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ViewHTMLSourceInBrowser – Use IE to view the HTML of a page

ViewHTMLSourceInBrowser – Use IE to view the HTML of a page

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Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _    (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, _    ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, _    ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long' Show the source code of any page by sending a command to the browser' Example:'    ViewHTMLSourceInBrowser "www.vb2themax.com/Default.asp"Public Sub ViewHTMLSourceInBrowser(ByVal URL As String)    ' add the http:// in case it isn't already present in the specified URL    If Left$(URL, 7) <> "http://" Then URL = "http://" & URL    ' open the browser and send the command to show the source    ShellExecute 0, "Open", "javascript:window.location = 'view-source:" & URL _        & "';", "", "", 0End Sub

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