WebBrowser.Navigate!

[arpan_de]

frmWebBrowser.WebBrowser1.Navigate "http://www.someurl.com"

The above code works perfectly when it is put in the Click event function of a menu item but the same code generates an error saying Method 'Navigate' of object 'IWebBrowser2' failed when it is put in the Click event function of a CommandButton. Why?

Also where from is this IWebBrowser2 coming?

Note that using Navigate2 instead of Navigate also generates the same error when the code is put in the Click event function of a CommandButton.

Thanks,

Arpan

[Static]

?? thats strange.. it works fine for me..

I added 2 forms.. put the webbrowser in form 2 and a command button in form 1

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Form2.Show
Form2.WebBrowser1.Navigate "http://www.vbforums.com"
End Sub

[Protocol]

I agree with Static... I did the same thing and it worked fine...

Are you sure there isn't any code terminating reference to the Browser object?

[arpan_de]

?? thats strange.. it works fine for me.

I guess I was missing the frmWebBrowser.Show line but ain't sure since after adding that line, the error cited in post #1 was not generated though it paved the way for another error.

Actually this is how I am trying to make the WebBrowser work. Navigate to the Tools--->Internet Options menu in IE & select the Content tab. When you click the Settings button under the heading Content Advisor, you will be asked to enter a password assuming that Content Advisor is enabled. After entering the correct password, the next dialog box that comes up has 4 tabs. Select the General tab & right at the bottom under the heading Rating systems, there is a Find Rating Systems button. When this button is clicked, the user is taken to a Microsoft URL which gets loaded either in an already open IE window or a new IE window if no IE windows are open.

This is exactly what I am trying to do. I want to direct users to the Microsoft URL by opening a new instance of the browser that I have made but after adding the frmWebBrowser.Show line just before the Navigate line, I get the Can't show non-modal form when modal form is displayed error. How do I resolve this?

Thanks,

Arpan

[Protocol]

Check to make sure that the modal property used to show the form is not set...

In other words just have Form1.Show and not Form1.Show 1

[brucevde]

If the calling Form is meant to be Modal, then simply Unload or Hide it before calling the WebBrowser from.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
   Unload Me 'or Me.Hide
   Form2.Show
   Form2.WebBrowser1.Navigate "http://www.vbforums.com"
End Sub

[arpan_de]

Check to make sure that the modal property used to show the form is not set...In other words just have Form1.Show and not Form1.Show 1

But I need that Form to be modal; that's unavoidable.

If the calling Form is meant to be Modal, then simply Unload or Hide it before calling the WebBrowser from.

If you follow the route I have shown in post #4 (IE), you will find that 2 modal Forms have to be opened to access the Find Rating Systems button in the Content Advisor dialog box. Adopting your approach would mean that even though a user is working with the Form which houses the Find Rating Systems button & might need to work with the other modal Form as well, I will force him to close that Form as well as the other modal Form & this is what I did like to avoid.

Actually the best option would be to open the URL in a new browser window (not in an IE new window but in my browser window). The question is how? Any ideas how do I go about it?

Thanks,

Arpan

[Protocol]

Well what you can do is disable the form and have it re-enabled once the other form closes....