Putting a Hyper-Link on a Form? (lost the thread)

[Hambone]

Ack - I asked this question yesterday, and before I read the answer the thread had scrolled off the last page!

I wanted to know how to add a Hyperlink to a form....

(a clickable link to say "VB-World.Net"

Thanks!

[Edneeis]

Assuming there is a form with a lblURL label on it

Private Sub lblUrl_DragDrop(Source As Control, X As Single, Y As Single)
    If Source Is lblURL Then
        With lblURL
            .Font.Underline = False
            .ForeColor = vbBlack
            Call ShellExecute(0&, vbNullString, .Caption, vbNullString, vbNullString, vbNormalFocus)
        End With
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub lblUrl_DragOver(Source As Control, X As Single, Y As Single, State As Integer)
    If State = vbLeave Then
        With lblURL
            .Drag vbEndDrag
            .Font.Underline = False
            .ForeColor = vbBlack
        End With
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub lblUrl_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    With lblURL
        .ForeColor = vbBlue
        .Font.Underline = True
        .Drag vbBeginDrag
    End With
End Sub

Also make sure you change the lblURL.DragIcon to something else it looks really dumb. ALso in this case it assumes that the URL is in the caption of the label.

You forgot to include the ShellExecute API function .

Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal _
lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal _
lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal _
nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1

Usage

ShellExecute Me.hwnd, vbNullString, "http://www.vb-world.net", _
vbNullString, "c:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL

[HeSaidJoe]

'uses Form1,Image1,Label1
'change the mouse cursor to whatever image you
'for this example I use the hand
'send user to web address on click event of label

Option Explicit

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib _
  "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
     (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
         ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
            ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1

Private Sub Form_Load()
Image1.Picture = LoadPicture("C:\Windows\Cursors\Hand-m.cur")
Image1.Visible = False
End Sub

Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, _
    Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    Me.MousePointer = vbDefault
End Sub

Private Sub Label1_Click()
    Dim lReturn As Long
    lReturn = ShellExecute(hWnd, "open", _
               "http://www10.ewebcity.com/dirtbagdog/", _
                 vbNull, vbNull, SW_SHOWNORMAL)

End Sub

Private Sub Label1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    Me.MousePointer = 99
    Me.MouseIcon = Image1.Picture
End Sub