>In earlier versions we could type a URL into PEM ctarget and the VFP web browser would navigate to it. Where is the URL placed in the new (VFP 9) browser class to accomplish that same task?

AFAIK you must use the navigate(cURL) method. However, if all you want to do, is to show a webpage, you can do it very simple:

xx=Newobject('_webform',Home()+'\gallery\_WebView')
xx.OleWebBrowser.Navigate2('http:\\www.swfox.net')
xx.Show()