Validating links (xrefs) to HTML files

I use (unstructured) FrameMaker 7 and WebWorks to create an HTML help system, thereby creating HTML files. I have another help system that is displayed in the UI that links to the help system files. Currently, I manually maintain the UI files, writing in HTML and manually verifying the links.
I'd like to use FrameMaker to manage the second help system. I'd like to be able to validate my links to the HTML files. I can't figure out how. I've tried Hypertext markers like this:
gotolink /help/topics/Login.html
(and that path does indeed exist)
And I've tried this format:
message URL file:/help/topics/Login.html
Frame tries to validate the first format but stops when it determines that file is not a Frame file. Frame doesn't seem to validate the second format.
Is there a way to validate links to HTML files? Sorry if this is a clueless question...

Well ... I've just checked some source files of mine, and can now confidently say that I linked to external files with the message openfile command, which then leaves the PC to work out what application to use for the file you're pointing to.
Here's an example: message openfile ../eBooks/gateway.fb2 provides a link to an .fb2 file, and since I have a program on my PC to read .fb2 files clicking on the link opens the file in the correct application. message openfile proposal.htm opens proposal.htm in my default web browser.
With the message openfile command, FrameMaker cheerfully accepts any target file you try to specify. For a quick check that you've specified the target correctly, hold down Ctrl and Alt before clicking on the hyperlink: the cursor changes to a pointing hand when you're over an active link.
Oh, and before each three-monthly release of my biggest documentation set I used to create a list of hypertext markers (Special > List of ... > Markers, then Hypertext) to give me a single file where I could click diligently on each link and make sure it was correct.

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