OrdoWebview2 ActiveX WebView2 Browser Control (Replacement of the MS browser control)

OrdoWebView2 ActiveX Control component
OrdoWebview2 is an ActiveX control (ocx). It replaces the aging VB6 webview control based on a deprecated Internet Explorer!
Microsoft's WebView2 control is a new component allowing you to include an Edge explorer, based on Chromium, in your own developments.
OrdoWebView2 uses Olaf Schmitt's RC6 framework

In fact, OrdoWebview2 is an ActiveX control interface to facilitate the task of developers who are more accustomed to an ActiveX control interface than to the manipulation of the RC6 Framework.

The installation kit, downloadable here, installs the Ocx, the RC6 framework (which is deployed side-by-side without registration) and a fixed version of Microsoft's WebView2 control.
It is of course possible to use the Evergreen version of WebView2 which is constantly updated.

This component is released as freeware and can be downloaded from https://freeware.ordoconcept.net/OrdoWebview2.php

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a new version of the OrdoWebview2 component has been available since February 2025

a new version of the OrdoWebview2 component has been available since December 2025

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Version 2.0.10 https://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2023/08/6.png (2025-12-15)
The control use :

• · RC6 version 6.0.15
• · WebView2
  
  • Fixed version 142 : Windows 10, 11, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022
  • Fixed version 109 : Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2

New Properties

• BackColor : Returns or sets the background color of the control.
• Borderstyle : Returns or sets the style of the control's border.
• UseOrdoconceptWebView2 : Defines whether the control uses the fixed version 126 of WebView2, which allows the display of the password wallet.

New Methods :

New Events :

Fixes and improvements

• Option to set the zoomFactor before initialization and display of the first page.
• Fixed an issue in setting the value of the InitTimeout property.

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Version 2.0.9 (2025-02-20)
The control use :

• · RC6 version 6.0.15
• · WebView2 : Evergreen version or
  
  • Fixed version 131 : Windows 10, 11, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022
  • Fixed version 109 : Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2
    
    

New Properties
New Methods :

• NavigateWithWebResourceRequest: constructs a CoreWebView2WebResourceRequest object to provide postback data or additional request headers and then starts the navigation.
• CapturePreview: Captures the visible part of the displayed page and saves it to an image file
• CapturePreviewToClipBoard : Captures the visible part of the displayed page and copies it to the clipboard
• OpenOrdoWebView2CaptureDirectory: Opens in Windows File Explorer, the default directory for saving preview images
• VBStringToUTF8 : Converts a unicode string to a UTF-8 byte array
• UTF8ToVBString : Converts a UTF-8 byte array to a unicode string
• Base64Encode: Encode a character string in BASE64
• Base64Decode: Decode a base64 encoded string

New Events :

• PermissionRequested: raised when content in a OrdoWebView2 requests permission to access some privileged resources.

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Version 2.0.8 (2024-08-26)
The control use :

• RC6 version 6.0.15
• WebView2 : Evergreen version or
  
  • Fixed version 128 : Windows 10, 11, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022
  • Fixed version 109 : Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2

New Properties

InitTimeOut : Defines the waiting time for WebView2 initialization

New Methods :

DownloadFileEx: Download asynchronously a file from a URL.Returns a key to identify the download
DownloadCancel: Interrupts the download corresponding to the key provided.

New Events :

DownloadChecking: Fired periodically while a file is being downloaded.This event is almost identical to DownLoadInProgress . It adds the ability to cancel the download.

Fixes and improvements

• Management of error 9, occurring when the component did not find a WebView2 component (UseEdgeFixedversion = True and EdgeFixedpath points to a directory that does not contain a WebView2 component). OrdoWebView2 displays an explanatory message and loads the Evergreen version of WebView2.
• Fixed error 13 occurring when the component is dropped on certain containers (UserControl, container of languages ??other than Visual Basic 6, ...)

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Version 2.0.7 (2024-03-12)
The control use :

• · RC6 version 6.0.15
• · WebView2 : Evergreen version or
  
  • Fixed version 122 : Windows 10, 11, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022
  • Fixed version 109 : Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2

New Properties

AreBrowserAcceleratorKeysEnabled : Determines whether browser-specific accelerator keys are enabled.

AreDevToolsEnabled : Determines whether the user is able to use the context menu or keyboard shortcuts to open the DevTools window.

IsStatusBarEnabled : Determines whether the status bar is displayed.

New Methods :

DownloadFile : Download asynchronously a file from a URL

GetCookies : Returns the cookies for the current top-level document.

GetOrdoWebView2DataPath : Returns the data path of the WebView2 component embedded in the OrdoWebView2 control.

GoWallet : Navigates the OrdoWebView2 to the Wallet page.

WebViewSetFocus: Gives focus to the Webview2 component embedded in the OrdoWebView2 control.

