C++ open link with ShellExecute

c++, hyperlink, shellexecute, url

Solution

Your code only gets one character in as the link. You need to make link a type able to hold the value of the link and also read stdio in. Making link a std::string will do this but then you need to take care of how it is passed to ShellExecute

std::cout<<"Enter the link: ";
std::string link;
std::cin>>link;
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", link.c_str(), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Problem

If I write like this: ``` ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "www.google.com", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL); ``` Everything's okay and is as it has to be. But I want so that user could enter a link where he wants to go. ``` std::cout<<"Enter the link: "; char link; std::cin>>link; ShellExecute(NULL, "open", link, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL); ``` In this case I get an `invalid conversion from 'char' to 'const CHAR*` error. So, is there a way to do this properly?

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