Opening default web browser

Question

I am using the function below to open the user\'s default web browser.

 Public Function ShowHelp(ByVal url As String) As System.Diagnostics.Process
    Dim s         


        

Answer 1

If you wish to dislay a file the ends in ".html" or "htm" then you can just pass it to the Process.Start() method. The same may work with a URL.

(You must have the flag set that gets Process.Start() to use the shell methods.)