IWebBrowser2 function error

[ToniAz]

Hello everyone!

I just found about IWebBrowser2. Here's an example I found on msdn webpage that I can't seem to get working.

if (SUCCEEDED(OleInitialize(NULL)))
{
   IWebBrowser2*    pBrowser2;

   CoCreateInstance(CLSID_InternetExplorer, NULL, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER, 
                       IID_IWebBrowser2, (void**)&pBrowser2);
   if (pBrowser2)
   {
       VARIANT vEmpty;
       VariantInit(&vEmpty);

       BSTR bstrURL = SysAllocString(L"http://microsoft.com");

       HRESULT hr = pBrowser2->Navigate(bstrURL, &vEmpty, &vEmpty, &vEmpty, &vEmpty);
       if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
       {
           pBrowser2->put_Visible(VARIANT_TRUE);
       }
       else
       {
           pBrowser2->Quit();
       }

       SysFreeString(bstrURL);
       pBrowser2->Release();
   }

   OleUninitialize();
}

link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa752127(v=vs.85).aspx

They say I should include Exdisp.h, but I'm still getting errors. How can I resolve this issue?

Note, I used the code snippet above is inside the main function.
I'm using Code::Blocks with MinGW

[modoran]

Mingw does not have required headers. Maybe you could copy structure definitions from Microsoft headers.
I recommend you to use Visual Studio for COM programming.

[webJose]

Well, all header files should be included in the Windows SDK, even the COM ones. You could download and install the latest SDK and configure Code::Blocks to use these.

But you should post the errors anyway to ensure you get proper replies.

[modoran]

Add this line to your code:
EXTERN_C CLSID CLSID_InternetExplorer;

Don't forget to link with oleaut32, ole32 and uuid libraries.

I successfully compiled the code myself.