Firefox browser control ??

[DKasler]

Is there a firefox browser control for VB? Like something similar to the "Browser" control.

[sciguyryan]

I've never seen one - I don't think there is one but if someone does know of one I'd be glad to hear about it also

Cheers,

RyanJ

[dglienna]

None that I've heard of, and M$ wouldn't like the idea either. Maybe in the future when it will just be a matter of choosing which engine you want your browser to use, and that's supposedly coming. Keep your fingers crossed, but don't hold your breath!

[sciguyryan]

None that I've heard of, and M$ wouldn't like the idea either. Maybe in the future when it will just be a matter of choosing which engine you want your browser to use, and that's supposedly coming. Keep your fingers crossed, but don't hold your breath!

Hmm, if thats going to be the case then it does not look likey there will be one unless someone writes a custom controld to do just this


Cheers,

RyanJ

[TheVader]

Mozilla Control
Haven't tried it, but it looks good.

[sciguyryan]

How interesting, thanks for the link I'll have a look at it later

Cheers,

RyanJ

[penagate]

I've tried it, not as much as I have played around with the WebBrowser control, but it's interesting. It uses the same API as the IE control, so you should be able to dump it in your project to replace the WebBrowser and it will work... at least in theory. In practice, it is missing some events etc that the WebBrowser has (even if they never work, like FileDownload).

Also, you need to write your own handlers for some things (like the context menu, of which there isn't one that I could find).

It would be really nice as well if they would add functionality to it that the WebBrowser doesn't have, then I would use it instead of the IE control because I reckon the Gecko engine is better. But, for the moment, I will stick with the WebBrowser.

[TheVader]

I'll keep an eye on this, myself, too. If they implement an editMode that has more functions and produces better code than the MS one does, I'm sold.