Creating a Program in Visual Basic: Web Browser

This Instructable explains the process of creating a simple web browser application in VB.NET

It is designed as a followup to my first VB.NET Instructable: Creating Your First Program In Visual Basic. It is recommended that you read through that instructable first, as this instructable assumes you have a basic knowledge of the Visual Basic Express Edition Interface, as covered in my other instructable.

Although Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition work fine for this instructable, I am using Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, available from Microsoft

Step 1 Create the Project

Create a new Windows Forms Project, and call it Web Browser. Resize the form to your liking.

Comments

[andrewthe70sman]

What code do you use to make a home button??

[kettla58]

code for home button-
Webbrowser1.GoHome()

[ReCreate]

For the code of the HOME button Put "WebBrowser1.GoHome()" Without " Of course(without quotes,The " thingy)

[munchman]

Not sure, I will look into it for you, the button could either take you to a defined 'homepage' set in the program's code or you can probably piggyback off the IE homepage, as this is really just an IE wrapper.

[ReCreate]

Ah,Nice,Some steps where not explained properly,but,its good,I learned A bit on How VB works now.

[munchman]

Thanks for trying it out! If I may ask, what wasn't explained properly, I will attent to fix it. Thanks!

[ReCreate]

Its kind of hard to explain,Sometimes you didnot mention what some peices of code where for,the button,adress bar,or the thing itself,its just hard to explain

[raceking1]

how do i test it? thanks

[munchman]

To "test" the project, click the green play (debug) button on the toolbar. This compiles the program and runs it.

[ac1D]

the instructables is nice, clean, with good picture. bravo! but I would like to point two thing: First, it's not really "your" browser, It use iexplorer engine to run. Second, I remember to have seen this in the past on instructables.

[munchman]

first, I know - oops, I wasn't meaning to take credibility. Sorry if it came across the wrong way. All of this is standard code - I have no right to claim it. Where did I was using the word your simply to refer to the project. second, Damn! I have to remember to search for these things!!! Ahhhhhh. Aw well, thanks for pointing that out.

[munchman]

Oh, there it is, in the related section