win32com.client.Dispatch - understanding error messages

[mirandacascade at yahoo.com]

Duncan Booth wrote:
> Are you really sure that the browser isn't making guesses about what you
> meant and correcting the error for you? Does what remains in the address
> bar when the page is retrieved really match *exactly* what you copied and
> pasted?

Thank you for that pointer.  The answer is: no, it does not match
exactly.  The browser did indeed, as you surmised, make a guess and
correct the error.  The browser added 'http://' to the beginning.  When
'http://' gets added to the beginning of the url parameter, all is well.