Dimming a webbrowser?

Code:

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Dim wb As New WebBrowser
        wb.Navigate("http://google.com")
MsgBox(wb.Url.ToString)

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Code:

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WebBrowser1.Navigate("http://google.com")
MsgBox(WebBrowser1.Url.ToString)

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How come the first one does not work? (The message shown is blank)

try this:

Code:

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Dim wb As New WebBrowser
        Me.Controls.Add(wb)
        wb.Navigate("http://google.com")
        While (Not wb.ReadyState = WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
            Application.DoEvents()
            If (wb.ReadyState = WebBrowserReadyState.Complete) Then
                MessageBox.Show(wb.Url.ToString)
            End If
        End While

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by motil

try this:

Code:

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Dim wb As New WebBrowser
        Me.Controls.Add(wb)
        wb.Navigate("http://google.com")
        While (Not wb.ReadyState = WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
            Application.DoEvents()
            If (wb.ReadyState = WebBrowserReadyState.Complete) Then
                MessageBox.Show(wb.Url.ToString)
            End If
        End While

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Is it possible to do without showing the webbrowser?

yep just don't add it to the form (remove Me.Controls.Add(wb))

If you want to download information from the internet without showing anything visually, you might want to consider using a WebClient object instead.