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Re: I need someone to test this on Windows

• Posted by Brian Broker <brian_broker at yahoo.com> Apr 02, 2006
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Jerry Story wrote:
> 
> Brian Broker wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Jerry,
> > 
> > I can confirm Evan's findings.
> > I believe you would want to use ShellExecute
> > to achieve the desired effect in Windows.
> > 
> > E.g. Lauch MS website in default browser:
> > 
> > r = ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://www.microsoft.com"
> > NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL)
> > 
> > -- Brian
> I don't see ShellExecute() in the EU2.5 documentation.
> Do you mean system_exec()?

No, I mean you'd have to wrap the windows API "ShellExecute" function.  I don't
know if wx has a similar function or not but Win32Lib has a wrapper for it.  Let
me know if you'd like assistance with a standalone wrapper.

-- Brian