Declare the following API call at the top of your source code.
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
Ok then to open the webpage use the following function call
Call ShellExecute(0&, "open", "www.compsci.ca, "", "", SW_SHOW)
This will open the webpage in the default browser, as to how to make a search, you'll need to figure that out with the URL of the search engine
