Browse - Programming Tips - I want to display a local HTML file in the default browser.

Date: 2008jul17
Platform: win32
OS: Windows
Language: C/C++
Keywords: web, page, webpage, local

Q.  I want to display a local HTML file in the default browser.
How can I simply do that.

A.  Simulate the user clicking on it like this:

BOOL WebPage(const HWND hwndParent, LPCSTR szUrl)
{
	return ShellExecute(hwndParent, "open", szUrl, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL) > (HINSTANCE) 32;
}

BOOL LocalWebPage(const HWND hwndParent, LPCSTR szFile)
{
	char	szUrl[MAX_PATH*2+1];

	_snprintf(szUrl, sizeof(szUrl), "file://%s", szFile);
	return WebPage(hwndParent, szUrl);
}

ExampleUse()
{
	LocalWebPage(NULL, "c:\\temp\\hello.htm");
}