Go to Copied URI In Chrome (or Google search plaintext)

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Description	If the text on the clipboard is a URL, this macro will open it in Google Chrome. If it's not a URL, it will do a Google search using that text.
Language	VB.net
Minimum Version	5.7+
Created By	Wakewalker
Contributors	-
Date Created	Jun 22, 2020
Date Last Modified	Jun 22, 2020

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Imports System Imports System.Net Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction Imports System.Diagnostics Public Class ClipboardFusionHelper Public Shared Function ProcessText(text As String) As String Dim url as String = text If Not DoesURLExists(text) Then url = "http://www.google.com/search?q={0}" url = String.Format(url, text.Replace(" "c, "+"c)) End If Process.Start(url) Return text End Function Public Shared Function UrlIsValid(ByVal url As String) As Boolean Dim is_valid As Boolean = False If url.ToLower().StartsWith("www.") Then url = _ "http://" & url Dim web_response As HttpWebResponse = Nothing Try Dim web_request As HttpWebRequest = _ HttpWebRequest.Create(url) web_response = _ DirectCast(web_request.GetResponse(), _ HttpWebResponse) Return True Catch ex As Exception Return False Finally If Not (web_response Is Nothing) Then _ web_response.Close() End Try End Function Public Shared Function URLExists(ByVal url As String) As Boolean Try Dim Request As Object Dim ff As Integer Dim rc As Object Request = CreateObject(url) With Request .Open("GET", url, False) .Send() rc = .StatusText End With Request = Nothing If rc = "OK" Then URLExists = True EndNow: return URLExists Catch ex As Exception return false End Try End Function Public Shared Function DoesURLExists(ByVal url As String) As Boolean Dim responsea as Boolean = false Try Dim webRequest As System.Net.WebRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url) webRequest.Method = "HEAD" Dim response As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = CType(webRequest.GetResponse, System.Net.HttpWebResponse) If (response.StatusCode.ToString = "OK") Then responsea = true End If Catch ex As Exception Return responsea End Try return responsea End Function End Class