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[mikethedj4]

You can view my post here to have a better understanding of what I'm trying to accomplish.

I don't want the user subjected to IE's javascript engine, but whatever their default web browser's is, but inside the app. As lets face it IE is a terrible browser. However I can work on that later, gotta get what I said above done first.

Anyway if anyone can help me out with this, it'll be greatly appreciated.

[Shim]

do you mean you dont want use IE ?

[mikethedj4]

do you mean you dont want use IE ?

I would prefer not to, I just want it to choose my default rendered being Firefox, or whatever the user sets it to.

[mandai]

Usually support for other browsers doesn't come from the system itself, you will have to choose which browsers to support and implement them as needed.

[mikethedj4]

Usually support for other browsers doesn't come from the system itself, you will have to choose which browsers to support and implement them as needed.

#mandai you're a smart dude. How can I accomplish what the topic's about - "Display Website In App via OpenFileDialog"?

[mandai]

In code this would vary since there is no solution that fits all web browsers.
Though I know there are several ways to detect the default browser, you can use this to load a library at runtime. e.g. I believe Firefox has a COM library that can be used in VB.Net.

[Shim]

i have used GeckoFX once thats firfox i think and its very fast not like IE , i got you the dll and a tutorial . the dll is uploaded download it first

now go to your form and add the gecko.dll .net component.

now you will be able to see the web browser in the toolbox .

drag it

You will need XULLRUNNER which is a mozilla run time package download it from here.

Once downloaded you need to invoke the xullrunner in start up, the run-time environment for GeckoFX Mozilla component is managed by xullrunner.

now you need to put this code in startup

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Private Sub MyApplication_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.StartupEventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
Skybound.Gecko.Xpcom.Initialize("C:\xulrunner")
End Sub

The browser component will not work without the xulrunner. In this typical browser example I am Initializing the xulrunner from “c:\xulrunner”. So you need to extract the xulrunner in C:\xulrunner folder. Also remember that the location must contain “xulrunner.exe”.

now make a button and a textbox and this code

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GeckoWebBrowser1.Navigate(textbox1.text)

thank you hope this helped you "D wahooo;