open explorer,run aspx with passed string

[Mike Ratliff]

I need to call internet explorer from another program(or say from the run
command) and pass along a
variable to the aspx page that I am opening.
example: iexplorer.exe search.aspx?variable1=12345
(this if asp syntax and probably not the proper asp.net syntax)

Please give me an example of the proper command line syntax and the vb.net
code toreceive the passed variable in the aspx program.
thanks