Visual C++ : How can put a clickable URL in a dialog?

How can put a clickable URL in a dialog?
It’s getting quite common these days to place a URL to a web site in about boxes. But how do you this in a typical MFC app? Well, first you need a static which will respond to being clicked. Let’s assume you have a static named IDC_URL in your dialog, which has as its text the URL for your website. You need to apply the SS_NOTIFY style to this static (i.e. check the Notify checkbox in the static’s properties dialog). Then you need to override the WM_COMMAND handler for the dialog which hosts the static, and place code something like that below in it:
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Code:

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BOOL CTestbed2Dlg::OnCommand(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) 
{ 
  CString csURL; 
 
  if (HIWORD(wParam) == STN_CLICKED) 
  { 
      if (LOWORD(wParam) == IDC_URL) 
      { 
        FromHandle ((HWND)lParam)->GetWindowText (csURL); 
        ShellExecute (GetSafeHwnd(), 
                      "open", 
                      csURL, 
                      NULL, 
                      NULL, 
                      SW_SHOWNORMAL); 
        return TRUE; 
      } 
  } 
  return (CDialog::OnCommand(wParam,lParam)); 
}

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That's nice.

But why not just use a SysLink control?

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