web browser[RESOLVED]

[robvr6]

Hi all,
back again. I found this example on these forums for a web browser in vb.

Private Sub Form_Activate()
With WebBrowser1
      .Width = Me.Width
      .Height = Me.Height
      .Navigate "http://www.Vbforums.com"
End With
End Sub

is it possible to load a local html file into this.
thanks
R

[dglienna]

open "file://myfilename.htm"

ps. i posted a web browser in the next link (or previous one)

[robvr6]

I should have known that lol - all good stuff I wish I could start learnin some of these cool things but I learn more here than college lol.

so do I just replace the url with the file etc

thanks very much again
Rob

[robvr6]

Oh by the way why I was enquiring about the web browser is a mate of mine can run the swf from his website and it works fine so I was thinkin about givin it a go - thinkin it will be the same principal.

thanks again
Rob

[dglienna]

that is because it opens in the ActiveX component (OCX) of flash player, and I couldn't figure out how to call/load it. That'll work.

[robvr6]

yours looks much more complex than just this code I found.

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Activate()
With WebBrowser1
      .Width = Me.Width
      .Height = Me.Height
      .Navigate "http://www.Vbforums.com"
End With
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
Me.WindowState = 2
End Sub

will it work the same way to let it point to a local file.

Also one quick question I have the deitel & deitel book if you know it and there is a web browser tutorial to work through in that. will any browser load flash or does it need to be a complex one? Sorry if Im asking too many questions.

thanks Rob

[dglienna]

I couldn't get a flash filel to open in any browser. It has to be on a website
It also has to use the ActiveX control. Just a heads up.

[robvr6]

do you mind if I have a go at using the web browser you posted. I think I will only need the text box and where the page is displayed - I just thought it good manners to ask first.

also with me bieng the numbnuts that I am if I wanted to load a flat text html file into it such as a readme would this be complicated

thanks Rob

[dglienna]

I didn't write it. I saw it, liked it, saw that it worked, so I posted it again.

Feel free to do whatever you want with/to it.

[robvr6]

I promise this is the last time I'll bother you for a while. could you just tell me where I need to change to load a readme file locally. If you could

and thanks again
R

[dglienna]

This will work for any file that can be opened.

file:///C:/temp/FileIn.txt

(but the slashes can go either way)

i copied this out of FireFox's window.

[robvr6]

sorry whereabouts does that need to go?

[dglienna]

for the value of .Navigate, instead of the http://url.com

[robvr6]

Thanks very much

[dglienna]

Not a problem.