How can I retrieve the URL from an external browser from within Matlab?

I'm new to Matlab, so my question may be a bit basic. I know of Matlab's internal browser (via, say, the 'web' command), but it has given me a problem by sometimes not detecting when the user clicks next on an online survey I administer through Matlab. I've never had that problem with any external browser (Firefox, Chrome, IE). I want to close the browser automatically when the user gets to the end of the survey. I know the url that the user will go to after finishing the survey. So right now using the Matlab browser, I just use: [s,bwser] = web(url2, '-new', '-notoolbar', '-noaddressbox'); cloc = get(bwser, 'currentLocation'); and then check if cloc is equal to the given url. I would love to do the same thing with an external browser. I know how to call the external browser and assign it a URL, but after the participant clicks on a link on it, I don't know how to retrieve the current URL from that browser. Any ideas?

[Walter Roberson]

You might be able to do something with ActiveX to run the browser session.