Display HTML from PB

  Use so far has been to display help for applications.

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Demo Source Code

(What it does, and code section "how" or "why" remarks stay in source code comments for now. Going to be busy using it myself.)

' I use HTML instead of RichEdit, and don't embed a
'browser. Instead I use ShellExecute. It opens default browser for HTML, or a
'tab; with bonus of CSS and javascript. :-)
'[code]
#compile exe
#dim all
'declare copied from include to see pieces here
declare function ShellExecuteW lib "Shell32.dll" alias "ShellExecuteW" _
                                              (byval hwnd as dword, _
                                               byref Operation as wstringz, _
                                               byref File as wstringz, _
                                               byref Parameters as wstringz, _
                                               byref Directory as wstringz, _
                                               byval nShowCmd as long) as dword
'The "lp" in lpFile doesn't make sense for BYREF.
'Explicitly put BYREF for clarity.
'
function pbmain () as long
  local PID as dword
  local FilePath as wstringz * %max_path
  FilePath = "c:\yarker-dsyc\index.html"$$ '<===sample on my PC, change to suit
  ShellExecuteW (0, "open"$$, FilePath, ""$$, ""$$, %sw_shownormal)
end function '[/code]Keep it simple and you (as in all) can choose.

Cheers,

Created on 12 May 2025

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