Interface component advice plz [Resolved]

[Justy]

I'd like to implement an web style 'welcome' component in one of our windows applications, much like that of Microsoft's 'Outlook Today' or Visual Studio Start Page. As well as linking to our support site etc, I'd like to link to other parts of the software...

Now I'd imagine basic web pages will be a breeze... using a web control I can display html which I have dynamically generated in code. However, how will I have my application handle events in the webpage? For example, when I click inbox on the webpage, I want the inbox in my app to be displayed.

Has anyone developed something similar or had any thoughts on this kind of component?

Many thanks.............

[DevGrp]

You can use javascript. I have'nt done it myself, but I have seen it done before.

[Justy]

hmm.. javascript..

any more info? i'm not hot on javascript

[Justy]

For anyone who is attempting something similar, this turned out to be quite easy in the end. I made my 'start page' using XML, transformed to HTML using an XSL stylesheet. The HTML page was displayed using Microsoft Web Browser control and the navigate events were captured and examined. My own command urls executed functions in the main program, whereas normal urls allowed the browser control to navigate to that webpage.