Force WebBrowser control to interpret HTML in memory

Glasgow · Sep 18, 2007

Is it possible to force a WebBrowser control to interpret some HTML without using the Navigate method to open a file on disk or a page on the web?

I have some HTML extracted from a database and I just want to display it, preferably without having to write it to a file first.

Could I manipulate the Document object somehow - e.g.

Code:

WebBrowser1.Document.HTML = MyHTML

where I have invented the .HTML property!

Hypetia · Sep 18, 2007

Put a WebBrowser control on your form and run the following code.
___
[tt]
Private Sub Form_Load()
WebBrowser1.Navigate "about:blank"
End Sub

Private Sub WebBrowser1_NavigateComplete2(ByVal pDisp As Object, URL As Variant)
If URL = "about:blank" Then
WebBrowser1.Document.body.innerHTML = "<h1>Hello World!</h1>"
End If
End Sub[/tt]

Glasgow · Sep 19, 2007

Yes! That's the kind of thing, thank you very much. I knew there was a property somewhere and I realise now that I've used InnerHTML before but only in a 'read only' context. I always have problems finding what I want in the Document object model documentation!

However....

I have been using a workaround (writing to file then navigate to that file) which works fine but when I now use the InnerHTML property, it does not render correctly. I think that this may be because my HTML constitutes an entire page and the InnerHTML property should only be used when the HTML is being placed between the <body> & </body> tags. Is there a way I can manipulate the HTML object and/or OuterHTML property? Again I am struggling with the documentation.

Thanks again.

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Force WebBrowser control to interpret HTML in memory

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