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c++urlshellexecute
Siver
Siver

Reputation: 67

C++ ShellExecute a URL

Tried googling for a few hours, testing different solutions for hours but still just cannot get this to work.

I need a const url base (Ex. http://www.google.com) Then I need a string input from the user (ex. Mountain Dew) and then combine them. I've tried making the URL a LPCWSTR, wstring, wchar_t, doing a function to convert them and combine them but I cannot get it to work at all.

std::string baseUrl = "http://www.google.com/";
std::string userAdd;
getline(std::cin, userAdd)
ShellExecute(NULL, TEXT("open"), baseUrl + userAdd, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1588

Answers (1)

Photon
Photon

Reputation: 3222

There's no automatic conversion from std::string to const char*.

Try this: (baseUrl + userAdd).c_str()

and try using ShellExecuteA

Upvotes: 1

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