HTTP, HTTPS, UNC - textbox prefix

[gmatteson]

Hi,
I have a textbox that I want to found out if the data entered into it starts off with certain text i.e.

if the user typed in "http://myserver/sharedname" as the path for the file, i want to be able to tell if it's a web addres...

the way i'm trying to do it to cut down on code rather than parsing through the string is to...


Select Case txtNetPath.Text.ToString
Case strPrefix.StartsWith("http://") = true
MsgBox("http://")
Case strPrefix.StartsWith("https://") = true
MsgBox("https://")
End Select

this select case doesn't work, yet an if then does.... I rather use the select case since it is easier to look at and faster? thanks.

[dynamic_sysop]

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim strHtml As String = TextBox1.Text
        If Not Len(strHtml) < 7 Then
            Select Case strHtml.Substring(0, 7)
                Case "http://"
                    MessageBox.Show("i'm a [url]http://[/url] link !")
                Case "https:/"
                    MessageBox.Show("i'm a [url]https://[/url] link !")
            End Select
        End If
    End Sub