WebControl Control? -- Always greyed out???

[hshot_rooke]

Hi everyone

The company I work for is attemtping to upgrade our current application from VB6 to VB .NET.

In my old app, we use the VB6 web browser control to display data.

I'm thinking of using the same methods to display data but want to know what the equivalent of the MS Web Control is from VB6 to VB .NET.

I don't want to use the COM VB6 control because I believe all the problems I had with the old control will be ported over to the new app. I found a WebControl control (This controls seems inherent in the .NET framework controls. I added it by adding an item/component from right clicking in the toolbox), but it is always greyed out? Any idea how I can use this control and is it similar to the Web Browser control of VB6?

Am I on the right track? I am a VB .NET newbie, so please keep the flaming to a minimum.

Thanks.

[mendhak]

I do not believe that there is a web browser control in VB.NET (This came up in a thread a few days ago).

You don't want to use the existing COM control.

Perhaps you should work with IE then.

[mendhak]

And what's always grayed out? Maybe you're talking about the ASP.NET controls on the left hand side in VS.NET?

[hshot_rooke]

This is the process I went about.

Created a new .NET windows application from VB .NET.

Added (customize toolbox) a new item/component by right clicking on the toolbox and finding:

.NET framework components tab - WebControl

The item shows up in the toolbox but is always grayed out.

From what I could find it seems as though this item is some sort of base class to derive other classes from. If so, why does it show up in the toolbox?

[PT Exorcist]

You can only use it in WebProjects