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Before posting an Internet request you should check that the user has entered a valid Internet address. You can do this with a parsing routine, or use the following routine based on the IE5 library: Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Function IsValidURL Lib "urlmon" (ByVal pBC As Long, _   url As Byte, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long    Dim url As String Dim b() As Byte url = "http://www.vb2themax.com/default.asp" ' We need this because we're passing a Unicode string b = url & vbNullChar If IsValidURL(0, b(0), 0) = 0 Then     ' valid URL Else   ' invalid URL End If

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