HTML Viewer as ActiveX Control

[dmsolomon]

Greetings,<br><br>I'm a bit new to the ActiveX world and am searching for something that I'm having trouble finding.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>What I need is a very simple HTML viewer that will need to view HTML only documents (ie no JavaScript, no VBScript, etc).&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Basically I need to insert a control on a VB form that, when clicked, displays the appropriate web page. <br><br>I've played a bit with the Microsoft PopUp viewer, but it's not very flexible and I would like print capabilities if I can find it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>I believe that the MS PopUp viewer uses the IE engine and would like to harness that if I could.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any thoughts or tips would be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>David<br><A HREF="mailto:david.solomon@apexit.com">david.solomon@apexit.com</A><br><br>

 

[palbano]

Dear David,<br><br>// Generated .IDL file (by the OLE/COM Object Viewer)<br>// <br>// typelib filename: SHDOCVW.DLL<br><br>[<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;uuid(EAB22AC0-30C1-11CF-A7EB-0000C05BAE0B),<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;version(1.1),<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;helpstring(&quot;Microsoft Internet Controls&quot<br>]<br>library SHDocVw<br>{<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// TLib :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// TLib : OLE Automation : {00020430-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;importlib(&quot;Stdole2.tlb&quot;<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// Forward declare all types defined in this typelib<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface IWebBrowser;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dispinterface DWebBrowserEvents;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface IWebBrowserApp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface IWebBrowser2;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dispinterface DWebBrowserEvents2;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dispinterface DShellWindowsEvents;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface IShellWindows;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface IShellUIHelper;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dispinterface _ShellFavoritesNameSpaceEvents;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface IShellFavoritesNameSpace;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface IScriptErrorList;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface ISearch;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface ISearches;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface ISearchAssistantOC;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface ISearchAssistantOC2;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dispinterface _SearchAssistantEvents;<br><br><br>Help for all these interfaces can be found on MSDN. I believe IWebBrowser2 has support for printing.<br><br>Good luck<br>-pete

 

[codewizard]

Here is a code snippet that handles printing using the IE Web browser control. If you embed a web browser ActiveX control in your dialog resource you can attach the control to a variable (in this case named m_browser) using the classwizard then follow the snippet below to print.

// Printing an HTML Page using WebBrowser ActiveX Control
// m_browser is the class for the Web Browser Control

LPOLECOMMANDTARGET lpTarget = NULL;
LPDISPATCH lpDisp = m_browser.GetDocument();
if (lpDisp != NULL)
{
if (SUCCEEDED(lpDisp->QueryInterface(IID_IOleCommandTarget, (LPVOID*) &lpTarget)))
{
lpTarget->Exec(NULL, OLECMDID_PRINT, 0, NULL, NULL);
lpTarget->Release();
}
lpDisp->Release();
}