New Events :

DownloadCompleted : Generated by the DownloadFle function

DownloadError : Generated by the DownloadFle function

DownLoadInProgress : Generated by the DownloadFle function

WebResourceResponseReceived : Raised when the control receives the response for a request for a web resource

Fixes and improvements

• Improved tracking of URL changes when navigating within a page
• Fixed an error in certain circumstances when initializing in Private Browsing mode
• Fix shield initialization at WebView2 init

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Version 2.0.6 (2023-09-16)
The control use :

• RC6 version 6.0.15
• WebView2 : Evergreen version or
  
  • Fixed version 117 : Windows 10, 11, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022
  • Fixed version 109 : Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2

New Properties
New Methods :

SetShieldLevel : limits browsing to the domain contained in the URL entered, more or less drastically. Acts as a kind of addblocker.
GetShieldLevel : returns shield level.
GetShieldException : returns shield exceptions.
NavigateToFile : Load a file on disk and display it in the OrdoWebView2 browser.
FileSelect : Displays a file selector and loads the selected file from disk and displays it in the OrdoWebView2 browser
FileExist : Returns True if the file entered as parameter is present on disk
Add_WebResourceRequestedFilter : Adds a URI and resource context filter for the WebResourceRequested event
Remove_WebResourceRequestedFilter : Removes a matching WebResource filter that was previously added for the WebResourceRequested event.
Remove_All_WebResourceRequestedFilter : Removes all WebResource filters that was previously added for the WebResourceRequested event.
GetWebResourceRequestedFilter : returns the list of defined filters.
GetLocaleID : Returns a Long value that indicates the user's locale (language and country) ID.

New Events

ShieldChanged fired when the shield level is changed by the SetShieldLevel method.
WebResourceRequested : raised when OrdoWebView2 is performing a URL request to a matching URL and resource context filter that was added with Add_WebResourceRequestedFilter

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Version 2.0.5
The control use :

• RC6 version 6.0.14
• WebView2
  
  • Fixed version 114 : Windows 10, 11, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022
  • Fixed version 109 : Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2

New Properties
New Methods :

• InitEx : extended version of the Init method. Allows you to :
  
  • initiate browsing in private mode
  • choose the user data directory of the browser.
  • Set browser command line switches
  • ...
  
  
• GetInnerText : returns the text content of the control, but also the cookies of the page, all the links of the page...
• GetInnerHTML : returns the HTML content of the control, but also the cookies of the page, all the links of the page...

New Events

• NavigationStarting : raised when the WebView main frame is requesting permission to navigate to a different URI.

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Version 2.0.4
The control use :

• RC6 version 6.0.12
• WebView2 Fixed version 110

New Properties
New Methods :

• SetZoomFactor : sets the zoom factor for the page displayed in the control...
• RunJs : runs JavaScript code from the javaScript parameter in the current top-level document rendered in the Control (Replace JsRun)
• RunJsAsync : asynchronously runs JavaScript code from the javaScript parameter in the current top-level document rendered in the Control (Replace JsRunAsync)

New Events

• ZoomChanged : raised when the user change the browser zoom factor.

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A new version is released : 2.0.6 See post #2

A new version is released : 2.0.7 See post #2

Hello Saturnian and thank you for the very nice component.

Do you know if we can use the OrdoWebView2 ActiveX control in Microsoft Access?

I have added the control in an Access form, but when it runs, it gives the following error message:


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OrdoWebView2
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Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':

System Error &H80004005 (-2147467259). ?????????? ??????

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Originally Posted by geosta

Hello Saturnian and thank you for the very nice component.

Do you know if we can use the OrdoWebView2 ActiveX control in Microsoft Access?

I have added the control in an Access form, but when it runs, it gives the following error message:


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OrdoWebView2
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Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':

System Error &H80004005 (-2147467259). ?????????? ??????

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Hello Geosta,
I have no experience with using ActiveX in Access.
Which version of Access are you using? And is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

Hi Saturnian! I have noticed that WebView2 rendered by Olaf does not contain many "get" methods included by you in the control. Did you use other libraries for those functionalities ?

Hi Daniel! Most of these 'get' methods are javascript properties of the loaded document.
We can get them all from Olaf's cWebWiew2 component, but I integrated them so that a user of my Ocx does not have to worry about javascript

First of all, thanks for your amazing job.
I'm using your solution to open a local web app.
Do you think that's possible to reduce the installer? For example I could remove the Locales that I'm not using.
I you have any Idea of other useless files that I could remove, please tell me.

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Originally Posted by hub1

First of all, thanks for your amazing job.
I'm using your solution to open a local web app.
Do you think that's possible to reduce the installer? For example I could remove the Locales that I'm not using.
I you have any Idea of other useless files that I could remove, please tell me.

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*Do you have any Idea of other useless files that I could remove, please tell me.

Hi
It is possible to drastically reduce the installer if you do not use the fixed version of WebView2 (Set UseEdgeFixedVersion = False). However, changing UseEdgeFixedVersion to True will cause your software to crash.
It also depends on the system on which you are installing your software.

On the latest versions of Windows 10 and on Windows 11, you only need the following components:

• OrdoWebView2.ocx
• the OrdoRC6 folder and its contents, in the same directory as OrdoWebView2.ocx
• Finally, you must register OrdoWebView2.ocx with regsvr32.exe

On slightly older versions of Windows, you must ensure that the Evergreen version of Webview2 is installed and on even older ones that the VB6 runtime is present.


