Open Web Browser Control in New Form

[ralphtrent]

Hi
I have a form that has a Web Browser Control. When I make the call to open the form in my MDIParent Form,
here is the code:

 Dim frmSite As New frmOnyxReportSite
 frmSite.MdiParent = Me
 frmSite.Show()

the form just hangs, when I take out the
frmSite.mdiParent = me line
it opens no problem, but not as a child form. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

 

[bclt]

I think you forgot to set the "IsMdiContainer" to true!


-bclt

 

[ralphtrent]

Do i need that for just this one form, my other child forms open with out a problem. I should mention, this form does open, the web browser just hangs.

 

[bclt]

The property IsMdiContainer" must be set to true (only) at the form which will contain the child forms.

If you know/remember in vb6 you had to add a MDI form and those forms that will be children of it; you should set the property "MdiChild" to true. This now in VB.NET is handled with "frmSite.MdiParent = Me AND frmSite.Show()".


What do you mean that hangs?

 

[ralphtrent]

The app handles the forms fine, its just when I go to open the form and hard code the web site i want it to go to, the site does not come. the app is still listening to request and responding to them, just the site will not show. The way I navigate to the page is axWebBrowser1.navigate("

http://www.google.com").

 

[bclt]

Well, as i see there is no problem. I have Norton Antivirus, and when i request a page to be shown to the browser a message appears. If I check a box at lower left the "WindowsApplcation1" will be permamentally (I think i killed this word!) for ever NOT allowed to be viewed in the browser.


Even try to put this in a try block; no error ever will be caught

Try
  AxWebBrowser1.Navigate2("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.com")[/URL]
Catch ex As Exception
  MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try

 

[ralphtrent]

another thing to note. If I load the form telling the web browser to display a certain page, it does nothing, but if I supply a textbox and button and enter the url, it works fine. Something is weird.