>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?

Why do you need this? This sort of lookup happens automatically - that's what an HTTP client does.

You can use the HyperLink control for this, or the Web Browser control or even ShellExecute which is probably the easiest and most convenient of all. All of these will perform the DNS translations automatically.

If you really need this sort of thing wwIPStuff includes domain and reverse domain lookups.

+++ Rick ---


>I really don't have any kind of experience with this stuff..
>
>Daniel
>
>>Hey George,
>>
>>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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