[RESOLVED] Show webpage in a new window?

[Traps]

How can I use the process class to launch the default browser in a new window.

Process.Start("www.google.com"); does not work. It will open a new tab in an exisiting IE instance.

[BigEd781]

I'm amazed that even works at all. It does, I tested it, but seems odd. Anyway, you can launch the user's default browser as the process instead and pass the url as a command line argument.

[Traps]

I'm amazed that even works at all. It does, I tested it, but seems odd. Anyway, you can launch the user's default browser as the process instead and pass the url as a command line argument.

Thanks for responding. By providing just the url, it will ensure that whatever the default browser is set to will launch the page. But my problem is I need the page to launch in a new window. I only use I.E., but I believe firefox, and oprah (lol, ... sorry opera) browsers use tabbed browsing as well. I need the browser to launch in a new window for the task I have at hand. I have already tried specifically launching I.E and setting the argument, and the result is the same.

[BigEd781]

Thanks, didn't know that. If you start the browser by its executable path with the url as an argument I thought that it starts a brand new process, i.e., new window. let me check..

[BigEd781]

Yup, this code opens a new window for me every time. However, if I go for the default http\shell\open command, it opens another tab for me in firefox.

public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            Process.Start(GetDefaultBrowserPath(), "www.google.com");           
        }

        private string GetDefaultBrowserPath()
        {
            //string key = @"http\shell\open\command";  <--opens a new tab
            string key = @"htmlfile\shell\open\command";
            Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey registryKey =    
                 Microsoft.Win32.Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(key, false);            

            return ((string)registryKey.GetValue(null, null)).Split('"')[1];
        }
    }

[Traps]

well, that worked, but I'm still in a bind.

I'm trying to setparent for the browser window.

Any ideas?

Here's basically what I got:

            Process PR = new Process();
            PR = Process.Start(GetDefaultBrowserPath(),"www.yahoo.com");            
            PR.WaitForInputIdle();
            //System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10000);

            SetParent(PR.MainWindowHandle, thisPanel2.Handle);

I can not find anything about changing a webbrowser's parent, specifically I.E. on google. I am creating a new thread here and marking this thread resolved.