What installation software are you using and what OS are you targeting?

Windows 10 and Windows 11 last version
I'm using Python Streamlit to show a web dashboard

A new version is released : 2.0.8 See post #2

A new version is released : 2.0.9 See post #2

Hi
I am trying to use the OrdoWebview2 ocx component in an AutoIt development environment that allows the use of ActiveX components.
After running OrdoWebView2ActiveXControl.2.0.9.exe I tried to use the OrdoWebView2.ocx component but unfortunately I get a popup with the following error message Run-time error '0'
Attachment 194570
; also the methods are not executed and the browser does not appear in the GUI. I also tried to run the OrdoWebView2ControlRedistributable.exe file located in the \Redistributable folder but this did not solve the problem.
(that file in the \Redistributable folder has a slightly different name because it lacks the "t" and that is OrdoWebView2ControlRedistribuable.exe)
I would like to ask if this component is designed to also be used in environments other than VB6.
Many thanks

it seems that the problem is not attributable to OrdoWebView2, but it seems that it is due to the AutoIt language command GUICtrlCreateObj that does not seem to work correctly.
However, we managed to use the control with an alternative way.
The whole thing is illustrated in this post on the AutoIt forum.
Again many thanks for this very nice control.
Best regards
Gianni

Hello!
Now I am able to use OrdoWebView2.ocx in AutoIt environment
However, while doing some tests, I am running into a problem that I cannot solve.
I am trying to use the RunJsAsync method but with no success.
Basically, just to try something simple, I run that method with the following parameter:
$0WebView1.RunJsAsync("alert('Hello');")
I would expect a popup with the word "Hello" to appear on the screen, but instead nothing happens.
The loopback function _OrdoWebView_JSAsyncResult() is still called but the ErrString parameter contains the following strange error message:

Err in alert('Hello');(): Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'apply')

If I also try to read an object property, for example the content of a field, with the following command:
$0WebView1.RunJsAsync('document.getElementById("label").innerHTML')
I always get a similar error:

Err in innerHTML(): Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'innerHTML')

Now I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if there's a problem with this method in the control
Do you have any suggestions on this?
Any help is welcome
Thanks

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Gianni62

Hello!
Now I am able to use OrdoWebView2.ocx in AutoIt environment
However, while doing some tests, I am running into a problem that I cannot solve.
I am trying to use the RunJsAsync method but with no success.
Basically, just to try something simple, I run that method with the following parameter:
$0WebView1.RunJsAsync("alert('Hello');")
I would expect a popup with the word "Hello" to appear on the screen, but instead nothing happens.
The loopback function _OrdoWebView_JSAsyncResult() is still called but the ErrString parameter contains the following strange error message:

Err in alert('Hello');(): Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'apply')

If I also try to read an object property, for example the content of a field, with the following command:
$0WebView1.RunJsAsync('document.getElementById("label").innerHTML')
I always get a similar error:

Err in innerHTML(): Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'innerHTML')

Now I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if there's a problem with this method in the control
Do you have any suggestions on this?
Any help is welcome
Thanks

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Hi Gianni62,

For your first question, try this instead:

Code:

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    OrdoWebView1.AddScriptToExecuteOnDocumentCreated "function myFunction() {alert(""Hello! I am an alert box!"");} "
    OrdoWebView1.Navigate "about:blank" 'or whatever you want
    OrdoWebView1.RunJsAsync "myFunction" ' or OrdoWebView1.RunJs "myFunction"

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For the second part of your question, for security reasons, WebView2 (and all Chromium-based browsers) no longer accepts commands of this type: WebView1.RunJsAsync('document.getElementById("label").innerHTML')
As you will see in the Visual Basic example and in the documentation, you need to:

1. Before navigating to your page, create a function to add to the page:
   Code:

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   OrdoWebView1.AddScriptToExecuteOnDocumentCreated "function getQSValue(qsExpr){return document.getElementById((qsExpr)).value}"

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2. Navigate to the page.
3. Call the function added to the page:
   Code:

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   MsgBox "'label' value is: " & OrdoWebView1.RunJs("getQSValue", "label")

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Best regards,
François

Good morning everyone
Please, Where can I find the documentation on the vbH() function?
Thanks and have a nice day

Hi Gianni,
Included within a JavaScript code integrated into the page, either before it loads (using the AddScriptToExecuteOnDocumentCreated method) or natively, the function vbH().RaiseMessageEvent('MessageID','MessageContent') triggers the JSMessage event. It is then possible to handle this message in the VB6 code.
A small example is provided in the help file for the JSMessage event.
This allows, for example, responding to a user action on an element of the displayed page.
Best regards,

Many thanks saturnian for the kind and clear answer(s).
So that function is always available regardless of which page is loaded and can always be used to send messages from the web page to the callback function, set in the host language listing. (AutoIt in my case)
simple and very useful
Thanks again

Is the user-control source code available somewhere? Repository on github?

cheers,
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A new version is released : 2.0.10 See post #2

same expecting here!

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