I have a function that is pulling the value of a textbox. It is a URL address. Once I have this value, I want to verify that the URL is valid. I want to pass this as a parameter to IE and hav IE open the link. Below is my function so far. I need to replace the second msgbox with the code.

I have tried the shell command, but I recieved an error. I don't know if I did it right. Can some one please look at this at let me know how I can make this happen.

Thanks in advance
Jason Hall

Function verify(urlnum)
testurl = document.custom("URL" & cstr(urlnum)).value
If testurl = "" then
msgbox "You must enter a value in order to verify the HTML Link"
onclick = False
Else
msgbox testurl
**I need the code to run IE with testurl as the parameter
End IF
End Function