protocol Property

Returns a String that represents how a document is accessed. The protocol property returns a substring of the document's URL up to and including the first colon. For example, a page from a disk-based Web site would return a protocol property String of "file:". A page from a server-based Web site might return a protocol property String of "http:".

expression.protocol

*expression   * Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies to list.

Remarks

While the Object Browser in the Visual Basic Editor shows the protocol property as Read/Write, if you try to set the protocol property you will receive an error.

Example

The following example displays the protocol type used to access the active document.

MsgBox ActiveDocument.protocol

Applies to | FPHTMLAnchorElement Object | FPHTMLAreaElement Object | FPHTMLDocument Object | FPHTMLImg Object | FPHTMLLocation Object | IHTMLAnchorElement Object | IHTMLAreaElement Object | IHTMLDocument2 Object | IHTMLImgElement Object | IHTMLLocation Object