Displaying Html using VB

mtek13 · Nov 7, 2002

Hi,
I am trying to create a small HTML editor but the problem i dont know wich control i have to use to convert a text to html, means i want to displaythe equivalent of a text entred into a window.

Thanx

benlinkknilneb · Nov 7, 2002

Does it have to be real-time? Or were you thinking of a button entitled "Preview"?

mtek13 · Nov 7, 2002

Yes a preview button

exodus300 · Nov 7, 2002

Howabout just save the HTML to a file in the TEMP folder then use ShellExecute or similar to open the temporary file in the user's default browser? This is how most HTML editors do it. [Thanks in advance|Hope I helped you]
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benlinkknilneb · Nov 7, 2002

Right on, Exodus... that was going to be my suggestion. As long as you don't need to see it in real-time, just open a file, store your html, close it, then do a browser.navigate to that file... should work fine!

Ben

vb5prgrmr · Nov 7, 2002

Why wouldn't a person use the webbrowser control???

benlinkknilneb · Nov 8, 2002

We are using the webbrowser control, vb5prgrmr... but what data are you going to feed to the control? It has to be saved in a file first; then you can use the control to view it.

vb5prgrmr · Nov 8, 2002

Well, if you search this site you will see several examples of where you do not need to create a file and then point the WB to it. I'll give you a hint... search for "webbrowser <html>".

Good Luck

strongm · Nov 8, 2002

>It has to be saved in a file first

Just to back up vb5prgrmr: no, it doesn't

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