Launch web page from my application

browser, c, c++, windows

Solution

#include <windows.h>

void main()
{
   ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://yourwebpage.com",
            NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
}

Problem

Ok, this probably has a really simple answer, but I've never tried to do it before: How do you launch a web page from within an app? You know, "click here to go to our FAQ", and when they do it launches their default web browser and goes to your page. I'm working in C/C++ in Windows, but if there's a broader, more portable way to do it I'd like to know that, too.

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