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>(((http[s]?|ftp)://)|(www\.))[\w/.()-]+[\w/.(-]
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>if you need two patterns, you can make one
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>I would not treat aspx as a special case, who says () are not allowed in htm/html ?

The pattern above allows spaces inside the HTML string, which is incorrect. In addition, this www.test would also show as HTML.

BTW, VFP itself also incorrectly recognizes www.something as valid HTML, but it doesn't recognize http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa172799(SQL.80).aspx