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Windows Media Player 11 SDK AxWindowsMediaPlayer.launchURL (VB and C#) 

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AxWindowsMediaPlayer.launchURL (VB and C#)

The launchURL method sends a URL to the user's default browser to be rendered.

[Visual Basic]
Public Overridable Sub launchURL(
  bstrURL As String
)

[C#]
public virtual void launchURL (
  string bstrURL
);

Parameters

bstrURL

The System.String that is the URL to launch.

Remarks

This method only opens Web pages using the HTTP or HTTPS protocols.

Example Code

The following example creates a button that, when clicked, displays the Microsoft Web site in a new browser window. The AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer object is represented by the variable named player.

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub goToMS_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles goToMS.Click

    ' Open the Microsoft Web site. 
    player.launchURL("https://www.microsoft.com")

End Sub

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private void goToMS_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    // Open the Microsoft Web site. 
    player.launchURL("https://www.microsoft.com");
}

Requirements

Version: Windows Media Player 9 Series or later

Namespace: AxWMPLib

Assembly: AxInterop.WMPLib.dll (automatically generated by Visual Studio)

See Also

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