Question

Embed Internet Explorer Window in a Form?

Asked by: j1e1g1

My boss wants me to write a C# app, designed to run on a mobile device, that will prompt the user for a part number, and then use that number to display content from a web page.  For example, if the user enters "441305", he wants the app to display the xml that this page generates: http://www/scripts/justin-dev.wsc/xml_test.p?part=441305.  The catch is that he doesn't want the program to open a browser window, he wants the results displayed inside a large window at the bottom of the app (nothing but horizontal and vertical scrollbars).  So, my question to you is how do i get this page to display inside of the form?

My code thus far is as follows:

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;

namespace MobileApp
{
      /// <summary>
      /// Summary description for Form1.
      /// </summary>
      public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
      {
            private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox SearchBox;
            private System.Windows.Forms.Label SearchLabel;
            private System.Windows.Forms.Button SearchButton;
            private System.Windows.Forms.Label CopyrightLabel;
            private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
            private System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu mainMenu1;
            private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem1;
            private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox ResultsBox;
            private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem3;

            public Form1()
            {
                  //
                  // Required for Windows Form Designer support
                  //
                  InitializeComponent();

                  //
                  // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
                  //
            }
            /// <summary>
            /// Clean up any resources being used.
            /// </summary>
            protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
            {
                  base.Dispose( disposing );
            }
            #region Windows Form Designer generated code
            /// <summary>
            /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
            /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
            /// </summary>
            private void InitializeComponent()
            {
                  System.Resources.ResourceManager resources = new System.Resources.ResourceManager(typeof(Form1));
                  this.mainMenu1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu();
                  this.menuItem1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
                  this.menuItem3 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
                  this.SearchLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
                  this.SearchBox = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
                  this.SearchButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
                  this.CopyrightLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
                  this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
                  this.ResultsBox = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
                  //
                  // mainMenu1
                  //
                  this.mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(this.menuItem1);
                  //
                  // menuItem1
                  //
                  this.menuItem1.MenuItems.Add(this.menuItem3);
                  this.menuItem1.Text = "File";
                  this.menuItem1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.menuItem1_Click);
                  //
                  // menuItem3
                  //
                  this.menuItem3.Text = "Exit";
                  this.menuItem3.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.menuItem3_Click);
                  //
                  // SearchLabel
                  //
                  this.SearchLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(45, 32);
                  this.SearchLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 24);
                  this.SearchLabel.Text = "Search String:";
                  this.SearchLabel.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.TopCenter;
                  this.SearchLabel.ParentChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.label1_ParentChanged);
                  //
                  // SearchBox
                  //
                  this.SearchBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(37, 48);
                  this.SearchBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(120, 22);
                  this.SearchBox.Text = "";
                  //
                  // SearchButton
                  //
                  this.SearchButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(61, 72);
                  this.SearchButton.Text = "Search";
                  //
                  // CopyrightLabel
                  //
                  this.CopyrightLabel.ForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText;
                  this.CopyrightLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(25, 176);
                  this.CopyrightLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(144, 20);
                  this.CopyrightLabel.Text = "(c) 2004 Justin";
                  this.CopyrightLabel.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.TopCenter;
                  this.CopyrightLabel.ParentChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.CopyrightLabel_ParentChanged);
                  //
                  // label1
                  //
                  this.label1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
                  this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 8);
                  this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(163, 20);
                  this.label1.Text = "Mobile Test Application";
                  this.label1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.TopCenter;
                  //
                  // ResultsBox
                  //
                  this.ResultsBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 112);
                  this.ResultsBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(152, 22);
                  this.ResultsBox.Text = "Results go here";
                  //
                  // Form1
                  //
                  this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(194, 199);
                  this.Controls.Add(this.ResultsBox);
                  this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
                  this.Controls.Add(this.CopyrightLabel);
                  this.Controls.Add(this.SearchButton);
                  this.Controls.Add(this.SearchBox);
                  this.Controls.Add(this.SearchLabel);
                  this.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular);
                  this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));
                  this.Menu = this.mainMenu1;
                  this.Text = "Mobile Test App";
                  this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);

            }
            #endregion

            /// <summary>
            /// The main entry point for the application.
            /// </summary>

            static void Main()
            {
                  Application.Run(new Form1());
            }

            private void menuItem3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
                  Application.Exit();
            }

            private void menuItem2_Click_1(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
                  Application.Run(new Form1());
            }

      }
}

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Answers

 

by: j1e1g1Posted on 2004-06-18 at 12:13:10ID: 11347625

I found the 'Microsoft Web Browser' Com object and inserted it onto my form.  However, I don't know how to use it or call it.  Right now, when I build my project, there is just a blank, white space where the Microsoft Web Browser Object should be, and I don't know what to pass it in order to make it actually display something.

This is what it put in my code for me:

private void axWebBrowser1_Enter(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
                  
}

For example:
How would I make it go to google when the user clicks on a button?

 

by: devaidPosted on 2004-06-19 at 07:47:12ID: 11351238

On a button click or some other event add something like this

int orderPart = 441305
Object n = null;
axWebBrowser1.Navigate("http://www/scripts/justin-dev.wsc/xml_test.p?part="+orderPart, ref n, ref n, ref n, ref n);

 

by: j1e1g1Posted on 2004-06-21 at 05:52:35ID: 11359123

Thanks devaid, that worked perfectly.
Now, does anyone have any idea how I could have a "Print" option in my main menu, and have only whats in the browser window print? I was playing with PrintDialog, but I'm not sure how to get it working...

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