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 examples are acceptable

User · Answer

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

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

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

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

OR

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

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

System Diagnostics Process Start  http   www example com

User · Answer

or sometimes it s very easy just type Process Start  http   www example com     then change the http   www example com

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

As others have indicated  Process Start   is the way to go here   However  there are a few quirks   It s worth your time to read this blog post      http   faithlife codes blog 2008 01 using processstart to link to    In summary  some browsers cause it to throw an exception for no good reason  the function can block for a while on non-UI thread so you need to make sure it happens near the end of whatever other actions you might perform at the same time  and you might want to change the cursor appearance while waiting for the browser to open

User · Answer

This should work   Dim webAddress As String    http   www example com   Process Start webAddress

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