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"Mike K" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message 
news:47af4a4e@newsgroups.borland.com...

> how can I launch a web browser and navigate it to a specific
> URL from within my CPPBuilder 5 application?

To launch the user's default browser, use ShellExecute(), ie:

    #include <shellapi.h>

    {
        //...
        ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://www.gohere.com", NULL, NULL, 
SW_SHOWNORMAL);
        //...
    }

> I see TCppWebBrowser in the help system, but it's not on any
> component palette.

Then you likely are not using an edition of BCB that has that component 
available.  You can import Microsoft's IE ActiveX control into your project 
manually, though.

> The application is, I know within my code the IP address and port
> number of a remote web server; I need to open a browser window
> pointed to the web server.

    ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://TheIPHere:ThePortHere", NULL, NULL, 
SW_SHOWNORMAL);

> I need to use a Borland component for the browser (instead of launching
> IE7) because I need access to the data that is retrieved from the server
> as well.

If you want the user to see the webpage, then TCppWebBrowser (or the 
imported control, or a third-party web browser control) is the way to go. 
But if all you want is to retreive the data without the user seeing the 
webpage, then don't use a browser at all.  Use an HTTP component/library, 
such as the HTTP client in Indy (http://www.indyproject.org), ICS 
(http://www.overbyte.be), or Synpase (http://www.ararat.cz/synapse), or use 
Microsoft's WinInet or WinHTTP API, to retreive the data directly instead.


Gambit