Adding the Browser Control with VS 2003
Question: I am in the middle of writing my first Windows Form application using Visual Studio .NET 2003. So far the application is going well. I am struggling with a few of the design requirements. I have one that I am hoping you can help me with. Part of the application requires the display of HTML data. I can’t seem to find the Web Browser control? I would have thought that it would appear right on the toolbox.
Answer: Actually, this is because the Web Browser is still a COM component. In order to access the “Web Browser” control we need to add a COM callable wrapper. Here are the basic steps for creating the wrapper that is then added to the Visual Studio 2003 toolbox.
- Right click on the toolbox in Visual Studio 2003 and select Add/Remove Item.
- Within the Toolbox select the COM components tab and select the Microsoft Web Browser
- This will add the control to the palette
- Once added to the project you will notice that there are some new references added to the form.
