
Shell "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox http://www.google.com"

[Sainath]

Do the same for any other browser, by the way.

[joseza82]

yeah but it he wants to use his project on any pc he needs to check the default browser on this pc,so he needs to make a procedure to check the current browser ,cauz it's not neat to change the code for each type of browser.

[Ben.H]

www.computerperformance.co.uk or maybe .com
is a good website that i learned some handy vb things from when i first started out.

[Tyler1989]

Originally posted by apokalipse
what if they don't use IE?

But it is more smart to use IE as not everyone uses Mozilla or FF. You can be sure if they use windows which they must for .NET they will use IE.

[Sainath]

True.
Anyway, i have no idea about the default thingy... :S

[Sainath]

I looked into some books, but they dont give you any coding to find the computer's default browser.

[joseza82]

they don't man!!

ok here's a tip the browsers installed on your pc,can be found in the registry of ur pc ,use run->regedit->HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ http \ shell \ open \ command

u'll c if ur using firefox as default browser: c:\......\firefox.exe....
for IE you'll get something else

so try working on this if ur still insiting on using the shell command

but i'm sure there's another way to do the trick and much easier guys, but i have no time to wrok on it right now.

so use the tip that i just gave to determine what's the default browser.