how to insert a link in click event of button

Below are two ways to have a C# program start the browser with a URL.


Sample program #1
Add Reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string strURL = "http://www.CodeProject.com";

            if (strURL.Length > 0)
            {
                int hPID = Interaction.Shell("cmd /c Start " + strURL, AppWinStyle.Hide);
            }

        }
    }
}

Tested with C# 2012 .NET Framework 4.0


Sample Program #2

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;


namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           Process myProcess = new Process();

            try
            {
                myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
                myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "http://www.CodeProject.com";
                myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
                myProcess.Start();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
               MessageBox.Show (ex.Message);
            }
        }



    
    }
}

Tested with C# 2012 .NET Framework 4.0