++** Borland C++ Problem**++

tranceenigma

Does any one know the code for a buttom in Borland C++ Builder to:

'Call & open up a certain Web page on the Internet'

Also a function that will 'open a bland .txt Notepad doucment'

Thanks

Cake Fiend

You could probably use the system() function for both of those.

tranceenigma

Thanks for the fast Reply Ciso. I am totally new to the aread of programming ....
Would u be able to elaborate on that "system() function" command if possible please & give a tiny explaniation on how it works aswell.

Thank you Kindly.....

satchmo

The ShellExecute() function will do that. Try:

ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://www.boards.ie", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);//open a webpage
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "c:\\MyTextFile.txt", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);//open a text file in default editor

For the blank text file you try using fopen() and then fclose() it again, but there's probably a better way.

Cake Fiend

I had no idea they had made Google so hard to use.

Last time I used it, all you had to do was type a search query, in this case 'system() function', into a little box and hit the 'Google Search' button.

The alternative would be to search the Borland manual/readme/help files.

Yet another way, seeing as you're presumably doing this for homework of some sort, would be to either ask your lecturer, or listen in class/read your texts in the first place.

I was deliberately vague with my reply in order to get you off your ass to do some searching.

$lash

#include<fstream> //make sure you include this header


void main()
{
      fstream in_out ("file1.txt", ios::in | ios::out); //opens a file for input & output
}