How to autodetect Url's in Visual Basic Richtextbox control and open the URL once it is clicked: I have prepared an ActiveX dll that does all the work for you.

You just need to add a reference to TKAutodetectUrl from your project and write three lines of code in your program.

[ download file ] - TKAutoDetectURL.zip (7KB); see below an example of how to use it.

The Code:

'Declare a Member variable
Private m_o As New TKAutoDetectURL.clsAutoDetectURL

'On Form Load event set
Private Sub Form_Load()
   m_o.EnableURLDetection MyRichTextBoxControl
End Sub

'And finally on Unload form event dispose the object
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
   Set m_o = Nothing
End Sub

[ download file ] - TKAutoDetectURL.zip (7KB)

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