[RESOLVED] What "browser" does VB.bet use?

[Taem]

I uninstalled Internet Explorer when I first got my computer so I'm curious as to what VB.net is using to connect to the internet?

[norman_bates]

I think it's its own browser using IE technology but not dependent on having IE installed

[Taem]

That's strange, I just noticed that when I go to IP Chicken via webbrowser1 through VB.net; it tells me:

Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR

If VB.net for some reason uses Firefox, I presume I can edit the settings in my browser settings and they will transfer over to the window VB.net opens up? If not, I need to figure out how to edit those non-existent IE settings to change the SOCKS protocol.

[formlesstree4]

That's just a User-Agent string, which anyone can really change (I think). That's just how the browser identifies itself. However, I did some research for you (which, funnily enough, is all on MSDN).

The WebBrowser object is actually just a wrapper around the COM WebBrowser Control. It appears to be based on IE4 and above, or whatever was last installed on your browser. You don't technically uninstall IE now, you just disable the usage since Explorer (the GUI for Windows) essentially has parts of IE baked into it. It's been that way since...XP I believe.



EDIT:
Also, you should note something:

Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR

Trident is the rendering engine for IE. It also explicitly states MSIE, which is obviously Microsoft Internet Explorer and, in this case, version 7

For reference, my User-Agent string on IE10 (on Windows 7) is:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)

[Taem]

I did some research for you (which, funnily enough, is all on MSDN)

sorry, I thought the answer would be more complex than that. I should have done more research first; my apologies!

Anyhow, that was just the answer I was looking for. Thank you!

[formlesstree4]

sorry, I thought the answer would be more complex than that. I should have done more research first; my apologies!

Anyhow, that was just the answer I was looking for. Thank you!

I was the same when I first started here. However, with prodding from various members, I started hitting MSDN first and have found it to be an immense and well maintained. Most of my questions can be answered there.