how to create exe file that opens an url

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Hi All,

I have a web application hosted on IIS in one system and its connected to other system on LAN

I access the application (hosted with IIS) from within the LAN by just typing the IP address of the system on which IIS is installed as:

HTML

"http://IPAddress:Portnumber"

I want to create a exe that access the above url and open on a browser so the users need not have to type the url every time

Regards

Posted 19-Jun-13 1:30am

surya24

Updated 19-Jun-13 1:36am

AlphaDeltaTheta

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Pheonyx · Answer 1 · 2013-06-19T01:43:00

Solution 1

Create a shortcut to the web address and distribute that.
Sending an EXE is overkill, and the advantage of the short cut is that it will open in their default browser.

When you are creating the shortcut, instead of browsing to an application you put in the web address you want to browse to.

Posted 19-Jun-13 1:43am

Pheonyx

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surya24 19-Jun-13 7:45am

How do i create a shortcut???

Pheonyx 19-Jun-13 7:54am

Really?! you are asking that! I'm concerned!

AlphaDeltaTheta · Answer 2 · 2013-06-19T01:43:00

Solution 2

Did you Google it before asking?
So Let Me Google That For You[^]

This can even achieved by a batch file, creating an application and going through all the bells and whistles of compiling isn't necessary...

<br />
@echo off<br />
start http://ipaddress:port<br />

Posted 19-Jun-13 1:43am

AlphaDeltaTheta

Mahesh Bailwal · Answer 3 · 2013-06-19T01:45:00

Solution 3

Create C# console application. Refer below mention code for opening browser with your url in console application exe

class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://IPAddress:Portnumber");
        }

      
    }

Posted 19-Jun-13 1:45am

Mahesh Bailwal

Updated 19-Jun-13 1:46am

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