Advanced PowerBuilder

Displaying a URL in the Default Browser

Declare a local external function as shown below.

Function long ufx_ShellExecute(ulong hwnd, & string lpOperation, string lpFile, & string lpParameters, string lpDirectory, & long nShowCmd) library "shell32.dll" & ALIAS FOR "ShellExecuteA"

The following code opens the specified URL in the default browser.

// Object: cb_show_url // Event: Clicked String ls_null SetNull (ls_null) ufx_ShellExecute(Handle(Parent), ls_null, & "http://www.sybase.com", ls_null, ls_null, 1)

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