Well that Hyperlink1 control is pretty cool.... but what I'm looking for is more of a networking issue.... If I have a web server connected to the internet, I have my data and my web pages working .... but instead of some one typing in an ip adress in the web browser such as 10.80.72.143/thisfolder, I would like to have someone type in www.thisurl.com and have it point to 10.80.72.143/thisforlder. I'm not sure if I go to one of those registering services, they just give the IP or what?
I really don't have any kind of experience with this stuff..

Daniel

>Hey George,
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>I'm not sure what a shortcut is, but what I need to do is make it possible for someone to type in www.someurl.com and it will direct them to a directory on my server....
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>Thanks,

Daniel,

You can used a regular text box control in concert with a Hyperlink control. In the text box's valid event you can check for the validatity of the URL, and if valid issue something like
ThisForm.Hyperlink1.NavigateTo(This.Value)
Up will pop an instance of a the browser at the target URL.
George

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