[RESOLVED] [2005] Hyperlink/Onclick open page in browser

[Christineeve]

It seems when I want something explained in a complex way I find examples that only show the barest of minimum steps, and then the reverse is also true. I've spent several days on this problem too.

I have one simple hyperlink control and when the user clicks on it, I'd like a browser to open with the page indicated in the control.

I find all kinds of examples scrolling through this or that or appending text to this or that. I just want to launch a darn page. I've done menus and hyperlinks for years in Access and VB 6.0, I just don't know what I'm doing wrong in VB 2005. Sheesh! Oops, sorry for venting. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I've already searched high and low, not sure what I'm missing.

Here is my glamorous code:

Private Sub llHyperlink_LinkClicked(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs) Handles llHyperlink.LinkClicked
'www.microsoft.com is also the text of the hyperlink control. 
        Dim url As String = "www.microsoft.com"
         Dim browser As WebBrowser
'the text must stay white for all states of the click events, "not visited, visited, etc."
 
        browser.Navigate(url)
    End Sub

[jmcilhinney]

So are you saying that you want to open this page in a new window of the default browser or in a WebBrowser control on your form?

If it's a WebBroswer control on your form then you need to use a WebBroswer control that's on you form. That code of yours declares a WebBrowser variable but doesn't create a WebBrowser object, and even if it did it isn't added to the form so the user would never see it.

[Christineeve]

So are you saying that you want to open this page in a new window of the default browser or in a WebBrowser control on your form?

If it's a WebBroswer control on your form then you need to use a WebBroswer control that's on you form. That code of yours declares a WebBrowser variable but doesn't create a WebBrowser object, and even if it did it isn't added to the form so the user would never see it.

I'm saying when the user clicks on the hyperlink control, an external webpage opens and displays the website. I definately do not want it to open inside my application.

[Christineeve]

Ok,

I finally found this after looking for days. It really couldn't have been easier.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Here's what I did:

Try
            ' Dim browser As WebBrowser
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://www.microsoft.com")
 
        Catch ex As Exception
            If Err.Number <> 0 Then
                errLogger(Err.Number, Err.Description, Err.Source)
            End If
            Exit Sub
        End Try