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  1. Oct 14th, 2004, 07:40 AM #1
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    Question How to stop downloads in a VB built browser

    I have a browser built in VB6. I need to stop downloads occurring when a user clicks on a link in a web page.
    How do i go about this?
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    You want to stop all downloads? Or just the ones occuring in the browser, like the 'Stop' button in Internet Explorer
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    Hi,
    I have managed to figure out a crude way of stopping the downloads if a user clicks on a link by using BeforeNavigate2 and looking at a list of extensions.

    I would like to stop all downloads, but not sure if this is possible as an image is also a download. Wondered if using dhtml.dom (ithink thats right) if i could also create a porn blocker, but have never used this, so any help would be appreciated.

    Found the fix above in an article on this site.

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    Canceling downloads is quite easy. The Web Browser control has a FileDownload event. Use the Cancel parameter to stop the download.
    VB Code:
    1. Cancel = True
    Yes, you can use the DHTML DOM to make a porn blocker. I suggest you read my latest article (Using the Web Browser control, see sig for link). It includes code for a very simple blocker. In the article that is to appear next month I'll include code for a more advanced porn blocker.
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    Using the Web Browser Control & Using the DHTML Document Object Model

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    Hi,
    it was your article that i got the fix from, great article and am looking forward to the next one.

    Terry
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    Originally posted by TheVader
    Canceling downloads is quite easy. The Web Browser control has a FileDownload event. Use the Cancel parameter to stop the download.
    VB Code:
    1. Cancel = True
    Yes, you can use the DHTML DOM to make a porn blocker. I suggest you read my latest article (Using the Web Browser control, see sig for link). It includes code for a very simple blocker. In the article that is to appear next month I'll include code for a more advanced porn blocker.
    Why would ANYONE block pr0n? o.0
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