Odin/core/sys/win32/helpers.odin

// +build windows
package win32

import "core:strings"

call_external_process :: proc(program, command_line: string) -> bool {
    si := Startup_Info{ cb=size_of(Startup_Info) }
    pi := Process_Information{}

    return cast(bool)create_process_w(
        utf8_to_wstring(program),
        utf8_to_wstring(command_line),
        nil,
        nil,
        Bool(false),
        u32(0x10),
        nil,
        nil,
        &si,
        &pi,
    )
}

open_website :: proc(url: string) -> bool {
	p :: "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"
	arg := []string{"/C", "start", url}
	args := strings.join(arg, " ", context.temp_allocator)
	return call_external_process(p, args)
}