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VB Forum / General 2 / May 2005Help - Internet access
I have made a number of htm type help files which I link to from VB6 with something like this: ShellExecute 0&, "open", mypath & "\help\help.htm", "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL where mypath is something like "C:\program files\myapp" All has been working fine until some of my users upgraded to service pack two now this line takes them nowhere at all The following still works fine ShellExecute 0&, "open", "http://www.mywebsite.org/help.htm", "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL My guess is that Internet explorer has somehow been changed to not allow links to local files Anyone know a work round? Jaez Hi These things have been driving me mad too. I solved the problem by looking in the registry key HKCR \ .htm The default value of this key gives you the file type that this extension belongs to. On my pc that is: FirefoxHTML But it can also be something like htmlfile Now, go to the registry key HKCR \ FirefoxHTML or htmlfile or whatever which contains a key with the name shell \ open \ command Take the default value for this key, which is for firefox C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -url "%1" and for internet explorer "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome Check to see if this string contains %1. If so, replace it with the full path of the file you want to open, otherwise just append a space and the file name to it. Then use shell to execute the complete string. Good luck! Marcel Timmerman The Netherlands >I have made a number of htm type help files which I link to from VB6 with >something like this: [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jaez >I have made a number of htm type help files which I link to from VB6 with >something like this: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Anyone know a work round? For some browsers, you may need the target path in quotes when it gets passed to the browser. So maybe try the line this way: ShellExecute 0&, "open", """" & mypath & "help\help.htm" & """", "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL |
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