> I've been playing with the Microsoft Rich Edit Box in VB.   I have it doing
> all types of neat stuff (changing text color, bold, etc) however I would
> also like to have the Rich Edit box support hyperlinks.

> For example, when the user types in www.vt.edu (or any http:// address
> string) the edit box underlines the text and makes it "clickable."  When the
> user clicks on this text a browser is launched that displays the web page.
> I am also open to hooking the rich edit box or responding to events to
> launch the browser myself.

> The Microsoft documentation says that the Rich Edit Version 2.0 supports
> "automatic URL recognition."
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shel...
> tform/commctls/richedit/richeditcontrols/aboutricheditcontrols.asp

> However I can't seem to get it to work.  Any suggestions for a way to enable
> this in my rich edit boxes?

> Thanks
> Shane Kunkle