Microsoft KB Archive/162719

= How To Use the WebBrowser Control from Visual Basic 5.0 =

Article ID: 162719

Article Last Modified on 7/13/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162719



SUMMARY
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 includes a custom ActiveX control called "WebBrowser." When you use WebBrowser in combination with Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, you can design powerful custom solutions that include Internet Web browsing features. This article illustrates how to use the WebBrowser control within Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0.



MORE INFORMATION
The following example creates a mini-browser:

 Create a new Standard .exe project in Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is added automatically. On the Project menu, click Components. Select the Microsoft Internet Controls component. Click OK.  Add the following controls to Form1:

  Control           Name --   -   Text Box          Text1 Command Button   Command1 WebBrowser       WebBrowser1

  In Form1's code window, add the following code:

Option Explicit

Private Sub Command1_Click If Text1.Text <> "" Then WebBrowser1.Navigate Text1.Text If WebBrowser1.Visible = False Then WebBrowser1.Visible = True End If        End If     End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load Me.Width = 5325 Me.Height = 5400 Me.Caption = "Mini browser" With WebBrowser1 .Visible = False .Width = 4575 .Height = 3375 .Top = 600 .Left = 240 End With With Text1 .Top = 240 .Left = 1680 .Height = 285 .Width = 3135 .Text = "http://www.microsoft.com" End With With Command1 .Top = 120 .Left = 240 .Height = 375 .Width = 1215 .Caption = "Navigate" .Default = True End With End Sub

 On the File menu, click Save Project1.</li> On the Run menu, click Start.</li></ol>

When you click Navigate, the WebBrowser appears and automatically loads the URL displayed in the TextBox.

NOTE: Distribution of a Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 application that uses the WebBrowser control requires that Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 (or later) be installed on the target system prior to installation.

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