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

[EliteHussar]

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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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));  
}

[hoxsiew]

That's nice.

But why not just use a SysLink control?

[Skizmo]

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[ovidiucucu]

This one is good to be published in the FAQs section.
So, write it in Q&A form, e.g.

Q: How can put a clickable URL in a dialog?
A: It’s getting quite common these days...

then post it in CodeGuru Individual FAQs.

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