Open a webpage in the default browser

Question

I want my users to be able to click a button to open my company\'s webpage in the default browser when clicked. How would I do this?

I\'m using VB.net so all .net e

Answer 1

Here is a little sub that may just interest some people who need to specify the browser. (but its not as good as a 12" pizza sub!) :P

Private Sub NavigateWebURL(ByVal URL As String, Optional browser As String = "default")

    If Not (browser = "default") Then
        Try
            '// try set browser if there was an error (browser not installed)
            Process.Start(browser, URL)
        Catch ex As Exception
            '// use default browser
            Process.Start(URL)
        End Try

    Else
        '// use default browser
        Process.Start(URL)

    End If

End Sub

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Call: will open www.google.com in Firefox if it is installed on that PC.

NavigateWebURL("http://www.google.com", "Firefox") '// safari Firefox chrome etc

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Call: will open www.google.com in default browser.

NavigateWebURL("http://www.google.com", "default")

OR

NavigateWebURL("http://www.google.com")

Answer 2

This worked perfectly for me. Since this is for personal use, I used Firefox as my browser.

 Dim url As String
    url = "http://www.google.com"
    Process.Start("Firefox", url)

Answer 3

This should work:

Dim webAddress As String = "http://www.example.com/"
Process.Start(webAddress)

Answer 4

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://www.example.com")

Answer 5

Dim URL As String 
Dim browser As String = TextBox1.Text
URL = TextBox1.Text
Try
    If Not (browser = TextBox1.Text) Then
        Try
            Process.Start(browser, URL)
        Catch ex As Exception
            Process.Start(URL)
        End Try
    Else
        Process.Start(URL)
    End If

Catch ex As Exception
    MsgBox("There's something wrong!")
End Try

Answer 6

You can use Process.Start:

Dim url As String = “http://www.example.com“

Process.Start(url)

This should open whichever browser is set as default on the system.