[RESOLVED] Controlling A Program Through A Webpage

[jarjar]

Not sure where to post this, so please move if you see it should be elsewhere.

Now basically what i want to do is, similar to what a few programs these days do. Where a website, wether on the Internet, or a HTML page on your computer can control your program. For example, a HTML page that shows up in a Web Browser object in the application, and there are links (either images or text) that when clicked will react with the program to click a button, change settings, open windows or dialogs, etc. Is this possible? I've seen it in a few programs before, so I'm guessing it is possible, properly hard to do though.

So any ideas how i would go about doing it?

Cheers, and thanks for your help.

[smUX]

It's in the right place, and I think what you're looking for is the webbrowser_beforenavigate option

If you had links like "vb:clickbutton" in your HTML and clicked it in the webbrowser, beforenavigate would be fired and you would get URL sent with it...URL would in that case be "vb:clickbutton" and you would know to webbrowser.stop and then do what you wanted with the URL...you see?

[jarjar]

It's in the right place, and I think what you're looking for is the webbrowser_beforenavigate option

If you had links like "vb:clickbutton" in your HTML and clicked it in the webbrowser, beforenavigate would be fired and you would get URL sent with it...URL would in that case be "vb:clickbutton" and you would know to webbrowser.stop and then do what you wanted with the URL...you see?

Ah, i see, thats interesting. I see exactly what you mean. Could you give me a small example of how the code should look and what objects i would need?

[smUX]

Only object you need is the webbrowser and of course the button you want clicked (or action you want taken, of course. And regarding code, I should be able to write a quick project, I'll post it soon

[smUX]

This mostly works...I have it grabbing the info and actioning it, but it doesn't stop the webbrowser...maybe someone else can help you there

You need to put the HTML in C:\ or change the location in the form_load

[jarjar]

Thanks mate, this will be a big help. Thank you so much .

[smUX]

Glad I could help :-)

[gavio]

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[jarjar]

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Ah yes, sorry. There, done. Neally forgot about that, thank you for reminding me .